Network Meetings

The IM STEM Network meets quarterly to learn about best practices in broadening participation in STEM for students in middle school, high school, and community college programs in the participating states. Presentations include a focus on outreach and recruitment events, in-school programming and state and local policy supporting STEM equity. Recommend a program to be highlighted by sending an email to lriegel@napequity.org.

9/24/20: Make the Future™ – Connecting Girls to Advanced Manufacturing. This IM STEM Network Meeting focused on strategies for recruiting women and girls into Advanced Manufacturing pathways and included effective programs from the IM STEM states. Click here for a recap of our Sept 2020 Network Meeting.

5/21/20: LET’s TALK: A Path to Educational Equity – IM STEM Continues the Conversation. As a follow-up to the initial LET’s TALK webinar, the IM STEM Network hosted a continuation of the conversation on Thursday, May 21 at 2pm MT with two IM STEM network members: Snehal Bhakta, CTE Administrator, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada and Lauren Jones, CTE Program Director, Colorado Community College System, Denver, Colorado. Click here for a recap of our May 2020 Network Meeting.

3/19/20: Broadening Participation in STEM in Rural Communities.This quarterly IM STEM Network Meeting focused on strategies for increasing the participation of underrepresented students in STEM in rural communities. Programs that have been successful in working in rural communities to expand STEM education opportunities for students at the state, regional and local level were also highlighted. Click here for a recap of our March 2020 Network Meeting.

12/12/19: Using the STEM Equity Program Rubric for Program Improvement: Learn how you can use the STEM Equity Program Evaluation Rubric to improve your program. Three STEM practitioners share how they used the rubric to be more inclusive and support access and success for students who historically have not engaged in STEM. Click here for a recap of our December 2019 Network Meeting.

9/18/19: Set Your GPS to Student Success: Promoting Positivity Through Micromessaging and Evaluating the Factors that Build Equity in STEM Programs. Click here for a recap of our September 2019 Network Meeting.

5/22/19: English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives. The imperative that all students, including English learners (ELs), achieve high academic standards and have opportunities to participate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning has become even more urgent and complex given shifts in science and mathematics standards.  Click here for a recap of our May 2019 Network Meeting.

2/20/19: Jeff Weld, Ph.D., Executive Director for the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council and STEM Education Policy consultant for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy shared information about the development of a national strategic plan for STEM education and took questions from participants. Click here for a recap of our February 2019 Network Meeting.

11/13/18: After hearing about our growing numbers and how the network is expanding throughout each state, members from each state shared an example of a program in their state focused on broadening participation in STEM. Workgroup leaders shared their goals and progress and network members were encouraged to join a workgroup and share information about the network to their contacts. Click here for a recap of our November 2018 Network Meeting.

8/9/18: IM STEM’s asset mapping teams aims to support the development of asset maps in all IM STEM network states. Some states already have maps, including Idaho and Wyoming, and representatives from these states shared their asset maps and how they developed them. Click here for a recap of our August 2018 Network Meeting.

5/2/18: After a short introduction of steering committee members, staff, and network members, members from each state shared an example of a program in their state focused on broadening participation in STEM. Click here for a recap of our May 2018 Network Meeting.

1/29/18: Steering committee members and network members were introduced. There was a review of NSF INCLUDES and the IM STEM Project. An overview of the workgroups was presented along with suggestions for how to get involved. Click here for a recap of our January 2018 Network Meeting.