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Seeking Student Representatives – Application deadline extended to January 24, 2020

Do you want to represent young people in Baltimore and grow as a leader?
 
Apply to join the BmoreSTEM Student Advisory Council and work with industry professionals to help develop opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math.
What is BmoreSTEM?
BmoreSTEM is a network of organizations and individuals committed to brightening Baltimore’s future by developing opportunities to equip students to join the science, technology, engineering, and math workforce and live as technically literate citizens.
 
What is the BmoreSTEM Student Advisory Council (BmoreSTEM SAC)?
The Student Advisory Council will contribute to the efforts of the BmoreSTEM Workgroup initiatives through direct participation and indirectly, by serving as a focus group & sounding board to the Workgroups.  A BmoreSTEM SAC member can expect to attend periodic Council Meetings and some of the Workgroup meetings as needed. The BmoreSTEM SAC will consist of current Baltimore City Public School (City Schools) middle or high School students and City Schools graduates currently enrolled in a local college pursuing a STEM-based degree.   
 
What are the benefits?

 

  • Influence the development of STEM related opportunities for students across Baltimore
  • Leadership experience and skill development
  • Opportunities for internships and mentorships
  • Service learning credits

 

 
What are Member Expectations / Responsibilities?

 

  • Attend periodic Council sessions to set goals aligned with the BmoreSTEM’s overall objectives and share out progress – Once every quarter for 2 hours plus adhoc workgroup sessions that are once every two months at the most
  • Attend workgroup sessions when called upon – act as a focus group
  • Attend BmoreSTEM annual convening
  • Contribute to achieving set goals

 

 
Deadline for applications: January 24, 2020
 
For information and inquiries, please contact Melissa Sandlin.
[email protected] / 410-499-6076
 

BmoreSTEM is Recruiting an AmeriCorp VISTA

Are you seeking engaging work where you can make a difference? Help Baltimore youth to pursue STEM careers and empower them to achieve a brighter future. Baltimore City is a vibrant urban setting which is STEM rich. BmoreSTEM is at the nexus of all of these opportunities. BmoreSTEM strives to improve STEM literacy, ensure a strong workforce and promote equity.

 

Join us to take advantage of this unique opportunity to:

  • Bring about positive change for Baltimore City youth
  • Influence BmoreSTEM’s strategic direction
  • Enhance your leadership and entrepreneurial capacity
  • Develop relationships across varied sectors

 

You will:

  • Research, synthesize, and disseminate best practices
  • Boost communication between BmoreSTEM and the community
  • Build structures and systems to increase efficiency and effectiveness
  • Collect and synthesize data to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives

 

This opportunity is being offered through the AmeriCorp program and Maryland Out-of-School Time (MOST). For a year of full-time work, a VISTA earns a modest living allowance. Training is provided. AmeriCorp also provides an education award to VISTA who complete their year of service. Visit the MOST AmeriCorp VISTA Portal  to learn more and to apply.


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BmoreSTEM is Accepting Applications for our Student Advisory Council

Do you want to represent young people in Baltimore and grow as a leader?

Apply to join the BmoreSTEM Student Advisory Council and work with industry professionals to help develop opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math.

BmoreSTEM is a network of organizations and individuals committed to brightening Baltimore’s future by developing opportunities to equip students to join the science, technology, engineering, and math workforce and live as technically literate citizens.

We are now forming our first Student Advisory Council (SAC).  The SAC will contribute to BmoreSTEM workgroups by serving as a focus group and giving a voice to City School students. A BmoreSTEM SAC member can expect to attend periodic Council Meetings and some of the Workgroup meetings as needed. The BmoreSTEM SAC will consist of current Baltimore City Public School (City Schools) middle or high school students and City Schools graduates currently enrolled in a local college pursuing a STEM-based degree.

The deadline to apply has been extended. Apply by January 24, 2020 if you are interested!

