Raising

Awareness & Interest in STEM Educa<on

How do you re-culture a school to develop a STEM iden/ty?
Tonya LiMle, NCSU Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA)
Come See!
Recyclable Art Gallery
Martin County Soil & Water 4-H Projects NCSU Science House Bee Keepers NC Forestry USDA Wildlife Farmers Market Estuarium Roanoke River Tours
Roanoke/Cashie River Center

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BACKGROUND & PURPOSE

With an increasingly compe//ve global economy, eorts to increase college readiness and matricula/on are aMrac/ng more aMen/on as a school reform. The literature suggests that pursuit of college and professional careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) is not deterred by a lack of talent or interest, but rather by students inability to transform their interests into realis/c strategies. The Raising Awareness and Interest in STEM Educa/on (RAISE) program promotes a school-wide STEM culture in which all students can see themselves as being global STEM 21st Century learners.

LOGIC MODEL
Problem of Practice: Establish partnerships with business, higher education and scientific community stakeholders to provide relevant Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) experiences for students and teachers of Riverside Middle School. !

COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Earth Day Exhibitors & Community Partners

Come see the Trashasaurus!

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PCS Phosphate Organic Gardening Hydroponics Biofuels and much more

Strategies

Objectives

Goals

Earth Day Community Event

RAISE Raising Awareness and Interest in STEM Education Riverside Middle School

1. Establish an active partnership with the Martin County NC Cooperative Extension Agency 4-H Coordinator.

A. Students become active members of a school-based 4-H club.

Increase student communication skills, leadership and discovery in 4-H programs.

Monday, April 22, 2013 6:00pm 8:00pm

Riverside Middle School, 2920 US Hwy 17, Williamston, NC 27892
The mission of Riverside Middle School's faculty and staff is to enhance the educational process for students, parents, teachers, and all community stakeholders.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Visualize oneself as a STEM professional Transform interest into realis/c ac/on Create strategic plans

2. Administrators and teachers partner with higher education institutions and businesses for first-hand, place-based learning STEM experiences

B. Enhance student, teacher and parent learning of STEM knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs.

Increase student STEM interest and positive attitudes toward STEM subjects and jobs.

Increase collaborative STEM partnerships between students, teachers, parents and community partners.

Art Classes Built a Trashasaurus for Earth Day

Mar/n County 4-H NC A&T State University NCSU Science House Mar/n County Soil & Water Mar/n County Farmers Market Roanoke Cashie River Center Organic Gardeners Pocosin Lakes Na/onal Wildlife Refuge Mar/n County Boy Scouts Roanoke River Partners Mar/n County Bee Keepers Mar/n County Master Gardeners USDA Wildlife Mid Atlan/c Ultra Sports IBX OuiiMers

RECOMMENDATIONS
! Increase student desires to make a difference in their communities as a result of hands-on, place-based learning.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

Community Networking

Teacher Training

Data
Family Involvement
Social Cogni/ve Career Theory (SCCT)- Adapted from Lent, Brown & HackeM, 1994, 2000

Experien/al Learning

LOOKING AHEAD TO SCALE-UP

EVALUATION QUESTIONS

The following data was collected as a result of STEM community events held during a_er-school hours.

Collabora/ons with our community partners have led to opportuni/es for training for our teachers, development and funding of Experien/al Learning Projects for our students, involvement of families in a_er school STEM programs, and facilita/on of classroom experiences by STEM partner guest lecturers. Pictured below le_ to right: 4-H Robo/cs Training; 7th grade teacher Jennifer Veverka, NELA Cohort II member Tonya LiMle and NELA Coach John Parker present at the 2013 Scaling STEM conference.

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REFLECTION

RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN 2012

www.PosterPresentations.com