2. Ava D. Rosales, PhD Instructional Supervisor Miami-Dade County Public Schools

3. IT TAKES (A)… T RY IT ATTITUDE E NJOYMENT A CTION M OTIVATION SECME: STEMulating Minds

4. SECME, Inc Formerly the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering Currently diversity in STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Mission to promote historically under- represented, underserved and differently- abled students to pursue and complete postsecondary studies in STEM

5. M-DCPS Curriculum and Instruction, Science Education 2006 SECME Model Teachers Counselors Administrators Parents Students National Level Club meetings Classroom activities Participate in Olympiad Involve parents Student data Mini-Grants Student Scholarships Scholarships to Summer Institute Professional Development Networking with Teachers and Engineers Nationally National Student Competition Sponsors National Summer Institute People and Expertise Resource and Materials Longitudinal Data Statistics Communications Network Awards Banquet… Student, Parent and Teacher Recognition Shadow an Engineer Day Sponsors Teachers to Summer Institute Provides Engineer and University Support Saturday Design Seminars Engineering Site Field Trip District Olympiad Competition District Level School Level Guest speakers

6. M-DCPS Curriculum and Instruction, Science Education 2006 M-DCPS SECME PROGRAM What makes it work? Teacher, counselor, and parent resource Engaging hands -on student activities that enhance mathematics, science, and engineering concepts Collaboration with experts, colleges and industry Student, teacher, parent motivation District support - program coordination

7. M-DCPS Curriculum and Instruction, Science Education 2006 SECME ENHANCES MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CURRICULUM SECMECURRICULUM Inquiry based learning Mathematics and science applications to solving real world problems School to Career Initiative Engineering design seminars Engineering design and construction (bridges, mousetrap cars, egg drop containers, water bottle rockets, robotic hand) Workshops at Colleges, shadow an engineer day, engineering site field trips, guest speakers

8. Saturday Design Seminar Dates Middle and High School ONLY October 15 – Robotic Hand November 5 – Bridge ALL Students, Teachers and Parents November 19 – Waterbottle Rocket  Weekly briefing sent to schools  Posted at District SECME Website  Posted at Professional Development portal

9. Practice SECME Events Practice SECME Events American High School Bridge Building Competition November 9, 2011 Time : 8 am to 12 pm American High School Water Bottle Rocket Competition December 7, 2011 Time : 8 am to 12 pm

10. SECME Festival and Olympiad Registration: Early December 2011 Project Check-in: January 20, 2012 Competition: January 21, 2012

11. District SECME Website http://science.dadeschools.net/secme/default.html

12. FL19 Registration code for National Office

13. What Data Do We Need? Test Scores Retention Rate Surveys Minority Participation InterviewsObservationsTestimonials -_Focus groups Questionnaires awards Quantitative Qualitative

14. Always focus on the Goal(s)… Focus on the ultimate outcome(s) of the SECME program. Ask “What difference will SECME make in the long run?” e.g., What impact will it have on learners?

15. Where’s the Data? Data warehouses District Assessment Office, State School Student records Classroom Gradebook SECME events Surveys, observations, questionnaires,

16. What Next? Disaggregate Analyze

17. Presentation Models

18. Percentage of Title I SECME Schools Note: Based on the number of Title I Schools in the District Total # of Participating SECME Schools 2004 - 2005 Total # of Participating SECME Schools 2004 - 2005 40 Elementary40 Elementary 27 Middle27 Middle 22 Senior High22 Senior High 1 K-8 Centers 1 K-8 Centers 2 Alternative 2 Alternative

19. District and SECME Performance on the 2005 FCAT SSS Mathematics, by Ethnicity, All Students Tested, Grade 5

20. Site Visits and Seminars Participating in SECME makes me feel: “like I am a part of something special” – African American male SECME student, grade 11 Participating in SECME makes me feel: “like I can do something that I would never think I can” – African American female SECME student, grade 10

21. Participating in SECME makes me feel: “like an engineer” –Hispanic male SECME student, grade 8 Participating in SECME makes me feel: “like I’m an engineer in training!” –Hispanic female SECME student, grade 11

22. “My son wants to be a rocket scientist. Before SECME he wanted to be a rapper.” -Elementary School SECME Parent

23. Surveys Electronic – fast and efficient District/Central Office website form-fill Paper/Pencil Surveys – accessible to all

24. Ava D. Rosales, PhD arosales@dadeschools.net 305-995-4537