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

Welcome and Introductions

ZOOM

Effective STEM

Instruction

Meaningful

Writing

Productive

Dialogue

Purposeful

Reading

A DISCIPLINARY LITERACY EXPERIENCE

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

peer-reviewed journals, books, conference presentations, and carefully constructed websites pg 75

sketches, diagrams, graphs, models, and products. Also…handbooks… 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 thatresonate with you.

Use no more than FIFTEEN words to create a GIST statement that answers the question:

Why am I so hungry?

Effective STEM

Instruction

Meaningful

Writing

Productive

Dialogue

Purposeful

Reading

GETTING THE GIST

LUNCHTI

ME

South Carolina’s statewide network for STEM education since 1993.

Nationally Recognized Expertise

Statewide PresenceLocal Accessibility

REACH/BRAND

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

ROIBuild CapacityMaintain & Make

Revenue

Products & Services

Infrastructure Network

DeliverProducts & Services

Learn new

things

Mentor

INFORM

SUPPORT

INNOVATE

RESEARCH

ALIGN

Scope of Work as Reported to the Education Oversight Committee

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

Liabilities: $2,330,504

SC Proviso: $1,750,000IQ-MS: $250,000*Clemson: $155,760* Upstate Collaborative: $48,950Lowcountry Collaborative: $35,539Contracts (NET paid & owed): $329,637Summit: $37,857SCCMS Misc.: $64,942Individual Donations: $3,216

Burn Rate: ~$6,400/day

Board Openings:• Open - SC Business/Industry• Open – SC Department of

Education

Board Action

COLLABORATE

REGIONAL STEM COLLABORATIVES

Charleston STEMFestival

www.stemlinx.org

2014SUMMIT

NEW FROM

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

PTC CAM Tour