1. BOARD MEETING MAY 6, 2014 Welcome Board & Friends! Our Founding Partners

2. OUR AGENDA 11:00 - 11:45 Welcome and DL Experience 11:45 to 12:30 Lunch and Networking 12:30 to 12:50 Our Brand(s) 12:50 to 1:45Stuff you should get involved with. 1:45 to 2:00Other, Wrap Up, Q&A, spare time if we are running behind. 2:00 to 2:??A tour of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing

3. ZOOM

4. Effective STEM Instruction Meaningfu l Writing Productive Dialogue Purposeful Reading A DISCIPLINARY LITERACY EXPERIENCE

5. EFFECTIVE STEM INSTRUCTION… [E]very science or engineering lesson is in part a language lesson… Students should be able to interpret meaning from text, to produce text in which written language and diagrams are used to express scientific ideas, and to engage in extended discussion about those ideas. Framework for K-12 Science pg 76

6. EXAMPLES OF INFORMATIONAL TEXT IN SCIENCE scientific texts (such as papers, the Internet, symposia, and lectures) pg 53 symbolic representations pg 66 diagrams, charts, graphs, images pg 74 peer-reviewed journals, books, conference presentations, and carefully constructed websites pg 75 sketches, diagrams, graphs, models, and products. Also…handbooks… pg 75 diagrams …plots and tables… journals…reports or posters… pg 78

7. Hungry for Pleasure, Hungry for Food HHMI Bulletin/May 2012 Highlight (or underline) words or phrases that resonate with you. Use no more than FIFTEEN words to create a GIST statement that answers the question: Why am I so hungry?

8. Effective STEM Instruction Meaningfu l Writing Productive Dialogue Purposefu l Reading GETTING THE GIST

9. LUNCHTIMELUNCHTIME

10. Nationally Recognized Expertise Statewide Presence Local Accessibility

11. REACH/BRAND NATIONAL and STATE ADVOCACY and ALIGNMENT. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. SC TEACHERS and SCHOOLS… and sometimes beyond. SC COMMUNITIES and CHILDREN…and sometimes beyond. ANYONE. ANYWHERE. ANY TIME. LINX

12. ROIBuild CapacityMaintain & Make Revenue Products & Services Infrastructure Network Deliver Products & Services Learn new things Mentor INFORM SUPPORT INNOVATE RESEARCH ALIGN Scope of Work as Reported to the Education Oversight Committee It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? Ronald Reagan, 1987

13. Our Financial Report as of 3/31/14 Assets: $2,675,901 Liabilities: $2,330,504 SC Proviso: $1,750,000 IQ-MS: $250,000* Clemson: $155,760* Upstate Collaborative: $48,950 Lowcountry Collaborative: $35,539 Contracts (NET paid & owed): $329,637 Summit: $37,857 SCCMS Misc.: $64,942 Individual Donations: $3,216 Burn Rate: ~$6,400/day

14. Board Openings: Open - SC Business/Industry Open – SC Department of Education Board Action

15. COLLABORATECOLLABORATE

16. Charleston STEM Festival www.stemlinx.org

17. 2014SUMMIT2014SUMMIT NEW FROM STEM and the Arts In and Out of School September 29-30, 2014. STEM and Arts STEM and Workforce Development Afterschool/Informal Learning Digital Badges

18. PTC CAM Tour