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Board Meeting May 6, 2014. Welcome Board & Friends!. Our Founding Partners. Our Agenda. 11 :00 - 11:45 Welcome and DL Experience 11:45 to 12 :30 Lunch and Networking 12 :30 to 12 :50 Our Brand(s) 12:50 to 1:45 Stuff you should get involved with.
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Board Meeting May 6, 2014 Welcome Board & Friends! Our Founding Partners
Our Agenda 11:00 - 11:45 Welcome and DL Experience 11:45 to 12:30 Lunch and Networking 12:30 to 12:50 Our Brand(s) 12:50 to 1:45 Stuff you should get involved with. 1:45 to 2:00 Other, Wrap Up, Q&A, spare time if we are running behind. 2:00 to 2:?? A tour of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing
ZOOM Welcome and Introductions
A Disciplinary Literacy experience Effective STEM Instruction Productive Dialogue Purposeful Reading Meaningful Writing
Effective STEM Instruction… [E]very science or engineering lesson is in part a language lesson… Students should be able to interpret meaning from text, to produce text in which written language and diagrams are used to express scientific ideas, and to engage in extended discussion about those ideas. Framework for K-12 Science pg 76
Examples of Informational Text in Science scientific texts (such as papers, the Internet, symposia, and lectures) pg 53 symbolic representations pg 66 diagrams, charts, graphs, images pg 74 sketches, diagrams, graphs, models, and products. Also…handbooks… pg 75 peer-reviewed journals, books, conference presentations, and carefully constructed websites pg 75 diagrams …plots and tables… journals…reports or posters… pg 78
Hungry for Pleasure, Hungry for Food HHMI Bulletin/May 2012 Highlight (or underline) words or phrases that resonate with you. Use no more than FIFTEEN words to create a GIST statement that answers the question: Why am I so hungry?
Getting the GIST Effective STEM Instruction Productive Dialogue Purposeful Reading Meaningful Writing
L U N C H T I M E
Nationally Recognized Expertise Statewide Presence Local Accessibility South Carolina’s statewide network for STEM education since 1993.
NATIONAL and STATE ADVOCACY and ALIGNMENT. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. SC TEACHERS and SCHOOLS… and sometimes beyond. SC COMMUNITIES and CHILDREN…and sometimes beyond. ANYONE. ANYWHERE. ANY TIME. LINX REACH/BRAND
Scope of Work as Reported to the Education Oversight Committee Deliver Products & Services Revenue Mentor INFORM SUPPORT Learn new things Products & Services INNOVATE RESEARCH ALIGN Network Infrastructure Maintain & Make Build Capacity ROI It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? Ronald Reagan, 1987
Our Financial Report as of 3/31/14 Assets: $2,675,901 SC Proviso: $1,750,000 IQ-MS: $250,000* Clemson: $155,760* Upstate Collaborative: $48,950 Lowcountry Collaborative: $35,539 Contracts (NET paid & owed): $329,637 Summit: $37,857 SCCMS Misc.: $64,942 Individual Donations: $3,216 Liabilities: $2,330,504 Burn Rate: ~$6,400/day
Board Action • Board Openings: • Open - SC Business/Industry • Open – SC Department of Education
C O L L A B O R A T E REGIONAL STEM COLLABORATIVES
Charleston STEM Festival www.stemlinx.org
NEW FROM 2 0 1 4 S U M M I T STEM and the Arts In and Out of School September 29-30, 2014. STEM and Arts STEM and Workforce Development Afterschool/Informal Learning Digital Badges