STEM Coordinators IR March 2016 Update
Questions: What deliverables would TRSA members like to see from our group? Accomplishments: Sharing idea, resources, information between the 4 largest school districts in northeast Oklahoma.
Computer Science IR March 2016 Update
Questions: Where else can we plug in? We have the right people, access to the right programming and curricula but were open to finding specific opportunities for delivery: particular in PD. Needs: Ditto the above Accomplishments: Heartland Gaming Expo last year – have a booth and reached several hundred students and many parents. We’re teed up […]
DCAR IR March 2016 Update
Needs: Needs Executive Council to define what phase 1 data it expects the Data IR to report out. Accomplishments: Working collaboratively on the ImpactTulsa data team to determine how to effectively gather quantitative date to combine with qualitative surveys to set the data reporting standard going forward.
Governance IR March 2016 Update
Questions: Working on TRSA Goals through Executive Council Strategic guidance and decisions (approx. 15) Needs: Community grant requirements and guidance Accomplishments: Establishment of the Executive Council
Curriculum IR October Update
Resource page on TulsaSTEM.org updated to provide local contacts for some of the listings. Engineering Adventures curriculum offered through Engineering is Elementary developed by the Museum of Science: Boston is being used in Tulsa. Campfire received six kits as part of a pilot. They are willing to lend these out. Contact Paige Kennedy, pkennedy@tulsacampfire.org, for […]
OERB IR September Update
OERB Program Training Scheduled We have met with the TU SPE representatives and have set a date to do the training with their members – October 2nd! We anticipate working with three 7th grade classrooms, for three weeks on Friday afternoons from for 2.5 hours each week. Over 20 mentors have signed up to participate!
8th Grade Math Proficiency IR Update
Draft Project Charter – version 2.0 Work has been done to create a living project charter that members can view to understand the work being done. Project charter includes a background on the project and project leads, the purpose and goal of the initiative, as well as a list of the assumptions and risks associated. […]
SMIR September 2015 Update
Mentoring Launches in the New School Year! Me & My Math Mentor programming has started in 6 schools this year, and we’ve launched our first sessions with a total of over 50 mentors across the sites! We are just starting the conversation to launch another successful EAA program for the Spring. Crazy 8’s, our new […]
STEM^Arts August 2015 Update
Strong Group Focusing on Communicating STEM^Arts Opportunities, Events, and Passion Several team members participating in the Oklahoma Arts Conference, October 21-22. They’ll be participating on a panel focusing specifically STEM^Arts and the many opportunities our community has to inspire students by linking the engineering and design processes in hands-on STEM. It will be moderated by TRSA […]
SMIR July 2015 Update
Strategic Planning of Resources Vs. Impact The STEM mentorship team spent 2 hours defining our IR’s vision and mapping current and upcoming mentoring initiatives in terms of resources and impact. With the understanding of limited capacity, how do we maximize our impact with the mentoring programs we carry while staying true to our vision and […]