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STEM Education: Moving Forward Together Camsie McAdams, Deputy Director Office of Innova:on and Improvement US Department of Educa:on

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STEM  Education:  Moving  Forward  Together  Camsie  McAdams,  Deputy  Director  Office  of  Innova:on  and  Improvement  US  Department  of  Educa:on  

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“Leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today—especially in science, technology,

engineering and math.” -­‐President  Barack  Obama  

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Administration-­‐wide  Effort    (Committee  on  STEM  Education  –  CoSTEM)  

Participating  Federal  Partners  •  Department  of  Agriculture  •  Department  of  Commerce  •  Department  of  Defense  •  Department  of  Educa:on  •  Department  of  Energy  •  Department  of  Health  and  Human  Services  •  Department  of  Homeland  Security  

 

•  Department  of  the  Interior  •  Department  of  Transporta:on  •  Environmental  Protec:on  Agency  •  Execu:ve  Office  of  the  President  •  Na:onal  Aeronau:cs  and  Space  Administra:on  •  Na:onal  Science  Founda:on  •  Smithsonian  Ins:tu:on  

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Improve  P-­‐12  STEM  Instruc:on  

Increase  and  Sustain  Youth  and  Public  Engagement  in  STEM  

Enhance  STEM  Experience  of  Undergraduate  Students  

BeNer  Serve  Groups  Historically  Underrepresented  in  STEM  

Design  Graduate  Educa:on  for  Tomorrow’s  STEM  Workforce  

National  Goals  for  STEM  Education  

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Coordination  Approaches  

Build  new  models  for  leveraging  assets  and  

exper:se  

Lead  and  collabora:ng  agencies;  Implementa:on  subgroups  

Build  and  use  evidence-­‐based  approaches  

Common  guidelines  for  educa:on  research,  etc.  

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Department  of  Education  (ED)  •  Lead  agency  for  P-­‐12  instruc:on  goal  •  Collabora:ng  agency  for  all  other  goals  •  STEM  Intra-­‐agency  team  includes  representa:on  from  every  major  office  within  ED  

•  STEM  Team  within  the  Office  of  Innova:on  and  Improvement:  •  Russell  Shilling,  Execu:ve  Director  of  STEM  Ini:a:ves  •  Camsie  McAdams,  Deputy  Director  of  STEM  •  Ellen  LeNvin,  Robert  Noyce  Informal  STEM  Fellow  •  Julia  Mundy,  AAAS/APS/AIP  STEM  Policy  Fellow  •  Suchi  Saxena,  Raikes  Founda:on  Fellow  in  Non-­‐cogni:ve  Factors  &  Learning  

 

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Request  for  STEM  Innovation  •  $110  million  for  compe::ve  grants  for  STEM  Innova1on  Networks.  Grants  would  be  awarded  to  a  consor:a  of  districts,  higher  educa:on,  informal  STEM  organiza:ons  and  other  regional  partners  to  improve  STEM  educa:on  in  their  communi:es,  in  order  to  •  Increase  student  engagement  and  achievement  in  STEM  subjects,  and/or  

•  Improve  STEM  teacher  prepara:on  and  professional  development.  

•  $20  million  to  pilot  a  Na1onal  STEM  Master  Teacher  Corps.  •  $40  million  for  STEM  Teacher  Pathways  grants  to  recruit  and  train  effec:ve  STEM  teachers  for  high  need-­‐schools  and  further  the  President’s  “100K  in  10”  goal.  

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Existing/Continuing  Investments  Exis1ng  programs  with  PRIMARY  STEM  emphasis:  •  Math  Science  Partnerships    •  Minority  Science  and  Engineering  Improvement  Program    

•  Hispanic  Serving  Ins:tu:ons  STEM  and  Ar:cula:on  Programs    

•  Upward  Bound  Math  and  Science  Program    

•  Teacher  Incen:ve  Fund  -­‐  STEM      

       

       Selected  exis1ng  programs  with  STEM  priority:  

•  Race  to  the  Top    •  Educa:on  Research  Grants  –  Effec:ve  

Teachers  and  Effec:ve  Teaching  Topics    •  Special  Educa:on  Research  Grants  –  

Professional  Development  for  Teachers    •  Inves:ng  in  Innova:on    •  Magnet  Schools  Assistance  Program  •  Teacher  Quality  Partnerships  •  Suppor:ng  Effec:ve  Educators  

Development  Exis1ng  programs  that  support  STEM  teaching  and  learning:  

•  ESEA  Flexibility    •  21st  Century  Community  Learning  Centers  •  Career  and  Technical  Educa:on:  Basic  

Grants  to  States    •  Trade  Adjustment  Assistance  Community  

College  and  Career  Training  Grants  (managed  by  U.S.  Department  of  Labor)  

•  U.S.  Department  of  Educa:on  Green  Ribbon  Schools    

 

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Recent  Highlights    During  the  last  2  years:  •  Magnet  Schools  Assistance  Program  ~$90m;  27  grantees  in  12  states  funding  111  magnet  schools  (92  of  111  have  STEM/STEAM  theme)  

•  Teacher  Incen1ve  Fund  STEM  ~$80m;  6  grantees  working  in  95  schools  and  13  school  districts  na:onwide  

•  Youth  Career  Connect  program  $107m;  24  grants  in  20  states  to  support  high  school  partnerships  with  business/industry      

•  21st  Century  Community  Learning  Centers  partnership  with  NASA;  3  states,  26  sites  with  planned  expansion  this  fall  to  include  other  federal  partners  

•  Teacher  Quality  Partnerships  $35m  priority  on  preparing  new  STEM  teachers,  will  announce  in  early  Fall  

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Moving  Forward  Together                  

Camsie  McAdams  Deputy  Director,  STEM    

[email protected]  @camsiemcadams