What is STEM?

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics!

Northern New Mexico STEM Mentor Collective

GOAL
Raise aspirations and expectations in High School STEM topics
by training and planting paid STEM Mentor Corps
in local schools and libraries.

STEM Mentor Corps 
is comprised of caring, exemplary STEM undergraduates from
Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) and
University of New Mexico Los Alamos (UNMLA)

Programs

1. STEM Explorations 
​College Faculty and trained undergraduate mentors serve school students in four areas: Biology, Computing, Robotics and Mathematics.
Each subject to be offered in six consecutive weekly in-school classes. 
 
2. STEM Summer Bridge
College Faculty and trained undergraduate mentors serve school students.
Same subjects as above, but now each six week exploration
is offered over one week of daily meetings.

3. STEM Collaboratives 
Trained undergraduate mentors and local teachers and librarians recruit youth to increase local STEM knowledge and address local STEM challenges. 

4. STEM Mentor Training Course
8 week credit-bearing college course for undergraduate STEM majors
at NNMC and UNMLA is offered each semester.
Syllabus from Fall 2016

5. Expand Your Network of Caring Adults
8 week program, offered each term in parallel with the STEM Mentor Training Course, which provides High School Students with strategies for valuing and acquiring caring mentors.

6. STEM Community Workshop,
one-week summer course, serving STEM teachers and librarians,
with the first four days day devoted to subjects from our STEM Explorations,
and the fifth day devoted to curriculum planning in schools and collaborative planning centered at community libraries. 

Northern New Mexico STEM Mentor Collective
​is funded by 
NSF INCLUDES
National Science Foundation's
"​Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners
of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science"

The Collective is Comprised of three Student Support Networks
​
SSN1:
Schools: 
McCurdy Charter School  (Laureen Pepersack), 
Española Valley High School (John Sena), 
Pojoaque Valley High School(Stephanie Richard),

Libraries: 
El Rito (Lynett Gillette), 
Embudo Valley (Shel Neymark) and
 Bradbury Science Museum (Elizabeth Martineau).

SSN2:
Colleges: 
Northern New Mexico College 
(Steve Cox, David Torres, Brenda Linnell, Ana Vasilic, Ashis Nandy,
Ulises Ricoy, Jorge Crichigno) and 
University of New Mexico at Los Alamos (Irina Alvestad).

SSN3:
Partners: 
Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations 
(Ron Martinez & Marcia Brenden), 
Science Education Solutions (Michelle Hall), 
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation (Gwen Warniment), 
Regional Development Corporation (Carla Rachowski), 
​Los Alamos National Laboratory (Dave Kratzer).

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INCLUDES Conferences:  
INCLUDES funded 11 conferences,
most of which include travel and lodging. 
Click here for further info. 

January 20-22:
Collective Impact as a Pathway to Reinvigorate Broadening Participation in STEM,
San Diego, CA

February 23-24:
Multi-Scale Evaluation in STEM Education, TN

March 6-8:
Advance the Collective Impact of Retention & Continuation Strategies
for Hispanics and Other Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Fields, D.C.

March 8-10:
Bridging Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST), OH

March 20-22:
Data-Driven Collaboration for Large Scale Progress, K.C.

March 21-23:
High-Leverage Problems, Useful Data, Formative Evaluation, Effective Communication, CA

March 22-24:
The Technical and Human Infrastructure to Support Collective Impact of the INCLUDES Program @ the Alliance and Network Levels, D.C.

Local News
NM 48th in the country in student science proficiency: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/education/new-mexico-students-near-bottom-in-feds-science-assessment/article_5676b217-a8ef-53d2-aea9-22e91b254285.html