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Membership Drive Kickoff

With the assistance of a cadre of Computer Science majors from Towson University, BmoreSTEM has updated its website. The major new feature is the ability to join the ecosystem through a new registration capability. To join, users merely visit the Join BmoreSTEM tab and fill out a quick and easy form. New members can record their interest in volunteering for active workgroup(s). All members will receive periodic updates.


Initial Workgroups Launched

The BmoreSTEM Ecosystem Launch on February 19, 2019 was a success. Thoughtful and enthusiastic input, demonstrated that all sectors are committed to contributing. Since then the planning committee and potential workgroup co-chairs have been working on determining what workgroups we can launch. Every workgroup had to address a significant need, have your support, and require cross-sector collaboration. BmoreSTEM is proud to announce our initial workgroups with the following objectives:

  • Create a registration, ticketing, and transportation system for curriculum-embedded STEM experiences that is user-friendly, centralized, and sustainable. Co-Chairs: Allison Burr-Livingstone & William Redmond
  • Create a program to increase the supply of secondary STEM teachers. Co-Chairs: Christian Anderson & Kia Boose
  • Develop BmoreSTEM 2.0 infrastructure and cultivate resources to make it sustainable. Co-Chairs: Rachel Duden (ex-oficio) & Myra Norton

Co-chairs will be forming workgroups and scheduling meetings. As the workgroups meet they will be narrowing and refining the objectives as they study possible strategies and metrics. These initial workgroups will demonstrate our ability to affect change as our ideas for additional, much-needed, workgroups continue to incubate. Additional workgroups will launch as ideas blossom and our capacity grows. Within the next 60 days we hope to announce an objective for a workforce development workgroup (co-chairs Mike Hinkey and Stan Wolfe). Please stay tuned to BmoreSTEM.net for updates on workgroups and feel free to reach out to co-chairs with suggestions, or to volunteer, as we all continue to figure out how we can best work together to develop STEM opportunities in Baltimore.


You Are Invited to the Ecosystem Launch & STEM Plan Release

February 19, 2019, 8:30 to 11:30 am

Audience:

Employers, Educators, Community Members (including parents, students, and interested citizens), and Philanthropists

Objectives:

  • Release City Schools’ STEM Plan for public comment
  • Launch the BmoreSTEM Ecosystem

Anticipated Agenda:

  1. Meet and Mingle (8:30 – 9:00 AM)
  2. Welcome (9:00-9:15 AM)
  3. Where Do We Want to Go?  (9:15-9:50 AM) 
    • Remarks by Dr. Sonja Santelises, City Schools 
    • Remarks by Delali Dzirasa, Fearless
  4. Where Are We Now? (10:00-10:30 AM)
  5. What’s Next? (10:30 – 11:30 AM)

Location:

Morgan State University, Hurt Gymnasium Rm. 212 (campus map, pdf)

Parking is $3.00 per day in the University Student Center/Morgan Commons garage (5 minute walk to the Hurt Gymnasium)


Learning Outside the Classroom

Curriculum-Embedded STEM Experiences

Learning is not limited to inside the classroom. City Schools has created opportunities for students to take field trips to Baltimore attractions that support their learning connected to the curriculum. We call these experiences curriculum-embedded field experiences. Just like traditional field trips, these opportunities are engaging for students. The difference is that these experiences are directly aligned to rigorous, existing, City Schools curriculum. So far, City Schools has designed the following curriculum-embedded field experiences for Science:

Gr Unit Venue
1 2: Can you see the light Baltimore Museum of Industry
2 3: What do plants need? Howard Peter Rawlings Conservatory
2 3: What do plants need? Great Kids Farm
3 4: Survival of the fittest Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
4 1: Its electric National Electronics Museum
5 5: Save the bay Chesapeake Bay Foundation
6 IQWST LS1: Where Have all the Creatures Gone? National Aquarium
7 IQWST LS3: Genetics – Constructing a Model of Inheritance BioEYES

Visit Baltimore, the official destination marketing organization (DMO) for Baltimore, is a strategic partner supporting this initiative. The Visit Baltimore Foundation is generously supporting transportation to several of the provider institutions, while several others provide their own transportation.

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