TSTEM 101

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T-STEM 101

• November 27, 2007

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Did You Know . . .
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The 25 of the population in China with the
highest IQs . . .
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Is greater than the total population of North
America.
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In India, its the top 28.
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Translation for teachersThey have more honors
kids than we have kids.
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Did you know . . .
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China will soon become the number one English
speaking country in the world.
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If you took every single job in the U.S. today
and shipped it to China . . .
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China would still have a labor surplus.
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The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that
todays learner will have 10-14 jobs . . .
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By the age of 38.
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According to the U.S. Department of Labor . . .
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1 out of 4 workers today is working for a company
they have been employed by for less than one year.
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More than 1 out of 2 are working for a company
they have worked for for less than five years.
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According to former Secretary of Education
Richard Riley . . .
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The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didnt exist in
2004.
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We are currently preparing students for jobs that
dont yet exist . . .
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Using technologies that havent been invented . .
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In order to solve problems we dont even know are
problems yet.
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Did you know . . .
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The U.S. is 20th in the world in broadband
Internet penetration.(Luxembourg just passed us.)
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In 2002 alone Nintendo invested more than 140
million in research and development.
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The U.S. Federal Government spent less than half
as much on Research and Innovation in Education.
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There are over 100 million registered users of
MySpace.(August 2006)
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The average MySpace page is visited 30 times a
day.
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Did you know . . .
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We are living in exponential times.
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There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on
Google each month.
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To whom were these questions addressed
B.G.?(Before Google)
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The number of text messages sent and received
every day exceeds the population of the planet.
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There are about 540,000 words in the English
language . . .
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About 5 times as many as during Shakespeares
time.
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More than 3,000 new books are published . . .
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Daily.
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Its estimated that a weeks worth of New York
Times . . .
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Contains more information than a person was
likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th
century.
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Its estimated that 1.5 exabytes (thats 1.5 x
1018) of unique new information will be generated
worldwide this year.
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Thats estimated to be more than in the previous
5,000 years.
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The amount of new technical information is
doubling every 2 years.
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That means for a student starting a four-year
technical or college degree . . .
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Half of what they learn in their first year of
study will be outdated by their third year of
study.
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Its predicted to double every 72 hours by 2010.
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Third generation fiber optics has recently been
separately tested by NEC and Alcatel . . .
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That pushes 10 trillion bits per second down one
strand of fiber.
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Thats 1,900 CDs or 150 million simultaneous
phone calls every second.
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Its currently tripling about every 6 months and
is expected to do so for at least the next 20
years.
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The fiber is already there, theyre just
improving the switches on the ends. Which means
the marginal cost of these improvements is
effectively 0.
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Predictions are thate-paper will be cheaper than
real paper.
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47 million laptops were shipped worldwide last
year.
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The 100 laptop project is expecting to ship
between 50 and 100 million laptops a year to
children in underdeveloped countries.
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Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will
be built that exceeds the computation capability
of the HumanBrain . . .
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By 2023, a 1,000 computer will exceed the
capabilities of the Human Brain . . .
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First grader Abby will be just 23 years old and
beginning her (first) career . . .
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And while technical predictions farther out than
about 15 years are hard to do . . .
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Predictions are that by 2049 a 1,000 computer
will exceed the computational capabilities of the
human race.
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What does it all mean?
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At your table

• Think about your children, grandchildren, nieces,
  nephewsetc..
• Answer these questions
• What will it take for them to graduate from high
  school?
• What goals do you have for them in their futures?
• Is high school enough to reach those goals? Why
  or why not?

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Texas High School ProjectA Partnership to
Increase Graduation Rates and College Readiness

• Where did T-STEM
• come from?

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What is the Texas High School Project?

• The Texas High School Project (THSP) is a 261M
  public-private initiative
• 148M TEA118M in state and 30M in federal
  funding
• 57M Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and other
  private funding managed by THSP staff at
  Communities Foundation of Texas
• 55M Michael Susan Dell Foundation
• 1M National Instruments

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Why was THSP created?

• Building on previous reforms
• TAKS testing expansion
• Required college-preparatory Recommended High
  School Program
• State funding provided for ninth-grade initiative
  and high school initiative
• Personal graduation plans required for at-risk
  secondary students
• Result 84 percent of Texas students graduated
  from high school within 4 years

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however, disparities persist
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Exit level disparities are particularly troubling
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College readiness is low for all groups

• Percent of Students Meeting THECB Standard for
  Higher Education Readiness

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Negative consequences are significant

• 56 of jobs today require some college
• 80 of the fastest-growing jobs over the next
  decade will require some college.
• The 50 best-paying occupations, only 2 dont
  require a college degree.
• A male with a college degree will make almost 1
  million more over his lifetime than a high school
  dropout.
• A woman with only a high school diploma earns a
  salary just above the poverty
• line for a family of three.

