ASEE K12 Initiative

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ASEE K-12 Initiative

• Engineering Deans Institute
• Sunday, March 28, 2004
• James H. Johnson, Jr.
• Howard University

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K-12 Division

• Strong Momentum towards Full Standing
• 338-member Constituent Committee
• By-laws approved Feb, 2004
• Business meeting in Salt Lake City
• K-12 membership promotion

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ASEE EngineeringK12 Center

• Strategic Objectives
• Public Awareness
• Curriculum Resources
• Community Building
• www.engineeringk12.org

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Public Awareness

• Engineering, Go For It
• 300,000 copies distributed since September
• USA Today website
• Media presence
• Go, Engineering! K-12 newsletter
• www.engineering-goforit.com

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Curriculum Resources

• Teach/Engineering.com (NSF)
• Searchable database of over 550 outreach programs
  much else on website
• NSF Proposal for Center for K-12 Technology and
  Engineering Education

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Community Building

• K-12 Engineering Outreach Leadership Workshop,
  ASEE Annual Conference
• K-12, Higher Ed, Govt, Industry Invitees
• best thats been thought and said
• National-level guidance for field

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Summary

• ASEE K-12 Initiative
• K-12 Division
• ASEE EngineeringK12 Center
• Public awareness
• Curriculum Resources
• Community Building