December 2016 – OC STEM News & Updates
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Member Spotlight- Samueli Foundation
Gerald Solomon, Executive Director of the Samueli Foundation Mr. Solomon has served as the Executive Director of the Samueli Foundation since 2008, overseeing their philanthropic activities, focused on STEM Education, Youth, Integrative Health and Jewish Leadership. He led the design and development of the OC STEM Initiative, the nation’s first [...]
OC STEM Ecosystem Institute- Welcome Back Cohort 1!
On December 6 - 7, 2016 Cohort 1 of the Ecosystem Learning Institute returned for a special 2-day professional development training led by the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES). Titled "Innovation by Design", this session focused on the Design Process that TIES uses to help teams work collaboratively and share an understanding of [...]
OC STEM Ecosystem Institute News & Updates- November 2016
The most recent OC STEM Ecosystem Institute Session for Cohort 2 took place on November 17th, and featured special guest speaker Dr. Milton Chen, Ph.D. Dr. Chen is senior fellow and executive director, emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation, a non-profit operating foundation in the San Francisco Bay Area producing the award-winning Edutopia.org website [...]
2016-17 Lead STEM Practitioners
Through a partnership between the Orange County Department of Education and OC STEM, the Lead STEM Practitioner (LSP) Network has been developed to engage a strong cadre of teacher/leaders to become the conduits of information for their respective districts regarding new, innovative work happening in STEM education globally, nationally and locally. This group of [...]
OC STEM Ecosystem Institute News & Updates- October 2016
The OC STEM Ecosystem Institute teams gathered for another monthly session on October 25, 2016 for a workforce themed day featuring business site field trips, a higher education panel as well as a workforce panel. The morning kicked off with Ecosystem participants attending various business site visits. The following local businesses graciously hosted district [...]
October 2016 – OC STEM News & Updates
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2016 California STEM Symposium
Designing Our Future The 2016 California STEM Symposium brought together thousands of teachers, administrators, students, higher education representatives, program providers, philanthropic representatives and industry representatives to engage them in STEM education by providing strategies and resources for program implementation. OC STEM had the wonderful opportunity to present two sessions at the symposium on October [...]
Dimensions of Success Training with the PEAR Institute at Harvard University
OC STEM partnered with the Orange County Department of Education and the PEAR Institute at Harvard University to host a two day training on the Dimensions of Success (DoS) observation tool to over 23 Orange County instructional day, expanded learning and early learning teachers and educators. Participating school, school districts and expanded learning programs included: [...]
OC STEM Ecosystem Institute News & Updates
OC STEM held another exciting Ecosystem Institute Session on September 21, 2016 at the Tiger Woods Learning Center, focused on Project Based Learning. The morning started off with various discussions around the value of relationships within a STEM Ecosystem. CynDee Zandes, Ecosystem Consultant, spoke on the importance of an ecosystem and the legacy [...]