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K-12 STEM What to Expect When You Are Expected to Partner

K-12 STEM What to Expect When You Are Expected to Partner. Tom Peters, Ed.D . Executive Director tpeters@clemson.edu 864 -656-1863. Gain a bit of insight into what STEM means in K-12, why we care about it and what we're doing to be STEM-ready.

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K-12 STEM What to Expect When You Are Expected to Partner

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  1. K-12 STEM What to Expect When You Are Expected to Partner Tom Peters, Ed.D. Executive Director tpeters@clemson.edu 864-656-1863

  2. Gain a bit of insight into • what STEM means in K-12, • why we care about it and • what we're doing to be STEM-ready. • Learn insider tricks to effective K-12 partnering... • Maybe even test out a partnering idea or two.

  3. What STEM means in K-12 “When you're at the beginning don't obsess about the middle because the middle is going to look different once you get there. Just look for a strong beginning and a strong ending and get moving.” Heath & Heath in Switch, 2010

  4. What STEM means in K-12

  5. Why we care about STEM

  6. Why we care about STEM

  7. Why we care about STEM

  8. What we're doing to be STEM-ready

  9. What we're doing to be STEM-ready Vision: Science for All Students Science, engineering and technology: are cultural achievements and a shared good of humankindpermeate nearly every facet of modern lifehold the key to meeting many of humanity’smost pressing current and future challengesunderstanding is critical to participation in public policy and good decision-makingrequired for more and more careers -- From the Executive Summary of A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas

  10. What we're doing to be STEM-ready

  11. Learn insider tricks to effective K-12 partnering... Learn the language…or have a good translator. Find the right site…beware of the “eager beaver”! Cultivate relationships… Respect the expertise… Understand the constraints… Balance reward and expectation. Get it in writing!

  12. Maybe even test out a partnering idea or two?

  13. Tom Peters, Ed.D. Executive Director South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science tpeters@clemson.edu 864-656-1863

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