Paul Gibbins
North Central Regional Manager
Iowa State University
1259 Stange Rd
Ames, Iowa 50011
515-294-0645 (office)
515-203-7247 (mobile)
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STEM Event Calendar
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April
April 1
"Spotlight on STEM"Festival
Forest City
April 3
STEM Scale-Up Program Awardees Announced
April 13
April 20
Taking the Road Less Traveled
April 27-28
Des Moines
May
May 1
Deadline for nominations
June
June 12-15
ISU, Ames
June 12-July 28
June 19-22
ISU, Ames
June 21
Des Moines
June 26-29
ISU, Ames
July
July 17-21
Central Iowa location TBD
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2016-17 NC STEM Advisory Board
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Jose Amaya
Ames
Robin Anderson
Mason City
Emily Banks
Marshalltown
David Barajas
Marshalltown
John Bonner
Vincent
Doug Jacobson
Ames
Ben Petty
Conrad
Richard Ritter III Marshalltown
Kathy Rogotzke
Mason City
Sarah Rosenblum Marshalltown
Corey Rogers
Waterloo
Camille Sloan Schroeder
Ames
Jan Westrum
Boone
Richard Wrage
Marshalltown
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Today the Iowa STEM North Cen
tral Region awarded 372 educators with one of the STEM Council's STEM Scale-Up Programs which will impact over 15,300 students in the region during the 2017-18 academic year. Email notifications will be sent to all applicants April 3rd, check your inbox if you applied!
The North Central STEM Advisory Board had some very tough decisions to make this year regarding determining which scale-up applications to fund. We would have needed a budget increase of over 40% to fund all the requests! Ultimately we were able to fund awards, pending final legislative approval, that will have impact across the region and reach a record number of students.
Just as 11 current STEM programs draw to a close for the 2016-2017 school year, the STEM Council selected nine more high-qualified STEM programs from a pool of dozens in January to "scale up" across PreK-12 in Iowa's schools, after-school programs and other educational settings for 2017-2018. Interested educators applied to receive these programs, ranging from building robots and coding programs to conducting agricultural field experiences and learning about STEM careers.
Awarded educators will receive communication from their respective program providers regarding professional development sessions, which will start in July for some programs, how to order materials, and any other information needed to successfully implement the STEM program locally.
Details about the Iowa STEM Scale-Up program including a list of awardees statewide can be found online.
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  Fast-Track Iowa's Future
Bring a Team from Your Community: Educators & Business Partners
"A Future Ready Iowa Conference to Make Work-Based Learning and STEM Work for You"
This conference will showcase education-workforce innovations
emerging across Iowa while engaging stakeholders in dialogue on how
to grow and improve school-business alignment, especially in STEM.
A MUST ATTEND EVENT!
FEATURING: Panels, roundtables and showcases of education-workforce partners at new, emerging and established stages of development.
KEYNOTE: Patricia Kampling, CEO and President of Alliant Energy, will talk about her personal and corporate
commitments to work-based learning.
Special 2 for 1 registration when registering and educator and business partner together!
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Summer 2017 - Register Now!
Goal: Inform teacher leaders, administrators, teacher-preparers, informal educators and professional developers about some of the quality STEM (trans-disciplinary, community-linked) educator preparation and professional development options available in Iowa.
Who is Invited?: L
eader educators in the STEM fields, higher education teacher-preparers and professional developers who wish to know more about STEM teacher training and the options available.
When/Where?: July 17-21, 2017 for first workshop. If additional workshops are needed based on demand, they will occur the two weeks that follow. A central Iowa location is to be determined.
No Cost! - Yes, No Cost! Meals Provided! What a Deal!
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Iowa STEM school partners will pilot new Quality Pre-Apprenticeship model
The STEM Council will lead this portion of the grant, using $200,000 to kick-start Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs focused on high-demand, STEM-related occupations in partnership with these four STEM BEST partners selected for their in-depth proposals:
- Boone High School - Semester-length, project-based opportunities through the School Career Connections and vocational rehabilitation programs initially in plumbing and electrical fields. Workplace partners include Kruck Plumbing & Heating Co. and ABC of Iowa Apprenticeship & Training Trust.
- Muscatine Community School District - In partnership with Muscatine Community College, students will earn certificates in electronics and up to 38 credits toward an Engineering Technology Electromechanical Diploma or certificates in culinary arts and up to 32 credits toward a Culinary Arts Diploma. Workplace partners include HNI and Allsteel.
- Spencer High School - Students take part in a construction extended career experience, receiving on-site job training for an average of 12.5 hours per week along with earning a 10-hour OSHA certification. Workplace partners include Milford Electric and Midwestern Mechanical.
- Waukee APEX - High school seniors continue learning past the initial APEX course in the manufacturing, construction and technology fields. Workplace partners include MidAmerican Energy, Weitz Company, Master Builders of Iowa, Neumann Brothers Construction, Remodelworks, Pillar, LightEdge Solutions and Accumold.
"These four STEM BEST partners continue to make strong connections with the local businesses in their communities," said Kemin Industries President and CEO Dr. Chris Nelson, co-chair of the STEM Council. "This new pilot opportunity will build on what they've already established and will help students earn applicable credentials when they graduate high school to further their education in some of the most in-demand careers in our state."
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Taking the Road Less Traveled
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egistration is open for the spring Taking the Road Less Traveled career conferences hosted by Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) at Iowa State University. There is still space available in the 8th grade conferences on
April 20. Visit the
WiSE
website for more information and to register.
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