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Future Ready Iowa Summit 2022

The Future Ready Iowa Summit will take place Wednesday, September 21st at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. This year's theme is: "All Options on the Table". The summit will will bring together approximately 1,000 Iowa influencers to ask and answer the most challenging questions facing our edu-nomic future.

Registration is free! Free license renewal credit and substitute teacher reimbursement is available for practicing PreK-12 educators. We hope to see you there to represent the voices of business, industry, and education from Southwest Iowa!

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👩🏻‍🏫 2023 STEM Teacher Award Nominations 👨🏾‍🏫

Now Open

The Iowa STEM Teacher Award recognizes one full-time, licensed PreK-12 teacher from each of the state’s six STEM regions whose passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) motivates their students to develop a lifelong interest in STEM fields—both in and out of the classroom. The six selected recipients will each receive an award of $1,500 for their classrooms and $1,500 for personal use. Anyone can nominate a deserving teacher! Please submit your nomination for an outstanding STEM teacher in the SE STEM Region.

Click the photo ➡️ of 2022 SW STEM Teacher awardee Adam Cox from Woodbine School District to learn more.

Deadline: October 11, 2022, 11:59 p.m.

⬇️ Iowa STEM Scale Up Provider RFP Open ⬇️

Iowa STEM is seeking Scale-Up program providers for the 2023-2024 academic year. If you are interested in providing STEM programming across the state of Iowa and would like to be considered for this initiative, please click on the link below.

Timeline

August 1, 2022: Request for Proposals opens.
August 23, 2022: Webinar for Proposers (Recording coming soon)
September 13, 2022, 11:59 PM CST Proposals DUE
September 14 - November 14, 2022: Review period.
November 14, 2022: Proposers notified.
November 15, 2022 - January 2023: Selected Program Providers collaborate with STEM Council network administrators to prepare materials for the educator application phase.

Objective

An eligible applicant will provide STEM program(s) that serve PreK-12 grade audiences in or out of school with the capacity to deliver professional development/training and materials in Iowa.

Eligible Applicants

· Business

· Governmental Agency

· Higher Education Institution

· For Profit Organization

· Nonprofit Organization

· Other Organizations providing PreK-12 STEM programs

For further information, visit https://iowastem.org/scaleup-provider-application

Computer Science is Elementary:

Teacher Mentors and Blueprints

Article by Mary Trent, NW Regional Hub Manager

Schools Share Program Blueprints

The 13 schools involved with the Computer Science is Elementary group have completed their 3 year project. The schools were asked to provide a Blueprint of their programs so other schools that are beginning to create their Compute Science Curriculums would have a wonderful resource to use.

The Blueprints contain the program's professional development, standards connections, community engagement, business partnerships, budgets, and computer science scope and sequence for grades K-5.

To see these blueprints, please click here.

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New Mentorship Program Offered

A new support project has been launched: the Computer Science is Elementary Mentorship Program. The project will provide guidance and support to other elementary schools across the state that are creating and implementing their Computer Science plans for their district in line with the Department of Education legislative requirements.

We hope this mentorship will help schools to meet the Iowa Department of Education legislative requirements with high engagement and fidelity. NW STEM Regional Manager, Mary Trent and NW AEA Consultant, Erin Chute will manage the mentors.

Click here to request a mentor visit:

https://bit.ly/CSEMentorshipRequest

☀️Summer Scale Up PD☀️

Southwest Region Scale Up Recap

The flurry of Scale Up workshops and trainings is winding down for the summer of 2022 in the Southwest STEM Region! When it is all said and done, approximately 200 educators from our region will have completed trainings/workshops in 13 different high quality STEM programs to bring to the youth of Southwest Iowa.

The trainings ranged from 5 days, to a few hours. Some were in-person with trainers; some virtual with interactive presentations. Each program provided educators with materials, resources, and/or curriculum to ensure successful implementation into multiple educational settings this Fall!

Thank you to all of the ⭐️ AMAZING ⭐️ educators of the Southwest Iowa STEM Region that applied for, received, and will implement Iowa STEM Scale Up Awards! You all go above and beyond to make learning awesome for kids!

Community STEM: Email us details on your STEM Event so we can help you share it!

Thank you to the Southwest Regional STEM Board for your service and support!

Jane Chaillie
Misty Grey
Denise Hoag
Larry Jonson
Stephanie Lane
Janell Leinen
Deb Sprecker
Terry Thoreten
Kristin Sheffield
Kathy Somers