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EDC and the Coalition for Elementary Science for the</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Elementary Science Summit:</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Preparing K-5 for a STEM Future</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">November 30, 2018, 8:30 - 3</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Education Development Center, Waltham, MA</span><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt">Register here: </span></i><span class="gmail-m_1155846029931093371m_-2492520861481724743m_-5581066347547962115m_1406954393657665269MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://elemscisummit2018.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">https://elemscisummit2018.eventbrite.com</a></span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Research shows that children with hands-on science
opportunities at an early age have greater STEM success later in life.
However, most elementary age children get little, if any, time for
science.
<span class="gmail-m_1155846029931093371m_-2492520861481724743m_-5581066347547962115m_1406954393657665269A2"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">One New England state, for example reported that
<b>45% of students in PreK–grade 2 and 35% of students in grades 3-5 receive less than 9 hours of science instruction per year.</b>
Science is a pathway to STEM innovation, careers, and future success
but by depriving our students of science in the early grades
we are setting them up to struggle. If we want to reverse these trends,
we have to start early.
</span></span>The Elementary Science Summit will take the first concrete steps to reversing that trend in New England.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join educators, school and district administrators,
business leaders, parents, journalists and philanthropists from across
New England for a day of:</p>
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<span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Learning about the current state of science in New England’s elementary schools</p>
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</span></span></span>Experiencing high quality elementary science teaching
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<span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Meeting principals who have elevated science in their schools and sustained their students’ strong learning outcomes
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<span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Creating action plans you can pursue with others in your state to make elementary science a reality for
<i>all </i>children</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To learn more about this event, contact Abigail Jurist Levy,
<span class="gmail-m_1155846029931093371m_-2492520861481724743m_-5581066347547962115m_1406954393657665269MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:alevy@edc.org" target="_blank">alevy@edc.org</a>, </span>
<span class="gmail-m_1155846029931093371m_-2492520861481724743m_-5581066347547962115m_1406954393657665269MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">and visit</span></span><span class="gmail-m_1155846029931093371m_-2492520861481724743m_-5581066347547962115m_1406954393657665269MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext">
</span><a href="http://www.edc.org/coalitionforES" target="_blank">http://www.edc.org/coalitionforES</a></span>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Inaugural Advisors</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Margaret Carrera-Bly, Science Specialist, Vermont Agency of Education</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patricia Fitzsimmons, Assistant Director, Standards and Assessment, Vermont Agency of Education</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barbara Hopkins, Science and leadership consultant, New England</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tom Keller, EdD, Science Education/Systems Specialist, National</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Peter McLaren, Executive Director, Next Gen Education, LLC, Rhode Island</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ronald Michaels, K-12 Science Consultant, Connecticut Department of Education</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nicole Scola, Science Specialist, Massachusetts Department of Education</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shari Templeton, Science & Technology Specialist, Maine Department of Education<b><br style="page-break-before:always" clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Featured speakers </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:8.1pt"><img style="width: 0.9833in; height: 1in;" src="cid:1670d925cf9772f6c2" alt="Schweingruber photo 2011" width="94" hspace="12" height="96" align="left"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Heidi
Schweingruber, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt">, D<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">irector,
Board on Science Education at the National Research Council (NRC). Dr.
Schweingruber co-directed the foundational study for
<i>A Framework for K-12 Science Education (2011)</i>, which initiated the revision of national standards for K-12 science education. She co-directed the study for
<i>Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8</i>,
and served as an editor on the NRC report Mathematics Learning in Early
Childhood: Paths to Excellence and Equity (2009). She co-authored two
award-winning books for practitioners:
Ready, Set, Science! Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms
(2008) and Surrounded by Science (2010). Dr. Schweingruber is a
nationally recognized leader in leveraging research findings to catalyze
improvements in science and STEM education policy
and practice.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img style="width: 1in; height: 0.9in;" src="cid:1670d925cf99374b63" width="96" hspace="12" height="86" align="left"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Val
Zanchuk</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt">, President of
Graphicast, Inc., manufacturer of precision-machined zinc alloy
castings, and a “Best Company in New Hampshire” twice in ten years. Mr.
Zanchuk has been active in STEM education and workforce
development issues for over 20 years. He is past chair of the Business
and Industry Association of New Hampshire, chair of the Manufacturing
Strategic Partnership Initiative, chair of the Governor’s
Pre-Engineering and Technology Advisory Council, and chair
of the New Hampshire Learning Initiative. He is a board member of the
SEE Science Center in Manchester, Workforce Accelerator 2025, and serves
on the New Hampshire State Workforce Innovation Board. Val also serves
on advisory committees for the New Hampshire
Technical Institute, CTE centers in Manchester and Peterborough, NH,
and on the legislative advisory committee on CTE education. Mr. Zanchuk
received his BS and MEng in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Lehigh
University, and holds two US patents.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:8.1pt"><img style="width: 0.85in; height: 0.9416in;" src="cid:1670d925cf9af8d704" alt="Erin Hashimoto Martell" width="82" hspace="12" height="90" align="left"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Erin
Hashimoto-Martell, Ph.D., </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt">Director
of STEM, MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Prior to
her work at DESE, Dr. Hashimoto-Martell worked for over a decade in the
Boston Public Schools where she was
a district science coach, director of instruction, elementary science
specialist, and middle school science teacher. Additionally, she has
worked at the Boston Museum of Science, taught science methods courses
at various higher education institutions, and
was an environmental educator for the San Mateo County Office of
Education in California. Erin is particularly committed to supporting
underrepresented groups’ engagement with science and math, and the
ability of education to facilitate social justice.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img style="width: 0.8416in; height: 1.0083in;" src="cid:1670d925cf91f3aa075" alt="Sedberry Scott Photo March2018" width="81" hspace="12" height="97" align="left"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">
Scott Sedberry, </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt">Strategic
Alliance Director, Texas Instruments. Mr. Sedberry leads efforts to
explore and develop strategic partnerships for TI's Education Technology
Group. He played a key role in leading the collaboration
of the STEM professional organizations Advance CTE, Association of
State Supervisors of Mathematics, Council of State Science Supervisors,
and International Technology and Engineering Educators in the joint
authorship of the paper,
<i>STEM4: The power of collaboration for change. </i></span></p>
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