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Northwest Regional Advisory Board Members
A special thank you to the STEM Advisory Board
of NW Iowa
Teresa Alesch, Emmetsburg
John Bedward, Storm Lake
Kathleen Bottaro, Sioux City
Benjamin Bouza,
Hawarden
Derek Brower, Orange City
Beth Bunkers, Primghar
Eric Forseth, Sioux Center
Linda Gray, Everly
Ginny Gunderson, Spirit Lake
Kiana Johnson, Primghar
Nancy McDowell, Sheldon
Jordan Menning, Sioux Center
Teresa Putnam, Sanborn
Brenda Welsh, Sioux City
Mark Zabawa, Spencer
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Your Community -
Your Events
Learning happens inside and outside of the classroom.
Learning can happen to anyone at any age.
so
learning can happen anywhere, anytime, for anyone.
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STEM is the foundation for innovative problem-solving and discovery through exploratory learning. It is important for teachers, students, parents, businesses and communities to connect and have awareness, and access to world-class STEM education opportunities. In Northwest Iowa, we are committed to growing STEM education and opportunities.
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FAST-Track
Iowa's Future
Conference a Success
Governor Kim Reynolds, STEM Council co-chair, and Lt. Governor Adam Gregg gathered with more than 550 community leaders from all sectors of Iowa at the Events Center in Des Moines on June 21 to learn about, develop and grow localized school-business partnerships with the goal of inspiring and preparing students for STEM careers.
"Future Ready Iowa is about meeting our state's need for talent in high-demand business sectors that drive Iowa's economy, like advanced manufacturing, healthcare, agricultural science, information technology, finance and other fields." Gov. Reynolds, co-chair of the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council, said. "That is what this conference was about. Connecting education systems with the recipients they serve - employers - so that graduates are job-ready for the exciting, meaningful strong wage occupations that await right here in local communities across the state."
The Future Ready Iowa vision includes a goal that 70 percent of Iowa's workforce achieve a post-secondary education or training by 2025. In order to reach this goal, leaders are looking at two areas:
- Expanding
current work
-based models (think projects like STEM BEST, Iowa BIG, Waukee's APEX, Hoover's STEM Academy).
- Creating a system of tuition assistance for expanding STEM fields that have trouble finding workers (think welding and technology).
"We are training Iowans for the jobs of
tomorrow," said Governor Reynolds, "and many of those jobs may not have even been invented yet." The state will look at ways to close Iowa's skills gap, which should increase
income potential
and make it a better place for both families and the economy.
If you missed the event, videos from the keynote speakers, as well as the breakout sessions (coming soon!), can be found at www.IowaSTEM.gov/Archive.
Panelists: * Nick Glew, President, Marion Economic Development Corp (Community Promise Program) * Jennifer Hartman, Principal, North Cedar Elementary School (Sidecar Coffee Partnership) * Kris Byam, Principal, Boone High School (Krunk Plumbing Partnership)
Community members explained their STEM BEST programs and how students benefit:
Kris Byam: Boone High School Principal
Boone has a program called the EDGE that partners with local business and industry. There are five different levels and impacts all students in grades 3-12.
Jennifer Hartman: Cedar Falls Elementary School Principal
K-3 stu
dents partnered with
SideCar
, a coffee house busi
ness in
the area, and run their own in-school coffee shop. It is open to the public, has free internet and draws in young and old and many read to students while they are enjoying their coffee.
Nick Glew: Marion Economic Development President
A program called Community Promise links students to local businesses. It offers five ways for businesses and students to partner. The end goal is to keep more young people in Marion County.
During the executive council meeting, the STEM Youth Advisory Board shared their findings of a survey given to high school students in Iowa on their awareness of STEM. Their charge is to inform the STEM Council's direction and expand the reach to Iowa youth by investigating and reporting youth perceptions and examining the current activities of the STEM Council.
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2018 Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (REAP) Host Sites Needed
The Academy of Applied Science, in partnership with the Army's Educational Outreach Program (AEOP), is seeking host sites for the Research & Engineering Apprenticeship Program (REAP) for the summer of 2018.
REAP provides high school students, especially those from underserved and under-represented populations, a summer apprenticeship at universities. Student apprentices contribute to the research activities in a university laboratory research setting under the supervision and guidance of a qualified mentor.
Please take a moment to read the attached Request for Proposal and learn how you can impact the lives of underserved high school students.
Proposals are due no later than 8:00pm, EST, Friday, August 18, 2017.
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Create a Mini Green Screen
Have you wanted to try creating a green screen, but feel intimated with all the supplies and space required? Try it on a small scale. You can use the same apps on an ipad as a large green screen. Here's what you'll need:
- Pizza boxes
- Paint
- Paper for characters
- Velcro strips for back of characters or green contact paper
- Green gloves to hold characters or green straws
- Popsicle sticks to support characters
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Check out NW STEM Website!
Northwest STEM Calendar
- Stay up-to-date on all Northwest STEM
regional opportunities and even a few state-wide. Use this calendar to share your STEM events with others.
Don't forget to connect with NW STEM on social media as well!
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