2011 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC)February 2-4, 2011 • San Antonio, TX

Transforming the Education of Future Generations in Engineering

and Engineering Technology

Jan MorrisonPresident, TIES

What is STEM EDUCATION?

STEM Education refers to the teaching and learning of these disciplines usually in a trans-disciplinary fashion to a level of rigor at least sufficient for college readiness without remediation and the “T & E” informs the “S & M”.

A student's high school experience with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) coursework has proven to be an important indicator for overall college readiness, postsecondary success, and preparation for STEM careers.

But the numbers are cause for concern. Of the 1.9 million students who enrolled in college, only 1.3 million were ready for college-level STEM work without remediation, and less than 280,000 intended to major in STEM-related fields.

What is STEM EDUCATION?

The special significance of STEM education, and its challenges, has led to three primary areas of focus:

• Student achievement in STEM disciplines in high school is among the strongest predictors of success in college. Consequently, the effort to develop more effective teachers in math and science as well as new STEM curricula and classroom assessments will offer greater opportunity for youth.

• STEM disciplines pose some of the highest barriers to college readiness for students, especially students from disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds. And yet STEM study, when taught well, can be powerfully motivating for students, engaging and nurturing their natural curiosity about how their world works. The foundation is pursuing the creation of academic supports across the curricula, including STEM coursework, aligned with college-ready state standards.

• The STEM education challenge—and the concerns it raises about U.S. economic competitiveness—has provoked the nation’s STEM experts, innovators, and leaders to get more directly involved in developing solutions. The STEM sector’s engagement on education reform issues and its efforts to help school systems incubate, pressure test, and adopt effective innovations are a critical factor in improving student achievement

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2011

The rapid evolution of the new global “knowledge economy” with profound effects on the world of work—all work?

The sudden and dramatic shift from information that is limited in terms of amount of availability to information characterized by flux and gut.

The increasing impact of media and technology on how young people learn and relate to the world—and to each other.

(Wagner, Tony: The Global Achievement Gap, 2008.)

How does US education respond to…How does US education respond to…

The Problem: A Leaky Pipeline

The Problem: Being Shut Out of STEM Careers

Theory of Action: Scaling Innovation Through Managed Networks

Three key elements…

1. Investing in key states that can creatively apply their own intellectual and scientific, technical and corporate and financial to leverage and sustain multiple STEM approaches

2. Connecting these states and other partners through active networking designed to learn, capture and distribute innovation and change behavior

3. Funding national advocacy through a coalition of outstanding champions that range from corporate executives and political leaders to Nobel Laureates

Theory of Action: Outcomes Aligned with College Ready and Post-Secondary Success

College Readiness

Equity

Ecooomic Competitiveness

Teaching Effectiveness

Knowledge Capture and Transfer

“Real” Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

College Readiness

Equity

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STEM Can Harness This Momentum Through an Integrated Mesh Network Approach

Building and Linking Operational Networks

Creating Enabling Infrastructure

Harnessing Political Will and Rebranding STEMAccelerating Transformative Models of STEM Learning

Building and Linking Strategic Networks

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Multi-state network assets as new channels for scaling to accelerate the spread of key College Ready initiatives

A receptive and catalyzed community for adopting, adapting, and piloting initiative activities

Deeper connections to influential and non-traditional players with unique expertise, competencies, and resources

A powerful convening strategy that allows for broader collaboration and co-construction

Mechanisms for supporting information and capturing lessons learned from new approaches

A sense of urgency around which government and industry can rally and mobilize

New methods that raise the bar on both rigor and improving student and teacher engagement

Catalyzing STEM Communities Via Networks

The “Active” Playing Field

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CaliforniaCaliforniaSTEM LearningSTEM LearningNetworkNetwork

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STEM Network Start-UpSTEM Network Start-Up

NGA Designated STEM Center NGA Designated STEM Center

Race to the Top WinnerRace to the Top Winner

STEM Platform School or SiteSTEM Platform School or Site

Intensive Partnership SiteIntensive Partnership Site

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Innovation by Networking States and Powerful Partners

State Innovation Networks…

• T-STEM Initiative

• Ohio STEM Learning Network OSLN

• North Carolina STEM Community Collaboratives NC

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• Empire State STEM Learning Network NYSTEM

• California STEM Learning Network…CSLNet

• Washington State STEM Center

• Tennessee STEM Learning Network TNLN

• New Mexico STEM Learning Network

PanhandleTexas Tech T-STEM

Texas Tech Lubbock ISD

ESC Regions 14 -18

WestEl Paso T-STEM

UT El Paso 12 El Paso area school districts

Region 19

SouthEl Centro del Futuro • Region One (partnering w/)• UT Pan Am • 13 school districts, and the • UT Dana Center

EastEast Texas STEM UT Tyler TX A&M Texarkana ESC Regions 5-8 & 6 ISDs in NE Texas

Southeast Regional STEM UT Medical Branch Rice Texas State NASA ESC Regions 3-5 Houston Museum of Natural Sci 9 ISDs (including Houston, Galveston, Cypress Fairbanks)

CentralTransformation 2013

Region 13 in Austin (partnering w/) ESC Region 20 in San Antonio

UT Austin College of Engineering San Antonio ISD

Taylor ISD

Dana Center at UT Austin Providing support to centers and

academies, as well as other schools across Texas

NorthNorth Texas STEM Texas A&M Dallas ISD ESC Region 10

7 T-STEM Centers

CentralWaco ISD – AJ MooreTexas BioSci - Temple CollegeManor ISDRapoport - WacoHarmony Science-Bryan/College StationHarmony Science - WacoHarmony Science - Austin

