Creating a Culture of Inquiry Around STEM Education The first session of the new 2017 year took place on Thursday, January 12 at the Orange County Department of Education, where teams reunited around the topic of Creating & Sustaining a Culture of Inquiry Around STEM Education Across [...]
On December 6 - 7, 2016 Cohort 1 of the Ecosystem Learning Institute returned for a special 2-day professional development training led by the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES). Titled "Innovation by Design", this session focused on the Design Process that TIES uses to help teams work collaboratively and share an understanding of [...]
The most recent OC STEM Ecosystem Institute Session for Cohort 2 took place on November 17th, and featured special guest speaker Dr. Milton Chen, Ph.D. Dr. Chen is senior fellow and executive director, emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation, a non-profit operating foundation in the San Francisco Bay Area producing the award-winning Edutopia.org website [...]
The OC STEM Ecosystem Institute teams gathered for another monthly session on October 25, 2016 for a workforce themed day featuring business site field trips, a higher education panel as well as a workforce panel. The morning kicked off with Ecosystem participants attending various business site visits. The following local businesses graciously hosted district [...]
The Orange County STEM HUB invites you to attend the Orange County STEM Factory Professional Development Day! We are looking forward to the Orange County STEM Factory on Friday, November 4, 2016! This is an opportunity for Professional Development geared specifically for Expanded Learning providers. Attendees will get time to network with others, hear from [...]
Designing Our Future The 2016 California STEM Symposium brought together thousands of teachers, administrators, students, higher education representatives, program providers, philanthropic representatives and industry representatives to engage them in STEM education by providing strategies and resources for program implementation. OC STEM had the wonderful opportunity to present two sessions at the symposium on October [...]
OC STEM held another exciting Ecosystem Institute Session on September 21, 2016 at the Tiger Woods Learning Center, focused on Project Based Learning. The morning started off with various discussions around the value of relationships within a STEM Ecosystem. CynDee Zandes, Ecosystem Consultant, spoke on the importance of an ecosystem and the legacy [...]
If you are interested in attending DoS Training, please register here: http://doscertification.eventbrite.com Want to learn more? Visit http://www.pearweb.org/tools/dos.html or contact Rebecca Browne at The PEAR Institute: Partnerships in Education and Resilience at rkbrowne@mclean.harvard.edu
Register online now at: http://foundationsandimplementation.eventbrite.com For more information, contact Suzanne Hill at shill@ocstem.org Hope to see you there!
Symposium Focus Areas California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Initiatives: Blueprints for STEM, Education Technology, Educator Excellence, Schools of the Future Standards and Frameworks: Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, Career Technical Education Equity and Access: Increasing gender and ethnic diversity, bridging the digital divide Career Preparation Curriculum and Instructional Practices Expanded Learning Time
