1. Building Capacity for State Science Education
Next Steps in Support of States

2. First…
Thank you!

3. Continue to foster collaborations:
Nation building for messaging
Explore and produce exemplar videos
Practices
CCC
STEM as part of the framework
CTE workforce development
Aligned content with STEM subjects
College & Career readiness
Develop research questions
Teacher prep with framework
Non-lead state perspective
Lessons learned from the implementation

4. Why Wait? What are the specific tools we need right now?
Create opportunities for states to work collaboratively
Geographic region?
Lead states?
Small group prior to September - ASAP
What are the specific tools we need right now?
Create a timeline for tools release based upon the need.
Build a materials evaluation tool based on Framework.
Put finishing touches on tools
March at CSSS?

5. Other Suggestions BCSSE Page on the CSSS webpage
How do we actually collaborate and communicate with other states
Consider conferences and how do we get the vision of the Framework BCSSE forward

6. Next Conference
Sharing successes from states…create a vehicle for that sharing
Professional Development
Political awareness how to get the right people to promote the work
Build breakouts based think alike groups (i.e. business, informal)
Embrace informal educators in the next conference.

7. Final Thoughts Thank you, once again to our sponsors
Burroughs Wellcome, NCSMT, Merck Institute for Science Education, GlaxoSmithKline, SAS, and Keenan Fellows
Thank you to the audio visual team – Event.com
To Lori Hedrick and Nicole Paulson
To Brett Moulding and Jean Moon
To all the presenters

8. To all of you! For your hard work
Most Importantly
To all of you!
For your hard work
For your passion for science and engineering
For your energy
And for remembering…

9. It’s about the kids! All kids!!!