Build awareness of the value of STEM education and career opportunities across the community.

Last year South Carolina's Coalition for Mathematics & Science (SCCMS) began a process of identifying five, system-wide, grand challenges within our state that we might successfully master within five years’ time if we act together to maximize our individual and organizational strengths and resources.

The below five Grand Challenges were announced on May 7th at the first STEM Education Day at the State Capitol.  These are in draft and now released for comment. 
 
Grand Challenges:
  1. Engage individuals and organizations in advocating for quality STEM education.
  2. Build awareness of the value of STEM education and career opportunities across the community.
  3. Expand educators’ STEM content knowledge and career awareness through professional learning experiences that engage SC’s STEM business/industry experts.
  4. Build leadership capacity of STEM educators, including school & district administrators, both in schools and across the community.
  5. Recruit and retain STEM educators through financial and other incentives.

Please use this survey framework to share your thoughts on CHALLENGE #2.  We encourage you to complete surveys for all five challenges as well as the surveys on defining STEM. 

Your feedback will aid us as we seek to move forward with a common language in SC.

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