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What is the vision of the THSP?

• All Texas students will graduate high school
  ready for college and career success and prepared
  to be contributing members of the community.
• To succeed in work and life in the 21st century,
  students need the opportunity to achieve the
  highest level of education they can
• Four-year college
• Community college
• Military
• Job training

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What are the goals of the THSP?

• Key goals
• Increase high school graduation rates
• Promote a college-going culture and increase
  college readiness
• Build statewide capacity for supporting high
  school redesign and reform
• Create systemic changes that ensure long-term
  sustainable high school improvement

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Who does the Texas High School Project serve?

• Focus
• Border communities and urban areas Austin,
  Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Rio Grande Valley, San
  Antonio
• High schools serving high percentages of
  economically disadvantaged students

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What are the guiding principles of THSP programs?

• The Three Rs
• Rigor challenging curriculum and high
  expectations for all students
• Relevance meaningful course of study with
  real-life applications clear pathways to college
  and work
• Relationships powerful, sustained involvement
  with caring adults who mentor, advise, and
  support students
• throughout their high school careers

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What is the T-STEM Initiative?

• Texas Science Technology
• Engineering and Math Initiative Goals
• Develop leading innovation economy workforce by
  aligning high school, postsecondary education,
  and economic development
• Establish 35 T-STEM Academies, each year
  producing 3,500 Texas high school graduates
• Create 6-9 T-STEM Centers to support the
  transformation of teaching methods, teacher
  preparation, and instruction in the STEM fields
• Establish a statewide best practices network for
  STEM education to promote broad
• dissemination and adoption of
• promising practices

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Why T-STEM?

• High school students continue to pass the Math
  and Science sections of the high school
  graduation test (TAKS) at lower rates than the
  ELA or Social Studies sections.

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Why T-STEM?

• Texas has lower percentages of students taking
  Advanced Placement exams in Calculus, Biology,
  Chemistry, and Physics than the nation and lower
  percentages of students scoring a 3 or higher.
• The number of Hispanic and African American
  students in Texas who score a 3 or higher on the
  Chemistry and Physics AP exams is fewer than 500.
• Two of the most common reasons campuses were
  Academically Unacceptable under the state
  accountability system were failure to meet the
  TAKS math standards and failure to meet the TAKS
  science standards.
• Math performance was one of the top reasons that
  campuses failed to meet federal AYP standards.

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What is STEM Education?

• Teaching and learning strategies that challenge
  students to innovate and invent
• Model real world contexts for learning and work
• Integration of math, science, and technology with
  other subject areas
• The design process driving student engagement

How do we help children make sense of the world
and solve new and novel problems?
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T-STEM Academies and Centers
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T-STEM Academies Design

• Mix of charter schools, traditional public
  schools, and schools created in partnership with
  an institute of higher education (IHE).
• Stand alone campuses or small learning
  communities
• Approximately 100 students per grade
• Grades 6 12 (or 9 12 and actively work with
  feeder middle schools)
• Serve a population with a majority representation
  of high-need students
• Open enrollment and non-selective

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T-STEM Academies Goals

• Produce Texas graduates in areas of high need
  across the state with the preparation to pursue
  postsecondary study and careers in STEM-related
  fields by
• Providing a rigorous, well rounded education
• Establishing a personalized, college- and
  work-ready culture
• Providing teacher and leadership development

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T-STEM Centers Design

• Located at universities, regional ESCs, LEAs, and
  other non-profit organizations
• Create regional partnerships among businesses,
  higher education entities, school districts, and
  other organizations to support the T-STEM
  initiative

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T-STEM Center Goals

• Identify and develop innovative instructional
  materials that integrate math and science
  concepts with the practical, problem-solving
  elements
• Deliver professional development to teachers in
  STEM fields based on national best practices
• Train administrators and principals in effective
  leadership strategies for supporting innovative
  math and science instruction
• Provide technical assistance, training, and
  coaching to the T-STEM Academies and other
  schools
• Support regional partnerships between businesses
  and school districts around STEM

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How does this fit into our region?
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International Relationships

• The City of McAllen M.E.D.C. maintains a
  strong international relationship with Mexico. We
  work closely with Mexican officials in Reynosa,
  Tamaulipas, to attract new investment, develop
  infrastructure, enhance workforce education and
  training, and promote the construction of worker
  housing.

