1. Developing a Network
Gateways East Bay STEM Network
California State University, East Bay
California STEM Summit
October 15th, 2012
2. Goals for this meeting
Share history and process from our four years
Successes and cautionary tales
Discuss recruitment and integration of partners
How to make the work actionable
3. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
Starting a Network: History,
Successes, and Cautionary
Tales
Dr. Stephanie Couch, Executive Director
Dr. Pam Comfort, Contra Costa County Office of Education
5. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
A leadership hub for
regional stakeholders
working together to
improve educational
outcomes in STEM across
Alameda and Contra Costa
counties in California.
STEM Network
6. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
The Gateways East Bay
STEM Network is 1 of 9
Regional Alliances affiliated
with the CA STEM Learning
Network
CSLNet is scaling innovations
and best practices across the
state
7. STEM Challenges Along the
P-20 Education Continuum
Students start to
question relevancy
of what they’re
learning in school to Students take the Early
Students failing the Students take Assessment Program
their lives
CAHSEE* miss 5th-7th the CAHSEE (EAP) test
grade math concepts
K 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Transfer
Students start By this point, Algebra 1 is a 85% of students are Students fail CCC English
losing ground in students have made gatekeeper course not college ready (per and math placement tests
math decisions about for UC and CSU- EAP) and require basic skills
whether science and bound students classes, and fail to complete
math are “right” for STEM certificates and degree
them transfer pathways.
Counseling and course placement
(math and STEM pathways) cause
challenges
8. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
Making it Actionable
Hilary Dito, STEAM Coordinator, Contra Costa County Office
of Education
Beth Yeager, Ph.D, Consultant, Center for Literacy and
Inquiry in Networking Communities (LINC) Gevirtz Graduate
School of Education University of California, Santa Barbara
Jackie Shonerd, Region IV After School Specialist, Alameda
County Office of Education
9. 2012 – 2013 Areas of Focus
Early STEM Learning
STEM Professional Learning Communities
STEM in Out of School Time (OST)
The Power of Discovery: STEM2
Integrated STEM, Career
academies/pathways, and Linked
Learning (delayed until 2013)
10. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
Recruiting Partners and
Defining Roles
Janet Auer, Community Engagement Specialist, Chevron
Etta Heber, Director of Education, Chabot Space & Science
Center
Robert Curtis, Director, Integrated Middle School Science
Partnership, Alameda County Office of Education, CSU East
Bay
11. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
Contact Information
Stephanie Couch – stephanie.couch@csueastbay.edu
Pam Comfort – pcomfort@cccoe.k12.ca.us
Debi Silverman – dsilverman@firstfivecc.org
Hilary Dito – hdito@cccoe.k12.ca.us
Jackie Shonerd – jshonerd@acoe.org
Janet Auer – janetauer@chevron.com
Etta Heber – eheber@chabotspace.org
Robert Curtis – rcurtis@acoe.org
