STEM SENC Partner Meeting: April 15
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Please join us for our next STEM SENC partner meeting on
Monday, April 15
from
10 AM to 2 PM
on the UNCW Campus (Watson College of Education, Room 162). Keep an eye out for more information.
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If you do not wish to have your name, organization, title, and email address listed in the directory here, please email your request to
stemsenc@uncw.edu
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WEBINARS: STEM Learning Ecosystems
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Webinars take place on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 1:00 PM EST. They are available for playback on demand in the Internal
Community of Practice Site
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For access to the Community of Practice internal site, please email
WKaufman@samueli.org
and introduce yourself as a partner of STEM SENC.
The next webinar will be held
Tuesday, March 12 at 1:00 PM EST.
This webinar will
include important conversations with
Learning Heroes
. Learning Heroes inspires and equips every parent to be their child’s very own “Learning Hero” preparing them for a successful future.
Click here
to register.
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STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice Convening (SLECoP)
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The next Community of Practice Convening will be held April 3-5, 2019 in New Orleans, LA. STEM SENC will be represented by Heddy Clark (UNCW), Angie Reid-Griffin (UNCW), and Susan Miller-Hendrix (Public Schools of Robeson County).
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The Measure STEM meeting originally scheduled for March 20-21 in California has been replaced with a pre-convening session for leads in New Orleans on April 2. Heddy Clark will attend on behalf of STEM SENC. Measure STEM continues to grow its understanding of how to measure and assess much about the ecosystems and their efforts. To learn more, you may wish to watch the webinar available on the internal
Community of Practice
site in which Educational Results Partnership (ERP) discussed its work.
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ReCONNECT North Carolina: Rural & Urban
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STEM SENC is one of five community initiatives selected by the Institute for Emerging Issues to participate in ReCONNECT Rural and Urban, part of a three-year, six-forum series focusing on bringing North Carolina and North Carolinians together across lines of division. Carmen Sidbury (UNCW), Sue Kezios (UNCW), Heddy Clark, (UNCW), and Alan Brown (Brunswick County STEM Council) attended the ReCONNECT Rural and Urban Forum in Raleigh on February 11, 2019. Nearly 600 people attended the event which was full of inspiring speakers and opportunities for networking.
You can watch the recordings of the Forum sessions
here
. I highly encourage you to find time to view:
- The Five Community Initiatives to hear Carmen Sidbury discuss the potential STEM SENC has to impact both urban and rural students in southeastern North Carolina.
- It Takes Two to be inspired by Dana M. Weston, UNC Rockingham Health.
- Philanthropic Community Response to hear Dan Gerlach (Golden Leaf Foundation), Karl Stauber (Danville Regional Foundation), and Jennifer Tolle Whiteside (NC Community Foundation) discuss how Foundations think about funding projects like ours.
On February 12, Carmen, Heddy, and Alan participated in the second ReCONNECT Rural and Urban Community Cohort meeting in Raleigh focused on civil dialogue training. The third meeting will held in October in Charlotte.
ReCONNECT in the News
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- Heddy Clark discussed how STEM SENC builds on rural-urban connections in a story published in the Wilmington Star News. Read it here.
- Community initiatives share a vision for North Carolina at IEI Forum, a February 12, 2019 story in WRAL TechWire that showcases the five communities, including STEM SENC
- Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, used STEM SENC as an example to illustrate the power of the ReCONNECT initiative on the show “Education Matters.” The video can be seen here.
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Getting to Work on Summer Learning & Summer Learning Toolkit
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Start the new year strong with the tools and best practices to power your planning and execution of high-quality summer programs in the coming season. The National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) is excited to co-host a free, three-part summer program planning
webinar
series with the
National AfterSchool Association
and the
Afterschool Alliance
.
Part 1— Getting to Work on Summer Learning & Summer Learning ToolKit
This webinar was held February 27, 2019.
Click
here
to watch the recording. Click
here
to download the slides.
Part 2— Summer Learning Toolkit, A Deeper Dive: Keys to Staffing & Professional Development
Thursday, March 28, 2019
1-2:00 PM EST
This second webinar will take a closer look at staffing and professional development to examine how to hire and train the best possible staff that suits the specific climate, culture, and goals of your summer program. We’ll also highlight some great examples of sample job posting descriptions and staff handbooks.
Part 3— Summer Learning Toolkit, A Deeper Dive: TBD
Early April 2019
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Reminder: NC DNA Day Ambassador
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Click here
to enroll as a 2019 NC DNA Day Ambassador!
As an ambassador you will have the opportunity to share your love of science with the next generation. For more information visit the
NC DNA DAY
website.
Sign up is open from now until
March 31, 2019
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ChangeMakers: A North Carolina Science Festival Event
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Friday, April 12, 2019
Location: DC Virgo Preparatory Academy
813 Nixon St, Wilmington, NC 28401
Fee: Free (Registration Required)
Attention Makers and Dreamers,
Come join UNCW for our ChangeMakers event for the 2019 NC Science Festival! Individuals with disabilities, and friends, ages 4-17 years are encouraged to attend. We will provide opportunities for young people to explore maker technology as part of the Maker Movement. Community partners, people with disabilities, and our team of faculty/staff will be on hand to help you design and engineer in our maker space. This space will allow you to develop something you are passionate about that will solve a problem. Some activities will include making:
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Mechanical Grabber
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Create Your Own Ear Muffles
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Engineer a Night Light
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Brush Bots
We will have fun and make a difference in our world!
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:
2019 Distinguished Teaching Award in STEM Education
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NCABR is accepting nominations for its K-16 Distinguished Teaching Award in STEM Education, which is designed to recognize higher education faculty and educators at the elementary, middle and high school levels who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
Those wishing to nominate an educator or themselves for the 2019 awards should submit a
nomination form
and supporting documents to NCABR no later than April 12, 2019. Self-nominations will be accepted.
Each award consists of:
- Complimentary registration to the current year’s Bridging the Gap STEM education conference (registrations will be refunded for awardees who register and pay in advance);
- $500 cash prize; and
- Recognition and award presentation at the Bridging the Gap conference.
To learn more about the award and the conference, please visit the
Bridging the Gap
website.
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North Carolina Science Leadership Association (NCSLA)
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NCSLA is seeking new members interested in:
Future NCSLA events:
- Spring Summit: Durham, NC, April 16
- Fall Summit: Winston-Salem, NC, November 14-15
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Reminder: 2019 SSEP Grant Award
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund has opened applications for the 2019 Student STEM Enrichment Program (SSEP) grant awards. The SSEP supports programs with a common goal to enable primary and secondary students to participate in creative, hands-on STEM activities for K-12 students and pursue inquiry-based exploration in North Carolina. These awards provide up to $60,000 per year for three years. The deadline to apply is
April 16, 2019.
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Reminder: Synergy Conference 2019 - Public School Forum
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The Synergy Conference 2019 for afterschool professionals will be held
April 24-25, 2019
at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro NC. The theme this year is “DOING THE M.O.S.T.: MAXIMIZING OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME”.
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North Carolina Campus Compact
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NC Campus Compact is seeking higher education institutions or their affiliated community partners to host AmeriCorps VISTA members. The NC Afterschool Corps will build the capacity of afterschool and expanded learning programs that serve low-income children, while strengthening these programs' connection to local colleges and universities. NC Afterschool Corps are AmeriCorps VISTA members who will work to recruit and train afterschool volunteers, increase funding and resources to these programs, and expand local awareness of the value of afterschool.
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OPPORTUNITIES: For Educators
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North Carolina Family Code Nights
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On March 12, elementary schools across North Carolina will be recognized for scheduling an important event in family engagement and computer science education: “Family Code Night.” At the
March 12
program launch, K-5 parents statewide, including 120,000 PTA members, will be invited to
www.NCNights.org
to see if their school is among those hosting this free and important evening program later this spring.
Family Code Night has been recognized with an invitation to the White House, and on the front page of the New York Times. Hosting a Family Code Night is within the capability of nearly any school, no coding experience is required, and all needed materials are provided. It is an ideal next step any school can take to advance K-5 family engagement and computer science learning.
Click here
to view the event flyer for more details.
Principals & Educators: Don’t be left out! Visit
www.NCNights.org
, download the Event Kit, schedule a Family Code Night for April or May, and put your school on “The Map” for
March 12, 2019
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Reminder: STEM Professional Development - NAA Annual Convention
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The National AfterSchool Association’s 2019 Annual Convention is taking place in New York City on
March 15-18
. This year’s convention will include more than 30
workshops dedicated to STEM and a general session on STEM and leadership.
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OPPORTUNITIES: For Students
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Golden LEAF Scholarship Programs
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Scholarships are available to students from qualifying counties, who demonstrate financial need, to help them attend college at participating North Carolina public or private institutions or community colleges. Golden LEAF’s goal is for scholarship students to gain the talent, knowledge and skills needed to help their communities thrive.
Click here
to learn more about the 2-year Golden Leaf Scholarship program to attend NC community colleges.
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The 11th Annual “Doodle 4 Google” contest theme “When I grow up, I hope…” invites students to draw upon their dreams and imagine the way the world can be better.
53 students will be named winners from their state/territory. Five finalists will be flown to Google’s Mountain View headquarters, and one winning student from among the five will receive:
- A $3,000 college scholarship
- A $50,000 Google for Education Technology package for their school
- Their artwork will be placed on Google homepage for a day
The Remaining four finalists will win a $5,000 college scholarship.
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Set a Place at the STEM Table for Youth with Disabilities
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In this
case study
Dr. Linda Kekelis shares how STEM can empower and the programs, such as Deaf Kids Code, that are engaging youth and their families to make STEM learning opportunities accessible and successful.
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10 Big Insights on Teaching, Learning & STEM Education
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Click
here
to read 100Kin10’s trend report for 2018.
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