Creating a Spark for STEM Career Pathways
Abstract
Madison City School System (MCS), located in Madison, Alabama, is part of the greater Huntsville area, where the largest category of employment of the citizenry is professional, scientific, and technical services. Notable employers are the Army, Marshall Space Flight Center, and technical companies that support the DOD. Accordingly, MCS places emphasis on our future STEM workforce. MCS intends to support the Federal Governments STEM mission and the goals of the DoD through Creating a Spark for STEM Career Pathways by building a smooth pathway from PreK to the STEM workforce. The pathway strategy is evidence-based. For example, MCS had not achieved the federal non-traditional participation goal for Career Technical Education (CTE) enrollment for female and minority students. Strong evidence indicates a recent expansion of CTE offerings in middle school caused an increase in non-traditional enrollment to the degree that MCS now meets the federal goal. The successful pathway strategy will be employed again. MCS recognizes that achieving an effective STEM career pathway requires highly-qualified, well-trained STEM teachers; evidence-based activities and project-based STEM literacy and STEM career-awareness learning experiences; state-of-the art supplies; and motivated STEM career advisors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 06, 2022
- Source ID
- HE12542210005
Entities
People
- Carol Bohatch
Organizations
- Department of Defense Education Activity
- United States Department of Defense