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International Clients

• CANADA
• DENMARK
• ENGLAND
• CHINA
• FINLAND
• FRANCE
• GERMANY
• KOREA
• NORWAY
• SWITZERLAND
• SWEDEN
• TAIWAN
• UNITED STATES

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Population Density
10 Million People Within a 150 Mile Radius
Source CIESIN, Columbia University
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National Worker Deficit
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National Worker Deficit

• Shortages of labor constitutes the foremost
  challenge confronting U.S. manufacturers
• In 2005 90 of manufacturers surveyed by the
  National Association of Mfg. reported moderate to
  severe shortages of production workers and 65
  indicated a moderate to severe shortage of
  scientists and engineers 54 say this is causing
  moderate to high negative impact on customer
  service.
• NAM estimates U.S. mfg. will face a deficit of 10
  million workers by 2020.
• According to a recent article in Forbes magazine
  it was stated that currently there is a person
  turning 60 yrs of age every 7 seconds in the U.S.
  and in 3 years 40 of the existing
  work force will reach retirement age.

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Future National Worker Deficit
APPROACHING DEFICIT OF WORKERS THE NATIONAL
PICTURE
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Future Texas Workforce
APPROACHING DEFICIT OF WORKERS THE VIEW FROM
TEXAS
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Future McAllen Workforce
Greater McAllen Region Working Age Population
(Ages 18-64)
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McAllen, Texas is designated as an Attainment
Area as shown on the from the Texas
Environmental Profile
Environmental
McAllen Metro
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Maquiladora Employment
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Maquiladora Employment
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Maquiladora Employment
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Trans Texas Corridor
New Global Shipping Routes 25 cost reduction
over traditional routes Avg 3 day reduction
over traditional routes Distribution of
globally produced products from one point
Makes Texas the 3rd Coast
Provides direct connection from one of the
largest Cities in the world to the population
centers of Texas.
Dallas Ft. Worth 5,600,000
McAllen/Reynosa Metro Area 1,800,000
Distance from Reynosa To
Miles Km Monterrey 140 225 Manzanillo
833 1341 Altamira 316 508 Mexico
City 636 1024
Port of Altamira
Mexico City 20,000,000
Port of Manzanillo
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Current Distribution Channels
Current European goods arrive at U.S. Ports
Current Asia Goods arrive at U.S. Ports
Mexico Produced Goods
Current South American goods arrive at U.S. Ports
The requirement to ship complete orders to
customers require companies to have multiple
distribution centers Products must be moved to
those cities to be staged for sale
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Emerging Distribution Channels
Inventory maintained in piece part state
manufactured per customers specification
shipped directly to customers regional DC
stores, or home. Estimated cost reduction of a
minimum 12 over current system.
Port of Altamira
Ports of Manzanillo And Lazaro Cardenas
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Meeting the National and Local Needs
T-STEM Academies
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Academies are Mission Driven
The purpose of the 35 academies is to increase
student achievement by engaging and exposing
students to innovative science and math
instruction while simultaneously acting as
demonstration sites to inform math and science
teaching and learning statewide.
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Academy Design Blueprint

• The design blueprint is a written document
  specifying the design of the T-STEM Academy,
  including its design, development and
  implementation.
• It will detail the decisions which have emerged
  from the analyses and discussions in the early
  phases of designing the academy and is therefore
  a culmination of the planning work undertaken by
  the design team.

• Each Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and
  Math Academy will develop an Individualized
  Academy Design Blueprint detailing the following
  best practices benchmarks, program requirements
  and indicators of progress

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Four Phases of Development

• Phase One Innovation and Invention
• Phase Two Implementation
• Phase Three Refining
• Phase Four Reinvention

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Design Blueprint Definition

• Benchmark
• (1) An intermediate target to measure progress in
  a given period using a certain indicator.
  (Little, 2002).
• (2) A reference point or standard against which
  to compare performance or achievements (Little,
  2002).
• (3) Benchmarking is a process used in management
  and particularly strategic management, in which
  organizations evaluate various aspects of their
  processes in relation to best practice, usually
  within their own sector. This then allows
  organizations to develop plans on how to adopt
  such best practice, usually with the aim of
  increasing some aspect of performance.
  (Wikipedia, 2006)

