Member / Stakeholder Engagement: Who are the current/ potential personal and professional connections involved in this experience? What role do they play?
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS
Focus Area: What type of
Program Description: How is this experience, currently
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?
inspiring and transforming?
Development into STEM (6th Grade - 8th Grade – NSBE Jr.)
STEM Development Program (SDP) The purpose of the STEM Development program is to provide 6th-8th NSBE Jr. students with the developmental experience and STEM related skill building as well as the early exposure to STEM content and concepts so they can increase their academic and STEM proficiency. GOAL: 75% or more of NSBE Jr.’s 3rd-5th students advance to the next 6th-8th grade NSBE Jr. program component. a. The new, expanded communications program, curricula and tool-kits will now include key enhancements and modifications to better address the 6-8th students needs, and also enhance communication between PCI stakeholders and NSBE Jr. leadership. When necessary new STEM development program metrics would be developed to support learning, program e¢ectiveness and accountability. b. The signature program components for the 6th-8th NSBE Jr. students will be reviewed and where necessary elaborated to better support the students and these new program components’ integration with the existing NSBE Jr. program c. A STEM Development program sustainability draft model would be developed to explore what it will take for this new component to have continuity and be sustainable (i.e. straw man for structure, logistics, funding, sta£ng, volunteers). The new STEM development program would be advanced in each of the regions and chapters after a period of testing on a smaller scale and some review of the prototype experience and straw man model for sustainability.
WHAT: Provide a
Professionals Chair
developmental experience for this segment of NSBE Jr. to excel academically and increase their proficiency for STEM. HOW Sustaining a program to enhance development of STEM related skills, content, concepts, etc. to prepare future engineers. Collegiate/ Professional chapters actively executing programs
NSBE Members:
Chapter Leadership Chapter members, especially • PCI Chairs
Regional Leadership • PCI Chair
National Leadership • PCI Chair
NSBE Jr. advisors
NSBE WHQ Programs department
Local School District
Attract and retain advisors who exhibit educational leadership
Parents/guardians
Churches
NSBE prepares and delivers toolkits for advisors and chapters (Collegiate chapters/ professionals are doing this programming too). (Historical info: 5139 NSBE Jr. Members - Grades 3 – 12; NSBE Jr. started in 1990; PCI started 1988)
Host Schools
Education and Industry Partners (i.e. NSF)
Expansion plans call for a minimum of 5-10 chapters per region to begin advancing the program. Chapters with mature 3rd-5th grade activities would be prioritized and have a vision for supporting 9-12 college readiness.
Black Greek Lettered Organizations (BGLOs
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