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- 1. WELCOME! February 28, 2014 University Center of Greenville Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America
- 2. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Agenda Welcome & Introductions Collaborative News Upcoming STEM Opportunities 2014 Priorities & Updates Commitment Cards Closing
- 3. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Vision Statement Workforce development through the engagement of students and communities in STEM opportunities.
- 4. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Mission Statement We will pursue opportunities and possibilities that support our vision and positively impact the culture and future economic success of the Upstate and South Carolina.
- 5. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Collaborative News • 3M • Roper Mountain STEMFest • Carver Showcase • Verizon Data Lab • Hughes Academy • SC Alliance • New Carolina • Assistant Superintendents-Spartanburg County
- 6. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Upcoming STEM Opportunities • IQ-MS Research Project Showcase-- March 6th • Free HS engineering program—National Guard • Education and Business Summit– June 22nd -25th • STEM Summit Series-- September 29th – 30th http://www.sccoalition.org
- 7. Copyright 2012 S2 TEM Centers SC The Inquiring Minds: Reading to Learn and Innovate in Mathematics and Science research project is made possible by a grant from Boeing South Carolina, with matching funding from BMW Manufacturing Co. and the state of South Carolina.
- 8. Copyright 2012 S2 TEM Centers SC Research Aim 1: Improved Teacher Practice Research Aim 2: Increased Student Achievement in ELA Informational Text Research Aim 3: Increased Student Achievement in Mathematics and Science
- 9. Copyright 2012 S2 TEM Centers SC IQ-MS Support System
- 10. Copyright 2012 S2 TEM Centers SC IQ-MS Support System
- 11. Copyright 2012 S2 TEM Centers SC LEARNING EXCHANGE Reading to Learn & Innovate in Math & Science Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:00 – 3:00 Summit Pointe Spartanburg https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-exchange-reading-to-learn-and-innovate-in-mathematics-science-tickets-10184178151
- 12. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Priorities for 2014 STEM Asset Map “Pensioneers” Mobile STEM Lab Upstate STEM Festival
- 14. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Speakers Bureau of Retired Engineers & Scientists
- 15. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Science on the Move
- 16. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Upstate STEM Festival
- 17. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his direction in life.” Plato
- 18. Commitment Cards
- 19. Founding Partners Fluor ~ GE Power & Water ~ Michelin North America Future 2014 Meeting Dates: March 21st April 18th May 16th June 20th July 18th August 15th September 19th October 17th November 21st December 12th
Editor's Notes
- 30 attendees: Nan Dempsey, Donald Griffith, Wanda Staggers, Becky Cornwell, Kat Coffman, Ava Hughes, Eve Haley, Mikal Keeley, Marilyn Nasiatka, Erica McCleskey, Matt Catrell, Sheila Myers-Stratford, Louise Mariani, Jerry Marshall, Kendall Reyes, Katie Rishebarger, Victoria Corbin, Dorothy Earle, Michael Svec, Jaime Benton, Jeff Bowers, Tom Peters, Ralph Bush, Jennifer Evins, Paul Winston, Erin Strickland, Mary Levens, Isaac McKissick, Marjorie Dowd, Ryan Heafy To hopefully bypass SPAM, Nan shared that in the future meeting reminders will come from Mail Chimp or similar survey.
- 3M- providing funding to support Science on the Move STEMFest- S2TEM Center staff, Terrie Dew, Dorothy Earle and Dr. Wanda Staggers manned the STEM Collaborative table at the Roper Mountain Saturday event. STEM apps were pre-loaded onto iPads borrowed from Roper Mountain. Kids explored the apps. Bookmarks with Upstate STEM Collaborative logo and QR code to take parents and students to numerous STEM apps. Carver Showcase: Isaac McKissick shared information about Carver MS’s recent BMW/Aerospace Showcase. Links to some highlights are below. 3 min BWW/Aerospace Event Combo Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8QL1wA76s&feature=youtu.be 4 min BMW/Aerospace Event Combo Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JSus7B1Iqg&feature=youtu.be Since our January meeting, Nan has visited Verizon and Hughes Academy. While visiting Carver’s showcase, she was introduced to Jacob Hickman with SC Alliance. Jacob is interested in becoming active in the Collaborative and working with our STEM Festival. Jacob provided Nan with an email introduction to Deborah Cameron with New Carolina. Nan and Deborah will meet in March. Nan provided an overview of the Collaborative to the assistant superintedents in Spartanburg County.
