1. New Jersey
STEM Month
March 2018

2. History…
Beginning in 2015, the Research & Development Council of New Jersey spearheaded the launch of a New Jersey STEM Week.
For the past three years, NJ STEM Week has been an annual event via gubernatorial proclamation and legislative resolution.

3. In 2018, with the support of Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker’s office, the entire month of March will now be designed New Jersey STEM Month by the New Jersey State Legislature.

4. As the managing partner of the New Jersey STEM Pathways Network (NJSPN), the Research & Development Council of NJ, calls ALL organizations in the state of New Jersey to showcase and celebrate excellent work in STEM for the newly designated
NJ STEM Month

5. As part of NJ STEM Month 2018, on March 28th, the NJSPN has been invited to the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton to showcase our work.

6. NJ STEM Month Events
Throughout March, events will be held throughout New Jersey to support the state’s commitment to excellence in STEM.
Find the master calendar of events at

7. Why STEM? New Jersey’s Opportunities

8. New Jersey is ranked #12 in the nation for the number of current STEM or STEM-related jobs, and by the year 2018, more than 269,000 STEM jobs will need to be filled.
Of the more than 6 million New Jersey high school students, only 1.6 million are interested in pursuing a STEM career.
In New Jersey, there are 1.4 open STEM jobs for every unemployed person.
Sources: Change the Equation; Smithsonian Science Education Center; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Innovation; U.S. Department of Commerce

9. STEM workers earn 26% more than their non-STEM counterparts.
In 2016, there were 2.4 million unfilled STEM jobs in US.
Sources: Change the Equation; Smithsonian Science Education Center; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Innovation; U.S. Department of Commerce

11. Impact…

12. New Jersey STEM Pathways Network (NJSPN)

13. Background
The NJSPN, a public-private strategic alliance, was initiated by the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education in 2014 to inform the alignment of STEM resources, support an education-to-workforce STEM pipeline, identify exemplary formal and informal learning opportunities, and promote STEM career pathway awareness.
NJSPN is chaired by Laura Overdeck, Founder and President of Bedtime Math and Chair of the Overdeck Family Foundation.
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey has been appointed the management partner of the group.

14. NJSPN Vision and Mission
The NJ STEM Pathways Network, a public-private strategic alliance, defines and guides a statewide STEM vision for pre-K-to-workforce formal and informal learning opportunities that strengthen academic skills and inspire students; facilitates research and recommendations on STEM talent pipeline needs and barriers to success; and exposes students to the many educational pathways, experiences, and professionals that can prepare them for STEM degree programs and careers in New Jersey.
Vision
New Jersey attracts, cultivates and retains a 21st century workforce that is engaged and supported through statewide alignment of public and private STEM educational resources, ensuring the state remains globally competitive in STEM industries and continues its rich history of innovation.

15. 2018 NJSPN Priorities Ensure access and equity for all in STEM
Equity Action Group
Promoting stackable qualifications, credentials and real-world connections
Workforce Development Action Group
Implementing multi-stakeholder collaboration to foster a systemic, grass- tops approach to advancing STEM
Systems Approach to Advance STEM Action Group
NJ STEM Learning Ecosystems
NJ STEM Month
Elevate New Jersey’s commitment and excellence in STEM

16. Get Involved Attend Quarterly Meetings Join an Action Group
New Jersey STEM Pathways Network Quarterly Meeting
Next Meeting March 8, 2018
Join an Action Group
Equity Action Group
Workforce Development Action Group
Systems Approach to Advance STEM Action Action Group
Special Events Action Group

17. Get Involved
To get involved with the New Jersey STEM Pathways Network, please contact:
Kim Case
Phone: (973)
Alex Caronna

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20. Appendix Additional New Jersey STEM Pathways Network Information

21. NJSPN Organization Structure
Founder: Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks
Chair: Laura Overdeck, Chair, STEM Pathways Network;
Founder & President, Bedtime Math; Chair, Overdeck Family Foundation
Permanent Committees
Steering Committee
Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
Overdeck Family Foundation
Research & Development Council of New Jersey
Communications Committee
Action Groups
Equity Action Group
Workforce Development Action Group
Systems Approach to Advance STEM Action Action Group
Special Events Action Group

22. NJSPN Members Department of Labor and Workforce Development JerseyCAN
New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning
Woodrow Wilson Na?onal Fellowship Founda?on
Delran Township
Overdeck Family Founda?on
New Jersey Governor’s School for Sciences
Stevens Ins?tute of Technology
NJCU
Victoria Founda?on
NJ Audubon Society
EIRC
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
NJSACC
Camden County College
BCIT
Rutgers School of Engineering
Montclair State University
Liberty Science Center
Harding Township Board of Educa?on
New Jersey State School Board Associa?on
African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey
Farmers Insurance
NJ Council of County Voca?onal- Technical Schools
Rowan University
Cognizant
Lockheed Mar?n
PSEG

23. STEM Learning Ecosystems
New Jersey
STEM Learning Ecosystems

24. Delran STEM Ecosystem Alliance
The Delran STEM Ecosystem Alliance (DSEA) provides an integrative, interactive system with a shared vision for developing and growing a sustainable and collaborative STEM community that is characterized by proactive and passionate thinking while providing all Delran learners equitable access to high-quality STEM learning and work opportunities.

