1. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM in Early Education Barbara Minzenberg, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary Office of Child Development and Early Learning

2. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM PROBLEM “Supply is low, demand is high. There is a mismatch between projected future jobs requiring STEM skills and the projected supply of qualified workers to fill them.”

3. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM How do we get children from here …

4. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM …to here?

5. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM Research confirms… The brain is particularly receptive to learning math and logic between the ages of 1 and 4 Early math concepts are the most powerful predictors of later learning “There are no better natural scientists and engineers than young children”

6. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM STEM concepts are innate in young children…

7. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM Promotion of STEM skills in early childhood

8. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM Supporting teachers to nurture STEM skills in children

9. > Tom Corbett, Governor Carolyn Dumaresq, Acting Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Secretary of Public Welfare How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM Supporting public-private partnerships WQED/ AIU SuperTeachers