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The STEM One Project: A Collaboration between a Technical College and the Local School System

The STEM One Project: A Collaboration between a Technical College and the Local School System. Georgia Piedmont Technical College Clarkston, Georgia Dr. Natoshia Anderson Ms. Roz Bogle. STEM One Project.

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The STEM One Project: A Collaboration between a Technical College and the Local School System

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  1. The STEMOne Project: A Collaboration between a Technical College and the Local School System Georgia Piedmont Technical College Clarkston, Georgia Dr. Natoshia Anderson Ms. Roz Bogle

  2. STEM One Project • The focus of the STEM One program is on highlighting STEM, STEM-related, and technical careers to high school students. • DCSS, Career Academies • Using the career academies adopted by the local school system and supported by the Smaller Learning Communities grant, GPTC and local business partners were able to develop a series of programs that: • Have assisted in retaining students in technical and STEM career academies at the high school level, • Have been an active recruitment tool for GPTC • Allowed students to explore alternative options for postsecondary education and • Provided awareness of alternative career choices.

  3. Georgia piedmont technical college • Established in 1961, Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) is one of the oldest and most respected of Georgia's 25 technical colleges. • Georgia Piedmont Technical College prepares individuals with the education, training, and skills to enter the workplace ready to make a difference in their hiring companies and in the ever changing global economy.

  4. DeKalb County School systemcareer academies • DeKalb County School System(DCSS) enrolls more than 100,000 students annually. • DCSS is the 3rdlargest school system in the State of Georgia

  5. CAREER ACADEMIES • A career academy is a personalized, smaller learning community (SLC) within a high school, selecting a subset of students and teachers for a two-, three-, or four-year span. • GOALS OF CAREER ACADEMIES • To provide students with the academics and career-focused electives to graduate with a college prep diploma or dual diploma with specialization in a concentration in humanities, math/science, or career technology • To show the connection between academic courses and careers in the real world • To develop knowledge regarding careers that utilizes a student's talents and aptitudes

  6. CAREER ACADEMIES • Major Student Benefit of Career Academies • Post Secondary Opportunities • Articulated Credit • Dual Enrollment • Joint Enrollment • Simultaneous Diploma/Degree Completion

  7. CAREERACADEMIES • Business, Marketing, and Computer Science Academy • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Academy • Health Science and Human Services Academy • Creative and Performing Art Academy

  8. PROJECT BEGINNINGS • Research has lamented the lack of qualified employees in the STEM, STEM-related, and non-traditional careers • Dr. Anderson’s story • Garnered support from College, Business Partners and Community Leaders

  9. Partnership-Local School System • College already had a partnership with the local school system • Articulation Agreements • Dual Enrollment • Admissions • Leveraged Partnership through STEM One Project • STEM ONE (Opportunities and Explorations)

  10. Funding sources • ENERGE Grant • Atlanta Women’s Foundation • DCSS- Smaller Learning Communities • Business and Industry Partnerships • Perkins • PBI • Complete College Georgia

  11. STEM One project Events • Touch of Tech • Girls On Tech Day • Non Traditional Career College Fair • Mini Projects-Girls Love STEM!!!

  12. Making Ice cream and lamps

  13. STEM ONE PROJECT EVENTS • Three Day Nontraditional Career Workshop for Women • Result of work with teen girls • Funded by AWF Grant • Designed for women in community that were unemployed or underemployed • Focused on women empowerment, education opportunities, nontraditional career exploration. • Dream Board Activity • Automotive ,Welding and Electrical Demonstration • Career Tours

  14. NCWW Activities

  15. Ten Best Practices • Connect with and form a working relationship with the CTAE Director of the local school system • Get College Administration by-in

  16. TEN Best Practices • Connect with the Smaller Learning Community Coordinators • Use available resources • Use Your Business and Industry Relationships

  17. Ten Best Practices • Keep good records • Learn from past mistakes • Don’t lose sight of the ultimate objective • Events must contain energy, excitement and provide a hands on experience

  18. Ten Best Practices • Use the data to tweak and change project if necessary.

  19. Questions

  20. For More Information Dr. Natoshia Anderson GPTC Computer Graphics Faculty 404.297.9522 x1239 anderson@gptc.edu Ms. Roz Bogle GPTC Equity Coordinator 404.297.9522 x1280 bogler@gptc.edu

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