1. Developing a Network
Gateways East Bay STEM Network
California State University, East Bay
California STEM Summit
October 15th, 2012

2. Goals for this meeting
 Share history and process from our four years
 Successes and cautionary tales
 Discuss recruitment and integration of partners
 How to make the work actionable

3. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
Starting a Network: History,
Successes, and Cautionary
Tales
 Dr. Stephanie Couch, Executive Director
 Dr. Pam Comfort, Contra Costa County Office of Education

4. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
 A leadership hub for
regional stakeholders
working together to
improve educational
outcomes in STEM across
Alameda and Contra Costa
counties in California.
STEM Network

5. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
 The Gateways East Bay
STEM Network is 1 of 8
Regional Alliances affiliated
with the CA STEM Learning
Network
 CSLNet is scaling innovations
and best practices across the
state

6. Gateways Cradle-to-Career
Education and Workforce Partnership

7. STEM Challenges Along the
P-20 Education Continuum
Students start to
question relevancy
of what they’re
learning in school to Students take the Early
Students failing the Students take Assessment Program
their lives
CAHSEE* miss 5th-7th the CAHSEE (EAP) test
grade math concepts
K 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Transfer
Students start By this point, Algebra 1 is a 85% of students are Students fail CCC English
losing ground in students have made gatekeeper course not college ready (per and math placement tests
math decisions about for UC and CSU- EAP) and require basic skills
whether science and bound students classes, and fail to complete
math are “right” for STEM certificates and degree
them transfer pathways.
Counseling and course placement
(math and STEM pathways) cause
challenges

8. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
Making it Actionable
 Hilary Dito, STEAM Coordinator, Contra Costa County Office
of Education
 Debi Silverman, Early Childhood Education Program Officer,
First Five Contra Costa
 Jackie Shonerd, Region IV After School Specialist, Alameda
County Office of Education

9. 2012 – 2013 Areas of Focus
 Early STEM Learning
 STEM Professional Learning Communities
 STEM in Out of School Time (OST)
 The Power of Discovery: STEM2
 Integrated STEM, Career
academies/pathways, and Linked
Learning (delayed until 2013)

10. Gateways East Bay STEM Network
Recruiting Partners and
Defining Roles
 Janet Auer, Community Engagement Specialist, Chevron
 Etta Heber, Director of Education, Chabot Space & Science
Center
 Robert Curtis, Director, Integrated Middle School Science
Partnership, Alameda County Office of Education, CSU East
Bay