https://www.stemequityalliance.org/home daily 1.0 2023-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600cad36387b98582a5f0b0a/1611445755928-WDYM142TQD4SIL80KRR9/Black+college+grads.jpg Home - STEM Teacher Diversity from a Better STEM Pipeline The US student population is becoming more diverse while the STEM teacher population is not. In order to increase the diversity of STEM educators, there need to be more students of color who are available to pursue STEM degrees. That availability begins with removing the barriers to high quality STEM education at the K-12 level and actively promoting more diverse students to pursue STEM pathways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600cad36387b98582a5f0b0a/1611445563789-ZI6BSBLOTQ9POG86KJUD/Jonte+Lee+teaching.jpg Home - Culturally Responsive STEM Educators You can’t effectively teach who you don’t know. While the STEM classroom may be grounded in technical content elements, the presentation of the material can use approaches that center on the lived experiences and authentic context of the learners. As STEM educators embrace more student centered preactices, taking the step into cultrually responsive pedagogy can be a natural progression. *Pictured here is Washington, DC chemistry teacher Jonte Lee. Find out more about him by clicking here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600cad36387b98582a5f0b0a/1611445860404-F37OH4ACL3EWN606F3WX/Strategic+planning.jpg Home - Systems Thinking and Equity Focused Strategic Planning in STEM Systems need specific STEM Equity strategic plans to set goals and achieve them. In order for real, sustained change to take place, one must first envison the future state that is to be achieved. We can’t simply set academic growth targets for STEM, we must set goals which impact the entire ecosystem. https://www.stemequityalliance.org/our-vision daily 0.75 2021-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600cad36387b98582a5f0b0a/1611905594913-EKQEOH5R4PQVTFPN1KGX/Girl+in+math.png Our Vision - Innovation + Opportunity = Equity Equity is not a goal, it is the lens through which one should see the world. It should be a natural outgrowth of culturally responsive, student-centered STEM education enterprises. At the STEM Equity Alliance we envision a world in which Innovation is a mindset ubiquitous with STEM instruction and Opportunity is the orientation of each educational system. These are not lofty aspirations as there are examples of this effective work across the nation; the goal is to make it commonplace, regular, and expected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600cad36387b98582a5f0b0a/1614190170699-UIYM86LN2MLWXHFIGVJ0/Growing+money+image.jpg Our Vision https://www.stemequityalliance.org/our-team daily 0.75 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600cad36387b98582a5f0b0a/1611450528883-243LD4LXDL5XKQQVF1Z0/CDix.png Our Team - Cheryl Rush Dix - Principal Director An educator with Aerospace Engineering – Teaching – Program Administration career trajectories in roughly equal arcs, Cheryl Rush Dix is dedicated to establishing access and opportunity for STEM education. Her tenure in a large urban Pennsylvania district included developing science initiatives to enhance district-wide, inquiry-based science education for 10,000+ PreK-12 students through major corporate grants, accomplishing a long-held district goal of shifting a struggling, ninety-percent poverty, ninety-percent minority school into ninety-percent proficiency on the state science assessment. She currently serves STEM education and her community as a Fulbright Research Alumna, NSF project investigator, and Trustee for the Erie County Community College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600cad36387b98582a5f0b0a/1611450008326-F76AUJ7ZNYXLGPXLZ7P6/Arthur_Mitchell_Headshot2.jpg Our Team - Arthur Mitchell - Executive Director Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://www.stemequityalliance.org/materials-for-learning daily 0.75 2021-01-28 https://www.stemequityalliance.org/education-for-teachers daily 0.75 2021-01-28 https://www.stemequityalliance.org/support-for-communities daily 0.75 2021-01-28