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Most Recent Status Reports:

Alignment & Coordination: System-Wide (ACSW) – Susan Boyanovsky:

Career (Degree) Pathways (CPTH) - Scott Giltz:

First joint meeting immediately preceding the Steering Committee meeting on October 25 expected to review data gathering efforts to establish a baseline of how many students are currently in PTE, pre-professional, and STEM-emphasis college prep classes.

Respectfully submitted, Jo Oshiro 10/24/06

Alignment & Coordination: Curricular & Co-curricular (ACCC) – Dick Knight:

The Network of Informal STEM Educators' conference pre-invite was emailed to about 80 people early in the week of October 16, and survey results are being collected. A gentle reminder to pre-register will go out soon. The committee is preparing to review the list of invitees for a second round of pre-invites. Formal invitations will go out early in November. Ray Vandiver and Marilyn Johnson of OMSI expect to secure, through personal contact at an upcoming conference, a speaker from the analagous organization to NOISE in Texas; they will also draft a strawman agenda and format for the event, to be held on Monday, February 5, 2007.
Respectfully submitted, Jo Oshiro 10/24/06

Diversity (DIVR) – Eda Davis-Butts:

Eda is working on a white paper outlining best practices for establishing inclusive STEM enrichment programs; Jo has reviewed it.  We are expecting to release it to the entire committee this week, in preparation for the next Diversity Committee meeting October 30.
Respectfully submitted, Jo Oshiro, 10/24/06

Instructional Professional Development (IPD) :
Larry represented the perspective of this in-hiatus committee at the Committee Chairs Meeting on October 5, and continues to feed the committees with valuable resources in the form of books, papers, and websites.
Respectfully Submitted, Jo Oshiro 10/24/06

Marketing Engineering & Applied Science Careers (MKTC) – Di Saunders:

 The Marketing Committee has formulated a list for the Steering committee to prioritize, pending the outcome of the All-OPAS Workshop on November 17.  In the meantime, work continues on legislative briefing materials, and NOISE conference materials.
Potential Efforts for Marketing Subcommittee, 7/24/06

1. Outreach to Dept. of Education on curriculum changes (involves development of fact sheets; 2-pagers; sample curriculum; presentation materials).
2. Outreach to legislature to support building of pipeline; OPAS funding with ETIC budget; and curricular inclusions.
3. Dissemination of information on resources for students and teachers (eg, BEC Techno Supersite, grant/program opportunities, professional development opportunities.
4. Student-based materials on “what is engineering”, how to prepare, educational opportunities, how engineering is entry point to other careers such as marketing, logistics management, etc; use of creative design to attract teen readers (website or hard copy, tee shirts, etc.).
5. Materials for specific populations, such as under-served students, under-represented students (e.g, “For Girls Only” brochure on engineering).
6. Compilation and use of data to support various efforts to answer commonly asked questions and concerns.
7. Outreach to business groups and foundations to gain support and endorsement.
8. Public outreach on “what’s in it for me” to have more trained engineers in the state.

Respectfully submitted, Jo Oshiro, 10/24/06

                                        
Standards, Courses, & Curricula (SCC) – Sean Gallagher:

Sean has formulated a white paper on the SCC Committee’s recommendations to the All-OPAS Workshop on November 17; this was released to the committee members on Monday October 23.  Feedback has been requested by October 31.
Respectfully submitted, Jo Oshiro, 10/24/06

Student Success: Access, Motivation, Retention (SAMR) – Eileen Boerger:
As of Tuesday, October 24 2006 the “Sparking an Interest in Engineering Survey” responses are

• High School – 24 (posted on the Southridge Band room site over the weekend)
• College – 92
• Career professionals – 8

Eileen and Jo met with Mary Beth Horton of the BEC to explore possible synergies.  One BEC project of interest already in progress is the guidebooks for the Guest Engineer and Host Educator for National Engineers’ Month.  Jo has worked on a couple rounds of the draft with Stephanie Lambert of the BEC and found some teachers and engineers to review the documents.

Respectfully submitted, Jo Oshiro 10/24/06

Steering Committee (OPASS) - Bruce Schafer

Planning for the fall workshop continues through a meeting of the committee chairs on October 5, 2006, ongoing discussions with Dick Knight (who will chair the Steering Committee meeting on October 25 as Bruce has a late-breaking conflict), and working with staff to draft an agenda, specify advance and day-of materials.

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