- IQ-MS Research Project Showcase: National Guard: The National Guard would like to invite your school to participate in a new and exciting educational program available to engineering students across the country this year. The National Guard is pleased to offer FREE education material on Engineering Design and Failure. There is absolutely no financial obligation to your school to be involved in this program. With shrinking budgets and increasing spending cuts, the National Guard Engineering Education Program is an opportunity to support you and your students with additional information and resources at absolutely no extra cost. Registration for the program is easy! To learn more about the program or sign up your school, just visit our website at www.nationalguardcareertech.com. To obtain your log in information contact the program coordinator, Katie Stachler, at 678-990-7474. Education & Business Summit: Nan will submit a proposal for the Collaborative to present at the conference STEM Summit Series: Focus—STEM and the Arts. Planning committee seeking presenters. Proposal applications can be found at the SC Coalition for Mathematics and Science website http://www.sccoalition.org
- Nan provided a brief overview of the SCCMS/S2TEM Centers SC research project.
- IQ-MS is a statewide initiative, encompassing 10 research sites across the state of SC. Our state is divided into 5 regions and between 1 and 3 research sites have been identified within each region for the IQ-MS project. Teachers in the project have access to collaborate with others across the state during face to face 3 day summer institutes, as well as ongoing virtual communication with one another through Edmodo during the school year.
- Within each region, participating schools are supported by a Center-Based PI who meets quarterly with leadership teams to reflect on implementation of the project.
- See first hand what this project is all about. Learn about S²TEM Centers SC’s Boeing funded research grant. Join the math and science teachers from Middle School of Pacolet as they share specific research-based disciplinary literacy strategies that engage students in purposeful reading, meaningful writing, and productive dialogue. Visit virtual classrooms where middle school students engage in these strategies. Hear a nationally known author, Dr. David Pugalee, speak about disciplinary literacy in the mathematics and science classroom. Network over lunch (provided). Prize drawing at closing. Must be present to win. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-exchange-reading-to-learn-and-innovate-in-mathematics-science-tickets-10184178151
- Tom provide an update on the STEM Asset Mapping: Looking at a soft launch of the map on Pi Day (3.14) where a few of our STEM friends will be invited to try out the map as posters of information. In return for debugging assistance, there will be freebies! The map will hopefully go live with a reasonably well populated map in early April. Asset Mapping Background Information: The SC STEM ASSET Map will be a digital repository of visual and textual information that identifies a specified range of STEM education programs and resources located in South Carolina. This information will be accessible and useful to STEM constituencies including, educators, parents, students, scientists and engineers, professional organizations, economic development entities and government agencies. The Asset Map is being built upon concepts of crowd-sourcing where the SC STEM community will populate data and information into the system, recommend and/or “like”, comment, and send out invitations. The Asset Map is being developed by Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT) with funding assistance from the Clemson University Center for Workforce Development (CUCWD) and SCCMS. SCCMS, through its relationships with a broad spectrum of STEM education stakeholders will guide MAP development such that it reflects the needs of probable users.
- Marjorie has been in touch with several business/industry partners asking about their volunteer and/or retiree programs they have in place. Her inquiries generated a lot of positive interest.
- Katie has been officially named Director of this program. She shared that 3M is providing corporate support for this initiative enabling Katie to provide broader services. SCCMS is seeking an ARC grant to further bolster the program. Milliken is providing materials/kits for use with the initiative.
- Ryan provided an update of his initial research and thinking about an Upstate STEM Festival for 2015. He has been talking with various contacts generating interest. Ryan is working on a “one pager” to “sell” the festival to potential funders.
- Parting Thoughts Meeting dismissed
- Participants were asked to commit, in writing, to which of our priorities they are willing to work. We will begin work groups at our March meeting.
- We may not need all of these dates, but would like to hold them in case we do.