Upper Cumberland Rural STEM Initiative

Hub Outcomes

Partnerships

• Averitt Express• Cookeville Regional Medical Center• Oakley STEM Center – TN Tech Univ• Oak Ridge Associated Universities• Highlands Initiative• National Science Teachers Association• Tennessee Solar Conversion and Storage using Outreach, Research and

Education (TN-SCORE)• US Department of Agriculture• Volunteer State Community College• TN Technology Center – Livingston• WCTE• Upper Cumberland Local Education Agencies

STEM ModulesMy Food

My Body

My Health

STEMmobile

STEM Focus Schools

BLEDSOE BLEDSON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

CANNON WOODBURY

GRAMMAR CLAY

CELINA K-8 CUMBERLAND FRANK P.

BROWN ELEMENTARY DEKALB DEKALB WEST

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FENTRESS ALLARD

ELEMENTARY GRUNDY PALMER

ELEMENTARY JACKSON GAINESBORO

ELEMENTARY LEBANON SPECIAL SCHOOL WALTER J. BAIRD MACON MACON COUNTY

JUNIOR HIGH OVERTON LIVINGSTON

MIDDLE SCHOOL

PICKETTPICKETT COUNTY K-8 PUTNAM – PLATFORM SCHOOL PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY &

MIDDLE SCHOOL SEQUATCHIESEQUATCHIE MIDDLE

SCHOOL SMITH

SMITH COUNTY MIDDLE SUMNER JOE SHAFER MIDDLE

SCHOOL TROUSDALE JIM SATTERFIELD MIDDLE

SCHOOL VAN BURENSPENCER ELEMENTARY WARRENEASTSIDE ELEMENTARY WHITE

WHITE COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

WILSONSOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY

STEM Career Pathways

• Family Engagement Evenings• FAB Fridays• Career Fairs

UCRSI STEM ConferenceOctober 2013

• Showcases Partnerships

• Enhances regional connections

• Celebrates school innovations

UCRSI Volunteer Corp

online training prepares STEM professionals to be effective in their outreach to STEM learners.

STEM Classroom Mini-Grants

awarded to teachers from the LEA partners to enhance STEM instruction