FALL Members Meeting

November 9, 4:00-5:30 PM

The Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem and the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective would like to invite all its members to the "Fall Members Meeting" on Wednesday, November 9th from 4:00-5:30 .

Along with updates from both the Ecosystem and the Collective, we will have a special presentation on the School District of Philadelphia's new math, science, and STEAM vision and instructional guidance. It will be led by Daniel Miller-Uueda, STEAM Curriculum Specialist, KD Davenport, Director of Science, and Lauren Young, Director of Mathematics, all from the Office of Curriculum and Instruction at SDP.

Please register for the meeting HERE.

For more information, contact Betsy Payne.

Pennsylvania Statewide STEM Ecosystem

November Meetings

Nov. 3 at 4:00pm & Nov. 17 at 8:30am

PSSE's upcoming webinar will be STEM Education Policy and Funding Update. If you interested to hear what might change in STEM education policy under our new Governor or would you like to know more about the CHIPS Act and other new federal supports for STEM education along with wanting to know more about the PA STEEEL Standards and their roll out, please join us to on November 3 from 4:00-5:00 pm to get the latest in STEM education policy and funding news.  Register before or during the meeting HERE.

Save the date for our PDE Update  session on November 17th from 8:30-9:30am.

To join or learn more about the PSSE, go HERE.

PEF is Hiring!

TRIO College Access Program Coordinator

The position supports the backbone organizational functions of the Philadelphia College Access and Success Ecosystem (CASE), a citywide initiative that aims to improve upon current Philadelphia high school completion and college success measures by harnessing the power of the collective. This position will report to the Director of the TRIO College Access Program and work with other Coordinators in the College Access Program and other programs within the Philadelphia Education Fund.

For full details of the position and how to apply, go to:

https://philaedfund.org/careers/

Welcome New

Team Member

Pennsylvania Statewide STEM Ecosystem Manager

The McKinney Center has a new team member - Sarah Godner. Sarah is very excited to be joining the team to help manage the "PSSE: Harnessing the Power of Pennsylvania STEM Ecosystems" initiative. The initiative is made possible through a PASmart Advancing Grant given to PEF& Northeastern Educational IU 19.

Sarah is originally from Santa Fe New Mexico, studied in the University of Texas, and has been in Philly for the last 11 years. She has taught elementary school in West, North and South Philly, and worked at the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia putting on programs and events pertaining to education, political advocacy, economic growth. and DEI.

Welcome Sarah!

Regional Industries and STEM Education- Featuring DVIRC!

Meeting on

November 21, 12:00-1:00PM

The Philadelphia Education Fund, in collaboration with the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective, has assembled a group of industries interested in partnerships between Regional Industries and STEM Education (RISE). This group is currently for businesses and industries only.

Our monthly meetings are on the third Monday of every month, from12:00-1:00 pm. This month the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC) will highlight their exciting industry-education  partnerships.

To register and get the Zoom link for the November meeting HERE.

To learn more about RISE, go HERE.

Philadelphia STEM Education Directory

Register your STEM program!

The Philadelphia STEM Education Directory is a free searchable map of a variety of opportunities in STEM in the Greater Philadelphia Area. 

There is no cost to be included in this searchable map. If you are a STEM Program Provider that has a STEM out-of-school time program geared to students Pre-K to high school, click HERE to register. If you are a STEM Professional Development Provider offers STEM PD for both classroom teachers and informal educators that work with Pre-K to high school students in the Greater Philadelphia area, click HERE to register.

For more information, contact Betsy Payne.