Reminder: STEM SENC Partner Meeting: April 15
Please RSVP!
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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). Becky Bowen from NC State Cooperative Extension will facilitate our meeting. We plan to build upon our previous Design Studio work and form work groups. Lunch will be provided.
If you haven't already done so, please RSVP by Monday, April 8:
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Those attending, please park in the Parking Deck. Links to a printable parking pass and map are provided below.
To the Parking Deck
(PK on the map; follow red line)
From South College Road, enter the UNCW campus on Randall Drive. At the end of Randall Drive, turn right and the road becomes Reynolds Drive. The Parking Deck will be a short distance ahead on your left. As you enter the Parking Deck, stay in the right lane for visitor parking.
DO NOT PAY FOR PARKING. Display the printed parking pass on the driver’s side of your dashboard.
To Education Building/Watson
(EB on the attached map; follow yellow line)
As you exit the parking deck, cross Reynolds Drive and follow the sidewalk to the Education Building (Watson), located directly across from the parking deck. Room 162 is on the first floor of the building.
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Check out the new hidden partner page on the STEM SENC website:
https://uncw.edu/stem/stemsenc/partners.html
. It includes a directory of our partners and supporters, instructions for accessing the internal Community of Practice website, and an archive of STEM SENC updates.
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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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Please Complete: Promoting STEM Learning Ecosystem Leadership in Policy, A LEAD STEM Survey
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TIES has received communication about a growing interest in policy-focused work through the ecosystem communities. Their work is to foster partnership and to accelerate outcomes for our communities and partners in STEM learning.
By
April 11 at 9 PM
, please take 10-15 minutes to complete this survey to help them better understand how to support us in advancing our policy interests and priorities.
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TIES-Facilitated "STEM Learning Ecosystem Web Meeting re: American's 5-Year Strategic Plan for STEM"
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You can access the recorded webinar
here.
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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
.
For access to the Community of Practice internal site, please email
WKaufman@samueli.org
and introduce yourself as a partner of STEM SENC.
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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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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:
ChangeMakers, A North Carolina Science Festival Event
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The STEM Learning Cooperative at UNCW is looking for volunteers to assist with their NC Science Festival event.
The ChangeMakers event is designed for youth with disabilities. Over 100 PK-12 students are registered to attend this fun maker space event on
Friday, April 12
th at DC Virgo Preparatory Academy in downtown Wilmington. They will have stations run by high functioning individuals with disabilities and faculty/staff. Youth will make products like night lights and grabbers and have their pictures taken in a photo booth! The event runs from 9 AM - 12:30 PM, help is also needed for setting up and breaking down.
If you are interested in volunteering, please email Gianna Geiss at
geissg@uncw.edu.
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Reminder: 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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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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US2020 STEM Mentoring + Making Awards
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With support from founding sponsor,
Tata Consultancy Services
, US2020 is pleased to announce the launch of the 4th annual STEM Mentoring + Making Awards. The awards are a national platform to celebrate and encourage exceptional work in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) mentoring. This year, US2020 has incorporated making into the title to reflect the growing interest and excitement around maker-centered learning across the country.
The STEM Mentoring + Making Awards will be announced in Cincinnati, Ohio at the University of Cincinnati’s newly built
1819 Innovation Hub
on August 7, 2019. The award ceremony will be held in conjunction with US2020’s bi-annual network convening along with local co-host
Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative
. In addition to the award ceremony, the event will bring together leaders from US2020’s twenty-two partner communities.
This year's categories include: Excellence in Public-Private Partnership, Excellence in Corporate Culture, Most Innovative Maker-Centered Learning Program of the Year, and Diversity and Inclusion Program of the Year.
Applications will be live March 18-June 1, 2019.
Click
here
to learn more about each award category, sign-up for informational webinars, and apply.
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Reminder: 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
This webinar was held March 28, 2019.
A link to the recording and slides will be available soon.
Part 3— Summer Learning Toolkit, A Deeper Dive: TBD
Early April 2019
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OPPORTUNITIES: For Educators
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PENC 2019 Conference: "Supercharged with STEAM"
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PENC will be hosting it's 2019 Conference, "Supercharged with STEAM" on
May 4, 2019
, in Raleigh at the Renaissance Raleigh North Hills Hotel.
Attendees will earn 0.5 (digital learning) CEUs while they learn about STEAM Education. STEAM is showing success in schools all around the world to better teach academic and life skills in a standards-backed, reality-based, personally relevant exploratory learning environment. It is a framework for teaching that is based on natural ways of learning, customizable for ALL types of students and programs and is FUNctional!
Keynote speaker Jan Hargrave, author, an expert in the field of nonverbal communication will teach you how to improve your communication skills in order to become a more effective communicator. Her information could help you to “read” your family, your students, your associates, in fact, everyone around you. Bring your body, your curiosity, your sense of humor and learn what your body - and the body of others - is communicating to the world.
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NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers Program
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NIST is soliciting applications from eligible public-school districts and accredited private educational institutions in the U.S. and its territories. These eligible institutions would nominate middle school science teachers in grades 6-8 to participate in the NIST Summer Institute Program on July 8-19, 2019. The NIST Summer Institute Program will provide selected teachers hands-on activities, lectures, tours, and visits with NIST scientists and engineers at the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Applicants are encouraged but are not required to nominate eligible teachers from a “high-need school.” In FY2019, NIST anticipates providing funding to support up to approximately 22 teachers for no more than $4,000 per teacher. Click
here
for more information.
Due:
May 10, 2019
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Captain Planet Foundation: ecoSOLUTION Grants
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The Captain Planet Foundation supports educators and their work to facilitate youth-led projects that result in positive impacts to the environment of a school or community. Their goal is to empower youth by providing hands-on environmental stewardship opportunities, inspire youth and communities to become agents of change for their environment, serve as a catalyst for education that uses environment as a contact for applies and STEM Learning. Click
here to read the grant guidelines and apply by
July 15.
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SURVEY: Out-of-School Effective Practices Research Project
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Are you an out-of-school time educator? The Innovation Collaborative is conducting a national study that will help outline effective practices for science, technology, engineering. arts/humanities, and math (STEAM). This study's focus is on the intersections of STEM with the arts and humanities and the experiences of students that participate in this type of integrated learning.
Access the
survey
to learn more and share your view!
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OPPORTUNITIES: For Students
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Junior Seahawk Academy Summer 2019
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The 2019
Jr. Seahawk Academy
Summer Camp will be held
July 8-12, 2019
at the Watson College of Education at UNCW. This is an educational day program designed specifically for middle-grade students (ages 10-14). Summer activities include STEM explorations, robotics/coding, advising, service crafts, and mentoring! Click
here
to register. Click
here
to learn more about being a mentor.
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Pre-Reading Material: Ongoing Literature Review
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The STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice is thrilled to share the on-going literature review on family engagement to all Ecosystem members, as pre-reading materials for our upcoming convening. This literature review is by no means exhaustive, in fact we just started, but hope that you can help us by adding research that must be included. Please see our
literature review
.
Additionally, we have created a shared folder for everyone to add resources, research, etc. This folder will help us draft a Family Engagement Playbook for use by the larger Community of Practice. Please
find our folder
.
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