The presentation talks about the problem of the low percentage of AA males entering STEM Careers. It also gives some ideas on how to encourage educators in promoting STEM to AA children.

2. 50th anniversary of the
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
60th anniversary of Brown vs.
Board of Education

3. C.E.O. of Perspective STEM
Education
B.S. in Elementary
Education
M.Ed. in Educational
Leadership
Trained over hundreds of
educators throughout
Georgia
GA DOE STEM School
certification
2013-2014 STEM School of
the Year
Featured in various
magazines and newspapers
Named the modeled STEM
school for the entire south
east region of the US –Dr.
Lyons GaDOE
Magalie Awosika

4. B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering Technology
MBA- specialization in
Marketing
Ed.D- Educational
Leadership,
 Dissertation: An analysis of
African American Gifted Girl
Achievement in Mathematics
and Science Classes
Mechanical Engineer, 9
years
2010 Rick Perkins Award
winner- Georgia Piedmont
2 time Bellwether Award
Nominee
Dr. Natoshia Anderson

5. STEM Data on Men of Color
Contributing Factors
Best Practices
Conclusion

6.  STEM Occupations
Expectations
 The outlook for African
American(s) in general,
males in particular
The problem is that there is a
significant deficit in the number of
African American males entering
pursuing and persisting in STEM
program and careers.

7. What Does the Data Reveal?

8. National Center for Education Statistics
(2009) and U.S. Census Bureau (2009)

9.  African American Males make up a
large percentage of students in
community college.
 39% of black men earn a credential
or transfer within six years of
enrolling at a community college,
according to the U.S. Department of
Education. That compares with 45%
of all students
24.1
10.9
41.3
15.9
7.7
Percentages of African American
Males in College
public 4yr private 4yr public 2yr for profit other institutions

12. Contributing Factors in
Education (K-14)
 Professional Development and
Teacher Preparation
 Opportunity and Exposure
 Cultural Barriers
 Resources (Inequitable Access)
 Peer Pressure

13. Teacher Preparation and
Professional Development
 Teachers are trained to
teach topic in silos vs.
integrated units
 STEM- Teachers claim to
be intimidated by the
word engineering

14. Remedial Classes
 There is a
disproportionate number
of African American male
students in learning
support or remedial
classes.
 Takes longer to graduate.
 One reason for the high
attrition rate of black males

15. Cultural Barriers and Peer
Pressure
 Oppositional Culture
 Minority students
underachieve intentionally
due to fear of “acting white”
-Ogbu, John (2004). Collective
Identity and the Burden of
“Acting White” in Black History,
Community, and Education.

16. Opportunity, Exposure and
Limited Resources
 Schools- lack of
resources
 Exposure-afterschool
clubs, Saturday activities

17. Best Practices in Public
Education (K-14)
Real World Application and Problem
Solving
Career Exposure
Mentorship
Intrusive Advising

18. Real World Application and
Problem Solving
 Use specific terminology and
language
 Using the Engineering
Design Model as framework
for problem solving
Example Video Below
http://www.atlantatechedge.co
m/ATLANTATECHEDGE/articl
e/324438/554/Cutting-Edge-
Trends-6114

19. Career Exposure
 Students must become
cognizant of STEM career
opportunities
 Every STEM lesson
exposes students to STEM
majors and careers with
potential pathways.
 Examples:
 STEMFest
 TAG STEM Day
 Moorehouse’s Ben Carson
Science Academy

20. Mentorship
Sankofa Scholars
Business Partners
According to Harper (2010)
same-race role models in a
STEM area contributed to
“fostering a sense of
belonging”
Harper, S. (2010). An anti-deficit
achievement framework for research
on students of color in STEM. New
Directions for Institutional Research,
148, 63-74.

21.  Our current efforts are
setting the foundation for
our future minority
learners.
 We must continue to be
intentional about
developing and
implementing STEM
pedagogy that is
strategically inclusive of
minorities.

22.  STEM Education is more than just
Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics. STEM is an
interdisciplinary approach that is
coupled with real-world and
problem/project based learning.
STEM breaks down the barrier
that exist between the four
disciplines and integrate them into
one cohesive teaching and
learning paradigm
 A STEM-literate student can make
connection between his or her
education, surrounding
community, work and the world.

23. Conclusion