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T-STEM Academies Benchmarks

• BENCHMARK 1 Leadership is Mission Driven
• BENCHMARK 2 School Culture and Design
• BENCHMARK 3 Student Outreach/Recruitment,
  Selection and Retention
• BENCHMARK 4 Teacher-Leader Selection,
  Development and Retention
• BENCHMARK 5 Curriculum
• BENCHMARK 6 Instruction
• BENCHMARK 7 Strategic Alliances
• BENCHMARK 7 Budget Finance

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Design Blueprint Definitions

• Program Requirement (1) In engineering, a
  requirement is a singular documented need of what
  a particular product or service should be or do.
  (2)In the classical engineering approach, sets of
  requirements are used as inputs into the design
  stages of product development. (Wikipedia, 2006)

• Indicator An indicator provides evidence that a
  certain condition exists or certain results have
  or have not been achieved. Indicators enable
  decision-makers to assess progress towards the
  achievement of intended outputs, outcomes,
  Program Requirements, and objectives. (Little,
  2002)

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Design Blueprint Example

• BENCHMARK 1 Leadership is Mission Driven
• Program Requirement 1.1 Every academy will
  create design blueprint for a STEM-focused
  learning environment with explicitly high
  expectations for all students with a focus on a
  relationship-based, rigorous, relevant, and
  standards-driven curriculum

• Indicators
• The Individualized Academy Design Blueprint is
  used as a guidepost document.
• The academy has high and consistent learning
  expectations and performance standards for all
  students.
• The academys STEM initiative is clear about the
  specific skills that must be addressed that are
  essential to STEM literacy skills, i.e., the
  types of skills necessary to meet demands of
  advanced high school coursework, higher
  education, the world of work, and lifelong
  learning.
• School leaders facilitate consensus on how the
  academy will help diverse learners build the
  requisite skills and strategies to become highly
  functioning STEM literate graduates.
• Academies report to stakeholders data on student
  performance, attendance, persistence, and annual
  surveys of stakeholders satisfaction.
• The academy produces outstanding student results,
  particularly in math and science.

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Schema of Support

• Innovation Coaches
• Duties include at monthly visits to the T-STEM
  Academy
• Regular weekly contact with Academy leader via
  email and/or phone
• Submittals of site visit reports using the needs
  assessment tool to T-STEM staff
• Collection of academy progress indicators against
  the school goals.
• The T-STEM coaches network resources to further
  the success of the T-STEM schools.
• T-STEM Academy Training
• Kilgo Data-Driven Decision-making
• Target conferences
• Centers Support
• Developing new science, technology, engineering,
  and math instructional materials
• Providing teachers with professional development
  opportunities, including specially-trained
  coaches that support educators working to achieve
  T-STEM goals
• Create partnerships between businesses,
  institutions of higher education, and school
  districts to support TSTEM.
• Evaluate the practices used at T-STEM academies
  and will identify and document the most
  successful techniques.
• T-STEM Innovation Network
• Face-to-face convenings and Online convenings

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What are the kinds of questions that each team
needs to ask themselves as they enter the design
phase?

• Physical location of Center?
• Fiscal agent of grant award?
• Major Goals, in priority order?
• Timelines, staffing patterns, and
• collaborating partners?

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Many Challenges

• Build trust relationships with partners,
  collaborators, clients, and stakeholders
• Move past historical work of our institutions,
  yet build on combined strengths to do difficult
  work
• Move past institutional inertia, deal with
  politics of making changes in the way we work
• Deal with required areas of work that are not
  necessarily our greatest strengths
• Develop an appropriate enterprise model

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Who ought to be part of the design phase so that
this work is insured?

• At the informational level, a broad range of
  stakeholders..
• At the design level for the actual start-up work,
  a smaller team.including
• practitioners and leaders

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Our Children are the most important assets of
our country they deserve at least the heritage
that was passed to usa level of mathematics,
science and technology education that is the
finest in the world, without sacrificing the
American birthright of personal choice, equity
and opportunity. National Science Board
Commission a generation ago
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YOUR PROGRAM PURPOSE

• Increase student achievement by engaging and
  exposing students to innovative science and math
  instruction while simultaneously acting as
  demonstration sites to inform math and science
  teaching and learning statewide.
• Academies will provide a rigorous, well-rounded
  education with outstanding science and math
  instruction with technology integrated across the
  curriculum.

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How do you make it come alive?
Core Courses
Career Related Electives
Extra Curricular Activities
Career Related Activities
College and Career Readiness
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What do you have to look forward to?

• Engaged Students
• Higher Success Ratings
• Higher Graduation Rates
• Higher Completion Rates
• Increase in students graduation with college
  credits
• Long lasting partnerships to develop new programs