Pennsylvania STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Initiative and the Southwest PA STEM Network Sue Mukherjee Special Assistant to Secretary of Education and State Lead for Pennsylvania’s STEM Initiative Barry R. Nathan, PhD Vice President, Workforce Initiatives for Catalyst Connection, the Southwest PA Industrial Resource Center Jim Denova, PhD Vice President, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Reeny Davison Executive Director, ASSET, Inc. space
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Pennsylvania STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Initiative and the Southwest
PA STEM NetworkSue Mukherjee
Special Assistant to Secretary of Education and State Lead for Pennsylvania’s STEM Initiative
Barry R. Nathan, PhDVice President, Workforce Initiatives for Catalyst Connection, the
Southwest PA Industrial Resource Center
Jim Denova, PhDVice President, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Reeny DavisonExecutive Director, ASSET, Inc.
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“The grant, along with our other investments in high-tech learning, will help ensure the commonwealth’s students gain the necessary edge to compete and succeed in this global economy.”Gov. Edward G. Rendell
“Never before in history has innovation offered the promise of so much to so many in so short a time.”- Bill Gates
Pennsylvania's STEM InitiativeA NGA/Team PA Funded InitiativeLeveraging Public-Private Partnerships on STEM Redesign in Pennsylvania
Project Background• Reports such as ‘Rising Above a Gathering
Storm’ etc national dialogue has started around the need to focus on STEM education
• These efforts are motivated by several factors: Industry & Government are concerned about the size, diversity, and quality of the U.S. engineering/STEM workforce
• An understanding of engineering and its relation to science, mathematics, and technology is increasingly being considered an important attribute of both scientific and technological literacy.
Partners in STEM Redesign Connected to PA’s Economy
• $500,000 grants over two years to six states (Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia)
• Grants out of Innovation America initiative; Governor Rendell was on the Task Force
• Led by PDE; Strategic Partners: NGA, Team PA, L&I, DCED, DEP (possibly a growing list!)
A Strategy for SustainingStatewide &Regional
Innovation
Dramatically increase the number of P-20 students (especially females, minorities and the underrepresented) in STEM careers while continuing the development of effective strategies to retain, recruit and retrain our incumbent workforce in these critical fields.
I. Organize Five Regional STEM Networks
II. Create a long term (10 Year) Pennsylvania STEM Strategy
III. Implement a Communication Strategy
IV. Secure and Leverage Resources
PA STEM Initiative: Short Term Goals
V. Analysis of the Critical GapsResearch on the demand for STEM education and skills in the future and the future supply of those same skills
PA STEM Initiative: The other Short Term Goals
VI. Asset Mapping of practices and resources
10% Growth projected in STEM occupations Earnings gap between STEM and
4% Growth projected in Non-STEM Non-STEM averages $9.55 per Hour
Why? (Let’s do the Math!)4,000 manufacturers in 12 counties of SWPA (still largest industry in SWPA)– Median size = 50 employees
• 12 of these employees are engineers/technicians (i.e., 25%) • Average age = 50+ • Therefore, 6 engineers/technicians are going to retire in the next 10-15 years
Doing the Math:– 4,000mfgs x 6eng/tech = 24,000 engineers/technicians must be replaced
– 2,000-5,000 new jobs for Toshiba/Westinghouse in Cranberry– How many more in medical sciences (nurses, med-techs, researches, PhDs, doctors)?– How many more in Biotechnology, Energy, CleanTech, Robotics, IT, etc.?
Total Need: 35,000 – 50,000 new STEM employees over 10-15 yrs!
A student entering middle school this September is 9 years from a 2-year technical degree and 11 years from a BS degree.
Goal 1: Increase the number and diversity of PA residents and workers with high quality STEM education and training.Goal 2: Ensure that all graduates from Pennsylvania's high schools are proficient in STEM content areas.Goal 3: Increase the number of well prepared STEM teachers working in Pennsylvania's P-20 educational institutions.Goal 4: Pennsylvania employers are engaged as a cornerstone of STEM education.Goal 5: Broad and public support for STEM education as a priority for the Commonwealth's citizens.
BURZACHECMI Nancilee AHEARN Karen ALDINGER Tim BERNSTEIN Will
COLBERT Diane BIGLAN Barbara BODE Audrey BICANICH Patricia
COLVILLE Janet BUNT Nancy CONNELLY Bob COON Sarah
EREVELLES Winston FRANKLIN Sam DIETZ Scott COWELL Ron
GABRICH Chrys HALLINEN Judy DILLINGER Kim DAVISON Reeny
GROSS Carmen KOMACEK Stan GOLDSMITH Nichole DENOVA Jim
JEFFREYS Ed LACKOWICZ Joe LANDIS Dave HERRON Robert
McMAHON Tim PRISELAC Nancy NATHAN Barry JOYCE Patrick
MITCHELL Jeff SHOOP Robin OSMAN Todd LEGER Paul
NICKENS Carmelle TSUPROS Nancy PARTARRIEU Robert NILSEN Liz
PARSONS Jennifer VALICENTI Vince SHEBA Ron OSAGI Emmanuel
RUSH Carol YOANNONE Carol THOMPSON Bill TAYLOR Lydotta
SCHANCK Joan ZIPPIE Kim
WATERS Tomi
Individuals from a Wide Variety of Organizations have been assigned to work on the Plan for each Goal
Open to all. Others are welcome!
IU1 Center for STEM Educationsupported by
• $379,000 over four years• Provide professional development for teachers• Summer camps for students• Build awareness around STEM education
In the past year IU1 offered over 40 STEM courses and workshops for area teachers at little cost
Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering by Design The Girl solution: Engaging Girls in
Math and Science Invention, Innovation and Inquiry Agile Robotics Singapore Math Basic Elements of Science Teaching The Student Centered Math
Classroom
Examples:
“Our children possess an ingenuity that is untapped, an unrealized potential that when properly motivated will lead to the next generation of innovators, inventers, and
designers”
PITT - rigorous summer science workshops open to 8-12 high school teachers
UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS
CMU - 4 high schools, $3,500 in materials provided
California University - 16 participants from 9 districts
Materials Support
AssessmentProfessional Development
Community/ Administrative
Involvement Curriculum
Materials
ASSET Inc. (Achieving Student Success through Excellence in Teaching)