1. STEM Pathways Network Meeting
New Jersey
STEM Pathways Network Meeting
Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ
September 27, 2017| 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2. Agenda 10:00 a.m. – 10:10 p.m. Welcome
10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Review of STEM Pathways Network Structure  
10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. New Jersey STEM Learning Ecosystems Update
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. New Jersey Department of Education Report
11:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Action Group and Committee Break-Out Time
   
11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Action Group Read Out, Next Steps and Close
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Optional Networking Lunch

3. Welcome
Alan Guenther, Office of the New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education
Brian Carter, Overdeck Family Foundation
The NJ STEM Pathways Network started in 2014, when Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks brought together a group of educators, entrepreneurs and industry leaders to suggest ways to improve preK-12 STEM education in the Garden State.

4. Review of STEM Pathways Network Structure
Kim Case, Research & Development Council of New Jersey
The NJ STEM Pathways Network started in 2014, when Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks brought together a group of educators, entrepreneurs and industry leaders to suggest ways to improve preK-12 STEM education in the Garden State.

5. NJ STEM Ecosystems Update
Delran STEM Ecosystem Alliance
Liberty STEM Alliance
Newark STEAM Coalition
South Jersey STEM & Innovation Partnership
We want to use this session to tackle the priorities of the SPN…

6. New Jersey Department of Education Report
Michael Heinz, NJDOE Science
Haydee Perez-Livingston, NJDOE Office of Student Support Services
The NJ STEM Pathways Network started in 2014, when Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks brought together a group of educators, entrepreneurs and industry leaders to suggest ways to improve preK-12 STEM education in the Garden State.

7. What is your definition of STEM?
4-ESS3-2.
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.* 

8. Disciplinary Core Idea
Science and Engineering Practice
Disciplinary Core Idea
Crosscutting Concept
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of solutions could include designing an earthquake resistant building and improving monitoring of volcanic activity.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.]
4-ESS3-2.

9. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (4-ESS3-2)
ELA/Literacy -
RI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. (4-ESS3-2)
RI.4.9
Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. (4- ESS3-2)
Mathematics -
MP.2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (4-ESS3-2)
MP.4
Model with mathematics. (4-ESS3-2)
4.OA.A.1
Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations. (4- ESS3-2)

12. Evidence Statement for 4-ESS3-2

13. Michael Heinz, Science Coordinator
New Jersey Department of Education

14. Action Groups and Committees
Break Out Session
Action Groups and Committees
The NJ STEM Pathways Network started in 2014, when Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks brought together a group of educators, entrepreneurs and industry leaders to suggest ways to improve preK-12 STEM education in the Garden State.

15. Thank you!
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16. STEM Pathways Network Vision and Mission
The STEM Pathways Network started in early 2015 when Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks brought together a group of educators, entrepreneurs and industry leaders to suggest ways to improve K-12 STEM education. The Network is chaired by Laura Overdeck, Founder and President of Bedtime Math and Chair of the Overdeck Family Foundation.
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey has been appointed the management partner of the group.

17. Design Principles Ensure access and equity for all
Promote stackable qualifications and credentials
Enable a systems approach including policy, standards, curriculum, teacher practice, advocacy, implementation, and measurement
Be inclusive of all stakeholders in STEM ecosystem in a collaborative grassroots and grass-tops approach…children, parents, employers, etc.
Establish clear metrics to measure success
Value and promote real-world connections
Ensure life-long and life-wide learning
Align and collaborate with a “constellation of care” for children, families, communities
A diverse group of more than 40 stakeholders from business, K-12, out of school partners, institutions of higher education, etc. drafted these design principles on June 2, 2016 as part of their work together for the NJ STEM Pathways Network.
Design Principles are non-negotiables/core values that help guide the work.