STEM SENC provides access to aspirational STEM learning opportunities for all learners and those who support them regardless of geographic location, socioeconomic status, race, gender/sex, culture, or ability.
STEM SENC accomplishes the work described above by doing the following:
- Making STEM accessible for ALL stakeholders with an intentional focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion
- Building, strengthening, and sustaining innovative practices that connect in-school and out-of-school learning opportunities
- Nurturing and promoting pathways/partnerships that connect learners to careers and opportunities
- Enabling learners to develop lifelong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Guiding and inspiring learners to be career- and college-ready
- Working for common goals while valuing individual organizational goals
- Maintaining a diverse membership of active and supportive regional stakeholders who are reflective of the communities served
- Implementing systems of assessment to inform future endeavors
- Creating a shared identity for our region that moves us toward a future elevated by STEM.
