New STEM BEST Opportunity to Expand Career-Linked Learning
Re-envisioning recyclable materials into usable products, developing entrepreneurial skills through student-run storefronts, taking on leadership roles at community and live events, simulating...
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STEM Council Helps Teacher Shortage Through RAPIL Scholarships
The Governor’s STEM Advisory Council is helping to answer the demand for qualified teachers in high-demand fields. Twenty-two STEM scholarships are now invested in teachers-in-training who are...
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Support in Place for Teachers to Pursue Latest High-Demand Skills
Job skills needed by school graduates are evolving rapidly; to thrive in today’s workplace graduates need to command basic skills in robotics, data management, programming, modern machining and...
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STEM Council Launches Interactive Program Map
With a mission of providing opportunities that inspire all of Iowa’s young people to become innovative, enterprising contributors to our future workforce and the quality of life in our communities...
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38 Schools to Advance Career-Linked Learning through STEM BEST H.D. Recognition
Thirty-eight school districts throughout Iowa have been recognized as STEM BEST H.D. (High Demand) models of the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. This is the highest number of schools to be named...
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Six Iowa Educators Recognized with 2022 Iowa STEM Teacher Award
The STEM Council is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022 Iowa STEM Teacher Award, sponsored by Kemin Industries.
Northwest Region
Susan Oehlertz
K-12...
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Joni Ehm Joins STEM Team as Southwest Regional STEM Manager
The STEM Council recently welcomed Joni Ehm as the new Southwest Regional STEM Manager operating out of Southwestern Community College. She joins five regional manager counterparts to effectively...
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Exciting Innovations in Education Exhibited at STEM Day at the Capitol
STEM Council programming drives an interdisciplinary approach to STEM education that helps students develop technical and intellectual skills to make connections from the classroom to the world of...
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“If you don’t measure it, it’s as if it never happened”
Measurement is baked into the DNA of Iowa’s statewide STEM programming thanks to early insistence by STEM Council members to track and monitor effects. How else, they reasoned, would we know if we...
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