25. Delran STEM Ecosystem Alliance
Vision
The Delran STEM Ecosystem Alliance (DSEA) provides an integrative, interactive system with a shared vision for developing and growing a
sustainable and collaborative STEM community that is characterized by proactive and passionate thinking while providing all Delran learners equitable access to
high-quality STEM learning and work opportunities.

26. Delran STEM Ecosystem Alliance
Partners
Delran Township Public Schools
Barnes and Noble, Moorestown Lockheed Martin Corporation Perkins Center for the Arts
Princeton University Holy Cross Academy PSEG
Radwell International Rider University
Delran Township Municipality
New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles
Princetel
Rowan College at Burlington County
Simon & Shuster
Burlington County Institute of Technology
University of Kentucky Biology Laboratory
US Army

27. (Left to right) Kari McGann (Delran Township Public Schools), Amy Yodis (Delran Township Public Schools), Dr. Edem Tetteh (Rowan College at Burlington County College), John Radwell (Radwell International, Inc.), Allan Croly (Lockheed Martin), Mayor Ken Paris (Delran Township), Dr. Brian Brotschul (Superintendent of Delran Township Public Schools), Mary Jo Hutchinson (Delran Township Public Schools), Joseph Billick (Delran Township Board of Education), Erica DeMichele (Delran Township Public Schools), Lisa Gleason (PSE&G), Marybeth Montgomery (Barnes & Noble-Moorestown), Aubrey Paris (Princeton University Department of Chemistry), Allison Hunt (Perkins Center for the Arts).

28. Liberty STEM Alliance
Liberty STEM Alliance is a renowned community dedicated to enriching STEM opportunities in Hudson County by incorporating all voices, creating pathways, and serving as an information hub.

29. Liberty STEM Alliance Vision
Liberty STEM Alliance is a renowned community dedicated to enriching STEM opportunities in Hudson County by incorporating all voices, creating pathways, and serving as an information hub.

30. Liberty STEM Alliance Partners Liberty Science Center
Jersey City Public Schools Stevens Institute of Technology New Jersey City University
NJ Space Grant Consortium Rutgers University
Team Walker
Latinas in STEM
Hoboken Public School System
Hudson County Community College
Junior Achievement of New Jersey Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson County
St. Peter’s University
Union Public School District Johnson & Johnson
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey Fidelity Investments

31. (Left to right) Laura Overdeck, Founder and President of Bedtime Math, Chair of the Overdeck Family Foundation and volunteer Chair of the STEM Pathways Network; NJ Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks; Patrick McQuillan, Liberty Science Center’s Vice President of STEM Education; Arthur Camins, Stevens Institute of Technology, Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering & Science Education (CIESE); Anthony Bisulca, LSC’s Associate Director of Teacher Programs and Jan Morrison, President and CEO of the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES).

32. Newark STEAM Coalition
The Newark STEAM Coalition is to create a resource-rich
ecosystem that prepares Newark’s PreK-16 students to fully
participate in a 21st Century workforce. The Coalition’s goal is
to develop Newark’s future STEAM
workforce by closing education, access and opportunity gaps through collaborations among businesses, institutions of higher education, school district leadership, youth-service providers, science and cultural institutions and workforce development.

33. Newark STEAM Coalition
Vision
Newark is globally recognized as a STEAM hub of creativity, innovation, and inclusiveness creating pathways and preparing all learners for college and/or careers, attracting and inventing new business, and enabling an opportunity for prosperity for all in our community.

34. Newark STEAM Coalition
Partners
The City of Newark
Newark Public Schools Students 2 Science The Newark Museum
Afterschool Allstars Newark
New Jersey Institute of Technology Rutgers University-Newark
The Victoria Foundation
The Prudential Foundation I2 Learning
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
The PSEG Foundation
Newark Arts Education Roundtable
New Jersey Statewide Network for Afterschool Communities (NJSACC)
Schools that Can
Essex County College
Glassroots
JerseyCAN
Life Camp
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Newark Thrives!

