The Northeast Iowa Region Governor's STEM Advisory Council, located on the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) campus, believes it is important to bring our community together to advance the STEM movement that is transforming the nation.
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Reminder to 2015-2016 STEM Scale-Up Educators: Evaluate Your Program
While the 2015-2016 implementation of your STEM Scale-Up Program winds down, evaluators are winding up to capture effects of your work bringing high quality STEM programming to students across Iowa.
ALL schools and organizations awarded a STEM Scale-Up Program are expected to complete the 1) Educator Survey and 2) Student Participant List.
In addition, SOME schools and organizations were randomly selected to complete the 3) Student Survey. Selected schools were notified in the Fall 2016 to complete a "Beginning of the Year", i.e. pre-program, and "End of the Year", i.e. post-program, student survey. If you completed the "Beginning of the Year" survey with your students, please remember to complete and submit the "End of the Year" survey.
PLEASE REMEMBER to evaluate your STEM Scale-up Program
The final DEADLINE for submitting all evaluation tasks is May 30, 2016.
Please direct questions to:
Evaluation is key to our future success. THANK YOU for helping us evaluate our work together!
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Dirk Homewood, Cedar Falls High School, Receives the 2016 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award
The Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council and Kemin Industries have announced the recipients of the 2016 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award sponsored by Kemin Industries.
The Northeast STEM Region's awardee is Dirk Homewood, Project Lead The Way and mathematics teacher at Cedar Falls High School. His creative, collaborative learning environments and project based-curriculum help bring real-world STEM to the classroom for his students. Homewood also connects his STEM content to STEM careers by leveraging local business partnerships to enhance his students' learning and answer the question, "When will I ever use this again?" for his students.
This award recognizes and celebrates one teacher from each of the six STEM regions who goes above and beyond to increase their students' interest in STEM. Each recipient was recognized for their dedication in representing I.O.W.A.; by being Innovative in their methods, Outstanding in their passion for education, Worldly in the way they help students see that STEM is all around them, and Academic through engaging students in the classroom to prepare them for higher education and high-demand careers. Each recipient was selected by a panel of judges after being nominated for the award by a colleague, school administrator, parent, student or community member and completing an application showcasing their contributions to STEM education. Each recipient received $1,500 for personal use and another $1,500 for their classroom.
Homewood and the other five recipients have each been honored with surprise ceremonies in their classrooms with their students and peers, and have also been recognized together at the Iowa Governor's Mansion by Gov. Branstad, Lt. Governor and STEM Council Co-Chair Kim Reynolds and Kemin Industries President and CEO, and STEM Council Co-Chair, Dr. Chris Nelson the evening of April 18.
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Iowa STEM School+Business Innovation Conference
SAVE THE DATE: June 29
The Iowa STEM School+Business Innovation Conference will highlight the partnerships across Iowa that are connecting schools to local businesses and other employers. Best practices in aligning education to workforce will be shared by practitioners on the front edge-both industry and school leaders. Among the models to be profiled are the STEM BEST (Businesses Engaging Students and Teachers) and STEM RLE (Redesigned Learning Environment) partnerships of the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council.
The goal of the conference is to equip attendees with the knowledge, connections, and resources to build school+business partnerships in their home communities.
TOPICS featuring...
- Best practices in school+business partnerships;
- Surmounting challenges to school+business partnerships;
- Roles for business alongside educators in courses and instruction;
- Work-based learning at the secondary level;
- Showcasing STEM BEST and STEM RLE partners.
WHO should attend...
- Community Business Leaders
- K-12 Leaders, Administrators, Principals, Educators;
- Workforce and Economic Development Professionals;
- School-to-Work Advocates;
- Higher Education Professionals;
- Informal Education Partners;
- Policy Leaders;
- Teacher-Preparers and Professional Developers;
- Others interested in school+business partnerships.
REGISTRATION (free) and Latest Updates:
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An Engaging Day at the TAMA County Family STEM Festival
The Tama County Family STEM Festival held in Tama on April 3 attracted 261 people representing 20 communities. Thank you to the planning committee, volunteers and South Tama County Elementary School for making it a wonderful day. To learn more about the event, please visit our website.
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Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival Rocks Attendance
The Northeast Family STEM Festival held in Calmar on April 7 attracted 556 people representing 32 communities.
Thank you to the planning committee and all of the volunteers for a great evening.To learn more about the event, please visit our website.
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Inspiration Fills the Air at the Dubuque Area Family STEM Festival
The Dubuque Area Family STEM Festival held at Loras College on April 16 attracted 1,321 people representing 54 communities.
Thank you to the planning committee and all of the volunteers for a fabulous day.To learn more about the event, please visit our website.
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