The Hawaii STEM Network for Innovation part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
John Rand, University of Hawaii Office of STEM Education Hawaii's economic challenge is the continued dependence on tourism and government spending. Tourism alone generates an estimated 20% of all economic ...

Transforming a Land-Grant STEM Center part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
Susan Magliaro, The Center for Research in SEAD Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Over the past two years, Virginia Tech has engaged in a revisioning process to transform the ...

The WIDER Vision part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
Andrew Feig, Office of Teaching and Learning, Wayne State University The focus of our group has been on the dissemination of evidence based teaching methods across campus. The project team grew organically as we ...

Communicating Mission and Vision part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
Matthew Saderholm, Berea STEM Education Center (SEC), Berea College Berea College is breaking ground on a brand-new 125,000 square foot Natural Sciences and Health Building that will open for the 2018-19 academic ...

Proposal success, participant response, and student outcomes inform our center programs and expansion part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
Shanna Shaked, UCLA Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences The UCLA Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) evaluates its services in a variety of ways, ranging ...

Creating and sharing a new mission part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
Donna Llewellyn, Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives, Boise State University As soon as the Executive Director came on board, she gathered the existing staff to start working on the mission of the ...

Evaluation and Assessment part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
Gili Marbach-Ad, CMNS Teaching and Learning Center, University of Maryland-College Park We use Colbeck's model for evaluating professional development programs to improve teaching and learning. This includes ...

K-20 Collaborations in Health Science and other STEM Areas part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
Janet Frost, WSU Health Science STEM Education Research Center, Washington State University As a Health Science STEM Education Research Center, our most important collaborations at this time are with K-12 Project ...

Measuring Impact of Professional Development part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
Kathleen Koenig, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus The Center conducts evaluation to ensure that the professional development provided for faculty does in ...

Evaluation and Assessment part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Workshop 2016: STEM Center Toolkit Workshop:Essays
John Keller, Center for Engineering, Science, and Mathematics Education (CESAME), California Polytechnic State University The Cal Poly Center for Engineering, Science, and Mathematics Education (CESAME) is ...