Iowa Family Impact Seminar #4
STEM Education and Afterschool Programs: Presenting Evidence-Based, Unbiased Research to Examine the Family Impact of Policies and Programs
February 8, 2013
Featured Speakers
Jeff Weld, Executive Director of the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council, Director of the Iowa Mathematics and Science Education Partnership, and Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa
STEM Education and After-School Programs
Lynne Campbell, Manager, North Central STEM Hub
Connie Hargrave, Director, Science Bound
Holly Bignall, Extension Program Specialist, Iowa STEM 4-H Youth Program
Jenny Becker, Executive Director of the Charitable Corporation, Manager of Community Relations, Rockwell Collins
Vic Jaras, Educational Technology Consultant, Iowa Department of Education and Program Director, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, TITLE IVB Grant
Jay Staker, STEM Program Specialist, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and Associate Director for Education, Iowa Space Grant Consortium
Dianne Bystrom, Director, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University
Additional Chapters/Materials
STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future, by David Langdon, George McKittrick, David Beede, Beethika Khan, and Mark Doms
Successful K-12 STEM Education, by National Research Council of the National Academies
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, by Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and Michelle Melton
Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afterschool Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs, by Deborah Lowe Vandell, Elizabeth R. Reisner, and Kim M. Pierce
Afterschool Programs That Follow Evidence-Based Practices to Promote Social and Emotional Development Are Effective, by Joseph A. Durlak and Roger P. Weissberg
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