Implementation
There is a strong consensus that STEM education is a driver of global competitiveness in the coming century.
The Pennsylvania STEM Initiative will assist in increasing public understanding of, and support for, a P-20 STEM education redesign as an integral part of improving high school graduation rates and enhancing the state's
To increase the development of effective strategies for adult learners in STEM fields, the program will encourage alignment and development of industry-led, demand driven curricula for STEM-related occupations.
Finally, the program will facilitate the development of performance indicators for achieving goals identified by the Commonwealth's STEM Agenda and the publication of a report that will identify and disseminate deata regarding progress and challenges.
The proposed STEM Initiative for Pennsylvania will create the infrastructure and statewide coordination to:
Dramatically increase P-20 students (especially females, minorities, and the underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics careers while continuing the development of effective strategies to retain, recruit and restrain our incumbent workforce in these critical fields.
Pennsylvania's STEM initiative is to design, develop, implement and evaluate a set of goals and strategies that will bring the PA STEM agenda to fruition by 2018.