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STEM Education: Moving Forward Together Camsie McAdams, Deputy Director Office of Innova:on and Improvement US Department of Educa:on
“Leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today—especially in science, technology,
engineering and math.” -‐President Barack Obama
Administration-‐wide Effort (Committee on STEM Education – CoSTEM)
Participating Federal Partners • Department of Agriculture • Department of Commerce • Department of Defense • Department of Educa:on • Department of Energy • Department of Health and Human Services • Department of Homeland Security
• Department of the Interior • Department of Transporta:on • Environmental Protec:on Agency • Execu:ve Office of the President • Na:onal Aeronau:cs and Space Administra:on • Na:onal Science Founda:on • Smithsonian Ins:tu:on
Improve P-‐12 STEM Instruc:on
Increase and Sustain Youth and Public Engagement in STEM
Enhance STEM Experience of Undergraduate Students
BeNer Serve Groups Historically Underrepresented in STEM
Design Graduate Educa:on for Tomorrow’s STEM Workforce
National Goals for STEM Education
Coordination Approaches
Build new models for leveraging assets and
exper:se
Lead and collabora:ng agencies; Implementa:on subgroups
Build and use evidence-‐based approaches
Common guidelines for educa:on research, etc.
Department of Education (ED) • Lead agency for P-‐12 instruc:on goal • Collabora:ng agency for all other goals • STEM Intra-‐agency team includes representa:on from every major office within ED
• STEM Team within the Office of Innova:on and Improvement: • Russell Shilling, Execu:ve Director of STEM Ini:a:ves • Camsie McAdams, Deputy Director of STEM • Ellen LeNvin, Robert Noyce Informal STEM Fellow • Julia Mundy, AAAS/APS/AIP STEM Policy Fellow • Suchi Saxena, Raikes Founda:on Fellow in Non-‐cogni:ve Factors & Learning
Request for STEM Innovation • $110 million for compe::ve grants for STEM Innova1on Networks. Grants would be awarded to a consor:a of districts, higher educa:on, informal STEM organiza:ons and other regional partners to improve STEM educa:on in their communi:es, in order to • Increase student engagement and achievement in STEM subjects, and/or
• Improve STEM teacher prepara:on and professional development.
• $20 million to pilot a Na1onal STEM Master Teacher Corps. • $40 million for STEM Teacher Pathways grants to recruit and train effec:ve STEM teachers for high need-‐schools and further the President’s “100K in 10” goal.
Existing/Continuing Investments Exis1ng programs with PRIMARY STEM emphasis: • Math Science Partnerships • Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program
• Hispanic Serving Ins:tu:ons STEM and Ar:cula:on Programs
• Upward Bound Math and Science Program
• Teacher Incen:ve Fund -‐ STEM
Selected exis1ng programs with STEM priority:
• Race to the Top • Educa:on Research Grants – Effec:ve
Teachers and Effec:ve Teaching Topics • Special Educa:on Research Grants –
Professional Development for Teachers • Inves:ng in Innova:on • Magnet Schools Assistance Program • Teacher Quality Partnerships • Suppor:ng Effec:ve Educators
Development Exis1ng programs that support STEM teaching and learning:
• ESEA Flexibility • 21st Century Community Learning Centers • Career and Technical Educa:on: Basic
Grants to States • Trade Adjustment Assistance Community
College and Career Training Grants (managed by U.S. Department of Labor)
• U.S. Department of Educa:on Green Ribbon Schools
Recent Highlights During the last 2 years: • Magnet Schools Assistance Program ~$90m; 27 grantees in 12 states funding 111 magnet schools (92 of 111 have STEM/STEAM theme)
• Teacher Incen1ve Fund STEM ~$80m; 6 grantees working in 95 schools and 13 school districts na:onwide
• Youth Career Connect program $107m; 24 grants in 20 states to support high school partnerships with business/industry
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers partnership with NASA; 3 states, 26 sites with planned expansion this fall to include other federal partners
• Teacher Quality Partnerships $35m priority on preparing new STEM teachers, will announce in early Fall