35. (Left to right) Laura Overdeck, Founder and President of Bedtime Math, Chair of the Overdeck Family Foundation and volunteer Chair of the STEM Pathways Network; Lisa Gleason, PSEG Foundation; Wendy Liscow, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rochelle Hendricks, NJ Secretary of Higher Education; Traymanesha Moore, Newark Thrives!; Dale Anglin, the Victoria Foundation; and Jan Morrison, President and CEO of the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES).

36. South Jersey STEM & Innovation Partnership
The South Jersey STEM & Innovation Partnership (SJSIP) is a community of collaborative partners to improve STEM education and career pathways across southern New Jersey. Our growing community includes collaborators representing industry, post-secondary education, K-12 schools, philanthropy, small business and STEM-rich organizations engaged under a common vision for STEM.

37. South Jersey STEM & Innovation Partnership
Vision
The South Jersey STEM & Innovation Partnership, a diverse community of individuals and institutions, collaborates to ensure an inclusive STEM culture that champions equity and access to innovation, opportunity, and learning, making South Jersey the “Go-To” place for STEM Talent.

38. South Jersey STEM & Innovation Partnership
Camden City School District Camden County College Camden County Technical Schools Camden County Workforce Investment Board Camden Dream Center Camden Housing Authority Cisco Cooper Hospital Cumberland County College Cumberland County Tech Envision Engineering
Gloucester Township Police Department Holtec International
IEEE
LPA Software Solutions
MacEwan Consulting
MakerBot
Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
Rowan University
Salem Community College
Salem County Vocational Technical Schools
Siemens

39. (Left to right) Jeffrey Stoller, Assistant Commissioner, NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development; Laura Overdeck, Founder and President of Bedtime Math, Chair of the Overdeck Family Foundation and volunteer Chair of the STEM Pathways Network; Rochelle Hendricks, NJ Secretary of Higher Education, Dr. Allison Jackson, President, Allison Jackson Associates; Patricia Bruder, EIRC, Consultant, Grants & Special Projects; Dr. Raymond Bolden, Fund Development Specialist, Mid-Atlantic States Career Education Center; Michael MacEwan, President, MacEwan Consulting, and Jan Morrison, President and CEO of the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES).

40. NJ STEM Ecosystem Community Projects

41. Delran STEM Ecosystem Alliance
Project: Delran Cubs STEAM Up Summer Camp
Project Goal: Strengthen the alliance by growing the number of students interested in participating in STEM opportunities, and exposing especially underrepresented populations to STEM pathways.
Project Description:
Four-week STEAM Summer Camp (July 9th – August 2nd)
Allows students (Grades 3 - 7) to participate in engineering activities and design challenges based on real-world problems
Provides experiences in art integration, robotics, circuitry, and coding
Partners, like Lockheed Martin, participate
Goal to create a week long STEM Academy for high school students and create scholarship opportunities

42. South Jersey STEM & Innovation Partnership
Project: Two IoT (Internet of Things) Hackathons
Hackathon 1: Camden County College ~ Spring, 2018
Hackathon 2: Salem Community College ~ Summer, 2018
Project Goal: Provide a platform for students to:
Define, design, prototype and present an IoT solution.
Expand learning in STEM education.
Develop skills in computer science, computing and information technology, and engineering.
Project Description:
High School students are challenged to solve a problem through the creation of an original computer application
Students paired with college mentors
Event spans over the course of a full day

43. Newark STEAM Coalition
Project: Demonstration project in partnership with the Earth & Engineering Summer Scholars Institute
Project Goal: Expose urban minority youth to potential careers in engineering and applied earth and environmental sciences.
Project Description:
4-week summer institute held at Rutgers University – Newark
Participants: year-old high school students
Consists of 4 modules that cover topics such as energy resources, mining and mineral resources, environmental stability and the surface process of engineering.
Project: Asset Mapping
Project Goals:
Understand the Newark/Essex County landscape for creating a PreK-16 STEAM pipeline
Develop a tool that will allow ecosystem partners to easily form strategic partnerships
Project Description:
Data will be collected via a widely distributed survey
Identify stakeholders and assets that can contribute to/ benefit from engagement with the coalition

44. Liberty STEM Ecosystem Alliance
Project: Hudson County Hackathon
Project Goals: Through their participation in this event, students will…
learn how to apply current technologies/ design thinking to solve issues.
gain a sense of career possibilities in STEM fields.
develop effective presentation and communication skills.
become empathetic of the community around them.
Project Description:
The Hackathon will span across three events, with 2 lead-up events and the final contest being held in June
Designed as a problem-solving event that will challenge 5th-7th grade students of all backgrounds to use coding and technology to solve a current problem facing Hudson County.

45. Thank You to our Ecosystem’s matching funders…
Delran STEM Ecosystem Alliance
Liberty STEM Ecosystem Alliance:
Newark STEAM Coalition:
South Jersey STEM & Innovation Partnership: