May 2018 Newsletter
STEM in your World...everyday!
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Check out the opportunity to share STEM as you experience it in your world. There are so many STEM conversations every day. What does your conversation sound and look like? At your work, in your home, with children or adults?
We will all find out at the Iowa State Fair on August 19th.
 
More details can be found at STEM in your world  

Professional Development for 2018-19 Scale Up Awardees is set--watch for news from your provider!

A wardees for the upcoming Scale-Up program should be hearing from the Program Provider this week.  The final appropriations have not yet been signed, but pending that action, all the final documents will be put into place.
There is a statewide schedule being created so that all awardees will be able to meet the attendance requirements set forth in the STEM Program requirements.
Some programs such as Power Teaching Math only have one training time as the provider comes in from Baltimore.
Computer Science Principles starts off at UNI for a week of training.
All other programs have multiple opportunities to train around the state this summer.
If you have not heard from your provider by June 1, PLEASE CONTACT DEB FRAZEE, the SW STEM Regional Manager so that we can investigate .
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Teacher In the Workplace Opportunity June 11 - 14 in SW Region

Thanks to Midwest Partnership in Stuart for coordinating the first training of this kind in the SW STEM Region, and some of the NW and NC. The purpose of the activity is to increase knowledge of educators as to what happens in workplaces in the area around them.
The 4-day event will be a mix of panels, field trips, and discussion about what businesses need in the workforce, and what they would like educators to know about the future workforce that learns in school classrooms.
Educators may earn 2 re-licensure credits for completing the program.
More details can be found at TEACHING FOR THE WORKFORCE




SAVE THE DATE ... STEM DAY AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR -
Sunday August 19th.  See you there!

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