[SEMCO] New England Elementary Science Summit

[Shona Vitelli]

*Join EDC and the Coalition for Elementary Science for the*



*Elementary Science Summit:*

*Preparing K-5 for a STEM Future*

November 30, 2018,     8:30 - 3

Education Development Center, Waltham, MA



*Register here: https://elemscisummit2018.eventbrite.com
<https://elemscisummit2018.eventbrite.com>*



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. One New England state,
for example reported that *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.* 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. The Elementary Science Summit will take the first concrete steps to
reversing that trend in New England.



Join educators, school and district administrators, business leaders,
parents, journalists and philanthropists from across New England for a day
of:

·        Learning about the current state of science in New England’s
elementary schools

·        Experiencing high quality elementary science teaching

·        Meeting principals who have elevated science in their schools and
sustained their students’ strong learning outcomes

·        Creating action plans you can pursue with others in your state to
make elementary science a reality for *all *children



To learn more about this event, contact Abigail Jurist Levy, alevy at edc.org, and
visit http://www.edc.org/coalitionforES.



*Inaugural Advisors*

Margaret Carrera-Bly, Science Specialist, Vermont Agency of Education

Patricia Fitzsimmons, Assistant Director, Standards and Assessment, Vermont
Agency of Education

Barbara Hopkins, Science and leadership consultant, New England

Tom Keller, EdD, Science Education/Systems Specialist, National

Peter McLaren, Executive Director, Next Gen Education, LLC, Rhode Island

Ronald Michaels, K-12 Science Consultant, Connecticut Department of
Education

Nicole Scola, Science Specialist, Massachusetts Department of Education

Shari Templeton, Science & Technology Specialist, Maine Department of
Education

*Featured speakers *



[image: Schweingruber photo 2011]*Heidi Schweingruber, Ph.D.*, Director,
Board on Science Education at the National Research Council (NRC). Dr.
Schweingruber co-directed the foundational study for *A Framework for K-12
Science Education (2011)*, which initiated the revision of national
standards for K-12 science education. She co-directed the study for *Taking
Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8*, 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.



*Val Zanchuk*, 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.



[image: Erin Hashimoto Martell]*Erin Hashimoto-Martell, Ph.D., *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.

[image: Sedberry Scott Photo March2018]* Scott Sedberry, *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, *STEM4: The
power of collaboration for change. *
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