DAYTON REGIONAL STEM CENTER

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITY Demand Job Creation Supply Skilled Workforce

Focus on where we can make a difference Leverage our strengths Work as a team to get things done Adapt to / and work at the pace of the marketplace THE DAYTON REGION’S STRATEGY START-UP & GROW AEROSPACE R&D MARKET AND RECRUIT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RETAIN & EXPAND (DEFENSE) ADVANCED MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING ADVOCATE (DC & COLUMBUS) HUMAN SCIENCES & HEALTHCARE

GROWING REGIONAL TALENT Collaborative dedicated to accelerating science, technology, engineering and math talent development to grow the Dayton Region. Comprehensive Strategy Catalyze – Leverage – Innovate – Coordinate – Resource Birth to the Workforce

EDvention Board Executive Committee Support & Develop Quality Curricular Approaches Improve STEM Teacher Quality Improve Performance Measurement Support & Encourage STEM programs and schools Staff Community of Stakeholders State STEM Leadership Team Encourage student experiences in STEM & STEM Careers Research, Resources & Performance Analysis Map to Evolving Needs & Opportunities of Business & Industry

CRITICAL TO THE WORK Develops critical thinking, communication skills throughout Innovation informed by practice & research Engages young people in their own learning Allows for tinkering, problem solving

ESTABLISHING THE STEM CENTER EDvention worked with region & state to win NGA Innovation America Grant Proof of Concept Center for Ohio - 5 over time Funding: NGA - Montgomery County ESC - School Districts Western Ohio Center for Excellence – Business Partners MSP Grant - Private Foundations Changing How Region Functions to Maximize Existing & New Investments

HOW THE STEM CENTER WORKS Leverages region’s best talent & national experts Committed to NSF quality expectations Ohio P-12 Academic Content Standards Innovation informed by research Real industry practices Products will be available to all Working to support other regions (working with Southeast & Cincinnati)

WHAT THE STEM CENTER WILL DO P-12 STEM Curriculum Cross disciplinary - Project-based - Inquiry-based Anchored in Industry Develop STEM Curriculum Quality Rubric World class professional development & coaching STEM Educator Credential STEM Leadership Academy Support models committed to the STEM approach

LEVERAGING & GUIDING THE WORK STEM Center Advisory Council Air Force Research Labs/PRPE-MSAT Lab Clark County ESC Dayton Public Schools EDvention Miami Valley Career Tech Center Montgomery County ESC Mound Laser & Photonics Sinclair Community College SOITA University of Dayton/Dept MAE University of Dayton/School of Ed & Applied Professions Western Ohio Center of Excellence Wright State University

STEM FELLOWS P-12 Fellows (30) Beavercreek Brookville Centerville Chaminade Julienne Clark Shawnee Dayton Eaton Greenon Greenville Huber Heights Kettering Miamisburg Milton Union Mississinawa Miami Valley CTC New Lebanon Northmont Oakwood Omega Triad Local Troy Industry Fellows (14) AFRL/RH AFRL/RX AFRL/RY AFRL/RZ Mound Laser & Photonics Stillwater Technologies Thaler Machine Higher Ed Fellows (10) Sinclair Community College University of Dayton Wright State University

PORTFOLIO APPROACH TO STEM EDUCATION STEM teaching and learning from B-Workforce Beyond STEM Schools – Scalable from Day 1 All models – All children Not just to develop scientists & engineers… but thinkers, creators, innovators, leaders

Dayton Regional STEM Center Advisory Committee Early Care & Ed Initiative Miami Valley CTC Dayton Regional STEM School Ponitz Career Tech Center Jefferson Township Schools A PORTFOLIO APPROACH TO STEM EDUCATION Dayton Region’s Districts, Schools & Teachers Ohio via PCL & Ohio STEM Learning Network Dayton Early College Academy Other schools/districts

Additional STEM Center Work Supporting K8 STEM Programs of Excellence Grants (10 districts) ASM Materials Camp Inquiry Training and Coaching Model Engineering is Elementary Trainers NSF Grant with UD AVETEC Partnership Communication Plan Development Summer Engineering Intensive Externship

Susan R. Bodary EDvention Margy Stevens Dayton Regional STEM Center