NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS
READY! PRE-COLLEGIATE ENGAGEMENT: Helping NSBE Pre-Collegiate Be READY & RISE!
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Pre-Collegiate students from Kindergarten through Grade 12 represent NSBE’s future promise and supply of potential collegiate students. However, systematically exposing, engaging and preparing these students across the early developmental and academic life span takes a variety of distinct engagement, academic/learning and enrichment strategies and tactics best delivered by prepared, well- trained and energetic NSBE student and professional member-volunteers, community and academic partners. The Pre-Collegiate Strategic Direction workgroup especially acknowledged the importance of segmenting this broad age range into a continuum of 4 core age/grade oriented groups: K-Grade 2;, Grades 3-5 (SEEK and NSBE Jr.); Grades 6-8 (NSBE Jr.); and a high school grouping Grades 9 – 12
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(NSBE Jr., college ready). Each group would receive dierent exposures, engagements, level of mentorship/tutoring or other supports. The end-game is to use this period to create deep academic readiness and career interest in engineering academic programs and/or STEM careers.
Member / Stakeholder Engagement: Who are the current/ potential personal and professional connections involved in this experience? What role do they play?
Focus Area: What type of
Program Description: How is this experience, currently inspiring and transforming?
Suggested Changes Necessary: What will we change about the current experience or what should we add to provide additional value to the member?
experience will provide value to the member?
STEM AWARENESS PROGRAM (SAP) SAP is an introductory program that has the goal of reaching K-2 students in at least 1 major city in each of NSBE’s 6 regions beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. In a Start Small perspective, SAP will begin in 1 major city per region (FY 2021) and then expand to other viable cities and regions sensibly from FY 2022 through FY 2025. A group of NSBE Pre-Collegiate (PCI) sta and stakeholders will create expansion and viability criteria that include ownership and participation by the National Executive Board (NEB) PCI and regional leadership as core components. Additionally, the communications chair or relevant leader will develop and implement a companion SAP communication strategy that incorporates the new Kindergarten-2nd grades (K-2), 3rd-5th grades (3-5), 6th-8th grades (6-8) and 9th-12th (9-12) grades groupings; and provide more “In the Know” awareness of NSBE’s variety of K-12 programs and supports. The new SAP will encompass a number of key elements: a curriculum that includes a toolkit with hands-on activities for K-2 students, clear support roles and responsibilities for key players (i.e. parents, teachers, mentors); a stakeholder engagement plan (i.e. for Business and Corporate A¢liate partners, the National Executive Board, Regional and Chapter leaders, World Headquarters, etc.); implementation guidance; key objectives and proposed performance metrics; and finally a signature program plan with a straw man to test and align program implementation and logistics.
Awareness of STEM (Kindergarten – Grade 2) Program
WHAT: Provide an introduction to the K-2 nd grade community, so they get a first-hand touch of STEM related activities. And also provide this group with mentors/role models and resources to STEM. HOW: Formal outreach at schools, Annual Conventions and FRCs TORCH program…is it within the existing mission or do we need to modify (TORCHfest is a recruiting event to attract non-NSBE Jr students) Remote (virtual)
NSBE Members:
Chapter Leadership • TORCH Chair • PCI Chair
Chapter members.
Regional Leadership • TORCH Chair • PCI Chair National Leadership • TORCH Chair • PCI Chair
School System administrators, (help
structure group sessions, and perhaps compensate facilitators, recruiting facilitators, provide, orientation, training, etc.)
Industry and community partners (i.e. Museums)
outreach and programming
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