Paul Gibbins
North Central Regional Manager
Iowa State University
1259 Stange Rd
Ames, Iowa 50011
515-294-0645 (office)
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STEM Event Calendar
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(DoS)
Training
North Central STEM Hub
Ames
Sept 26
5 - 7 pm
Iowa Dept of EducationEvery Student Succeeds Act
Public Input Meeting
Heartland AEA, Rm 107
Johnston
Sept 27
4-6:30 pm
Sept 28
Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council Meeting
Ankeny
Sept 29
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Engineering is Elementary
Scale-Up Training
Ames
OCTOBER
Oct 9 & 10
West Des Moines
Oct 12
Scale-Up Training
Science Center of Iowa
Des Moines
Oct 17
10 AM to 2 PM
Crossroads Mall
Fort Dodge
Oct 20
8:00 pm
2016 Zaffarano Lecture
Iowa State University
Ames
Oct 24
Ankeny
Oct 25
4-6:30 pm
NOVEMBER
Nov 8
4-6:30 pm
Nov 10
Cedar Valley Family STEM Festival
Waterloo
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2016-17 NC STEM Advisory Board
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Jose Amaya
Ames
Robin Anderson
Mason City
Emily Banks Marshalltown
David Barajas Marshalltown
Paul Bartelt
Forest City
John Bonner
Vincent
Doug Jacobson
Ames
Ben Petty
Conrad
Richard Ritter III Marshalltown
Kathy Rogotzke
Mason City
Sarah Rosenblum Marshalltown
Corey Rogers
Cedar Falls
Camille Sloan Schroeder
Ames
Jan Westrum
Boone
Richard Wrage Marshalltown
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WiSE STEM Fest a Success!
By the numbers:
660+ attendees from 28+ Communities,
59% Attendees Female
Over 21% Attendees of Color
35+ Exhibitors and Many Many Volunteers
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Next STEM Festival
Oct. 15th - Ft. Dodge Kidzmania!
Fort Dodge, Crossroads Mall, 217 S 25th St
STEM festivals are free and open to the public, so please stop by for an engaging hands-on STEM experience.
Questions? Please contact
Paul Gibbins, North Central Regional STEM Manager
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Meet Corey Rogers
North Central STEM Advisory Board Member
Corey is a Consultant for School Improvement, with focus areas in STEM, Instructional Technology, Competency Based Education, and Coding at Area Education Agency 267. She is a mentor for the Cedar Valley CoderDojo (
coderdojocv.org), serves on numerous STEM Festival planning committees in northeast Iowa, and will be coaching FLL at Lou Henry Elementary this fall.
Corey earned a B.S. from Grand Valley State University (Allendale, Michigan) in Secondary Education with a Computer Science major and Mathematics minor. She later earned a M.S. from Concordia University (Ann Arbor, Michigan) in Educational Leadership & Administration.
Corey started her teaching career as a middle school Applied Technology (STEM) teacher in the Detroit suburbs. Her students researched, designed, and built model bridges & rockets, CO
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racecars, and Rube Goldberg machines. She later transitioned to the role of Computer Programming & Applications teacher. Her students learned programming skills with Alice & Scratch, used HTML to design and create web sites, created digital animations and comic strips, and learned basic computing skills. In 2011, Corey's husband was relocated to Iowa for work. At that point, she became the Media & Technology Integration Specialist at Bunger Middle School (Waterloo Schools). Corey focused the majority of her time and energy on supporting teachers with ethical and purposeful technology integration through lesson planning, alignment to district standards/initiatives, and team teaching.
Corey and her husband, Glen, have two kids. Rory, their 9 year-old daughter, and Howard, their 7 year-old son, are both students at Lou Henry Elementary School (Waterloo Schools). In her free time, Corey enjoys playing board games, doing yoga, spending time with family, friends, & neighbors, and reading.
@corey_rogers
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Nominations Open For Outstanding Iowa STEM Teachers
A Teacher in Our Region Will Win a $3,000 Prize!
Do you know a STEM teacher that goes above and beyond?
Nominations are open for the 2017 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award sponsored by Kemin Industries. This award celebrates teachers whose leadership and dedication to STEM in Iowa increases students' interest and awareness in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
One teacher from each of the six STEM regions will receive a $1,500 award along with an additional $1,500 to be used in their classroom.
Deadline for submissions is October 14, and recipients will be announced spring 2017.
Prior Winners from the North Central Region
2016 Ed Birkey, Fort Dodge Senior High School
2015 Shelly Vanyo, Boone High School
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STEM Council Shows Positive Results in 2015-2016
Iowa STEM Evaluation Report
The Iowa Governor's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Advisory Council shared the results from its 2015-2016 independent evaluation that measures the success of the STEM Council's efforts in advancing STEM education toward economic development across the state.
Highlights of the 306-page Iowa STEM Evaluation Report include:
- Students who participated in the STEM Scale-Up Program, scored an average of seven percent higher in National Percentile Rank on the Iowa Assessments in mathematics, six percent higher in science and four percent higher in reading.
- Nine in 10 Iowans thought STEM education should be a priority in their local school districts, but only 46% said it actually is a priority.
- 46 Corporate Partners contributed $559,239 in 2015-2016, a 20% increase in private investments over 2014-2015.
- Over 16,000 Iowans were engaged in community STEM festivals in 2015-2016.
- Scale-up programs impacted over 100,000 PreK-12 youth and their 2,507 educators in 2015-2016.
"This annual report provides vital information for the STEM Council to determine areas of strength for the program as well as areas for improvement," said Kemin Industries President and CEO Dr. Chris Nelson, co-chair of the STEM Council. "The results will shape our programming and develop stronger connections as STEM education efforts continue to move forward in our state."
To view the entire report is available
online.
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Featured in this Issue:
Free resources for educators Electrophoresis equipment
Column by Mike Zeller Field trips to Iowa State
Learning opportunities Award programs for educators
Free access to biotech master teachers and ISU experts
Iowa State's biotechnology public education program
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