WestBurnham Wood –Da Vinci – El Paso

Harmony Science El PasoEl Paso ISD/El Paso CC

SouthHarmony Science –San Antonio

North East ISD – Lee HS/Nimitz MSCorpus Christi ISD – Innovative Academy

IDEA Academy – San BenitoIDEA Academy -Mission

La Sara ISDValley View ISD

School of Excellence – San AntonioHarmony Science – Laredo

Harmony Science – BrownsvillePharr San-Juan Alamo/South Texas College

EastAldine ISD – Carver HSYES Prep SEHarmony School of ExcellenceKIPP HoustonHarmony Science- BeaumontHarmony Science – NW HoustonLongview ISD – Longview GlobalFruitvale ISDGalveston ISD – Ball HSHarmony School of ScienceEnergized for Excellence - HISD

NorthIrving Academy Harmony Science-Fort WorthWaxahachie ISD – Waxahachie GlobalDallas ISD - Conrad HSRichardson ISD – Berkner HSPeak Academy-Williams PrepCarrollton-Farmers Branch ISD - METSAHarmony School of Nature - Dallas

PanhandleNew Deal ISDHarmony Science-Lubbock

T-STEM Academies

Early Innovators2006 Academies2007 Academies2008 Academies

STEM Regional Hubs* Platform Schools &Connected K-8 Programs of Excellence

STEM Regional Hubs* Platform Schools &Connected K-8 Programs of Excellence

Regional PartnershipsRegional Partnershipsand Investorsand Investors

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Grant $$Grant $$Grant $$ + Grant $$ + Technical AssistanceTechnical Assistance

StateStateOf OhioOf Ohio

Ohio STEMOhio STEMLearning NetworkLearning Network

H.B. 119

contribution of talent and resourcestied to clear regional benefit

capacity building, regional &statewide impact throughnetwork-centric participation

Managed byManaged byBattelle andBattelle andCore TeamCore Team

IntermediaryIntermediary

PCL STEMPCL STEMSubcommitteeSubcommittee

Partnership forPartnership forContinued LearningContinued Learning

Ohio STEM Learning Network (OSLN) Alignment of State, Private and Local Design Principles and Investments

Battelle +Battelle +Support TeamSupport Team

coordination

ClevelandDaytonAkronCincinnatiColumbus

STEM Regional Hub Funding Model

09/10 Biennium Budget$20 Million newIncluded in H.B. 1

Building a Network of STEM Communities

Ready to Launch3 STEM Communities engaged in 2009

Emerging/Incubating CommunitiesFuture STEM Communities being identified

COMMUNITIES GOVERNMENTS

KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE & TECHNOLOGYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

POLICY & REGULATION

GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESSPARENTS, TEACHERS & STUDENTS

ECONOMICPROSPERITY

By connecting communities to the state of the art programs, standards and assessments, curriculum/content, professional development, and expertise, the entire network benefits.

North Carolina STEM Community Collaborative—NC STEM… Our Challenge is Ours, Collectively

Empire State STEM Learning Network

Network design derived from progressive dialogue: A state-wide system of multi-dimensional, public/private partnerships to manage and execute strategic roadmap

Public/private partnerships:• Business• Education (PK-20+)• Parents• NGOs*• Government

*Non-government organizations

Agile systems design approach:• Concept (define the market, requirements, solution architecture)• Prototype (develop beta, soft launch)• Adapt (refine)• Implementation (scale)

Web-based access to knowledge assets and the network• Effective policies,

programs, processes• Research on STEM

education• Value proposition and

recommended actions aligned to constituency

• Links to other state and national initiatives

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Objectives:• Grow STEM teaching and learning capacity• Accelerate knowledge capture and sharing of

effective policies and practices• Stimulate ongoing collaborative innovation

Collaboration with other state and national leaders

Engineering Partners in Innovation & Networking: Battelle

Systems Engineering Informing Public EducationSystems Engineering Informing Public Education

RAYTHEON AND BHEF BRINGING SYSTEMS MODELING TO STEM TEACHING AND LEARNING

“Systems models have the potential tooffer an organized and comprehensiveapproach to understanding the U.S.education system.” BHEF 2009

Engineering and STEM Instruction: The Application of Underlying Phenomena and Logic and The Importance of Fabrication K-12

NAEP 2014

Engineering in the Science Framework and Science Standards

The MIT Fab Lab

Serious Gaming

“Engineering Innovation”

MESA

SEEK

Camp Invention

Engineering The Future (NCTL and MOS)

Engineering in Action: MIT Fab Lab in Cleveland

College Ready/Work Ready STEM Learning Environments Improved Student Performance

Evidence of Success

Reading MathWriting Science Social Studies

State Average(OH)

Metro

Social Studies ScienceMath Reading

9th Graders Taking 10th

Grade Test at MC2

Same 8th GradersTaking 8th Grade Test

Science MathReading

State Average (TX)

TSTEM Network Schools (average)

T-STEM Network, Texas

% of Students Passing or Commended on State Exam (TAKS), 2008

Metro High School, Columbus, OH*

% of Students Passing State Exam (OGT) 2009

MC2STEM High School, Cleveland, OH

% of Students Passing 10th Grade State Tests as 9th Graders at MC2 vs. % of Same Students Passing 8th Grade Test in 8th Grade

•% of Metro students taking the test who are free and reduced-lunch is 35%, compared to 24% statewide

Low IncomeHispanicBlack

DPS

DSST

Denver School of Science and Technology, CO

10th Grade Math, % of Students Proficient or Advanced, 2008

DSST was named highest performing school in CO