OSLN Update

presented to the

Ohio Board of Regents

June 19, 2008

National Perspectives

•STEM education initiatives are underway in virtually every state

•National initiatives and calls to action (such as Rising Above the Gathering Storm and others) have raised awareness but have had little impact in prioritizing or redirecting national resources– Real action is taking place in regions and states

•Ohio viewed as a national leader in aggressively pursuing statewide public/private coordinated initiatives

STEM middle school approach centered on problem-based formal and informal learning Unique housing of school at National Inventors Hall of Fame

Seamless pathways for STEM-oriented careers support systems for non-academic barriers to success(early co-op education, after school programming, tutoring, college access)

Community initiated 7-12th Grade STEM education approach w/ shared R&D and professional developmentPlan overseen by an established regional STEM School (Metro)

Year-round Approach, multiple sites with shared design principles“Field Campuses" with key STEM corporations in the region

"One-of-a-Kind" Centerpiece Resource---Air Force Research LaboratoryArray of educational delivery systems; established NGA STEM Resource Center; STEM Fellows

A Network of Platform Schools

All Share Common School Design Principles, Commitment to Substantive and Significant All Share Common School Design Principles, Commitment to Substantive and Significant Outreach, Strong Public and Private Partnerships for Sustainability and Scalability and Outreach, Strong Public and Private Partnerships for Sustainability and Scalability and Proven Willingness to Share Assets and Work as a Network of Portfolio ApproachesProven Willingness to Share Assets and Work as a Network of Portfolio Approaches

The Collaborators and Partners associated with STEM School Proposals

Schools/ K-12 Delivery Schools/ K-12 Delivery SystemsSystems

Higher EducationHigher Education Private CorporationsPrivate Corporations Organizations & AssociationsOrganizations & Associations

Akron Public SchoolsBedford City SchoolsBerea City SchoolsBrooklyn City SchoolsCincinnati Public SchoolsClark County Educational Service CenterCleveland Hts-University Hts City SchoolsCleveland Metropolitan School DistrictColumbus City SchoolsCuyahoga Heights Local SchoolsEast Cleveland City SchoolsEuclid City SchoolsFairborn City SchoolsFairview Park City SchoolsGarfield Heights City SchoolsGreen County Career CenterGreene County Educational Service Center Hamilton Cty Educational Service Center Hathaway Brown SchoolHuber Heights City School DistrictLakewood City SchoolsMaple Heights City SchoolsMayerson AcademyMiami Valley Career Technology Center Montgomery Cty Educational Service

CenterParma City SchoolsSaint Martin De Porres High School Shaker Heights City SchoolsSouth Euclid/Lyndhurst City SchoolsWarrensville Heights City SchoolsWest Carrollton School DistrictXenia Community Schools

The University of AkronCapital UniversityCase Western Reserve University Central State UniversityCincinnati St Tech & Comm College Clark State Community CollegeCleveland ClinicCleveland State UniversityUniversity of CincinnatiColumbus College of Art & Design Cuyahoga Community CollegeUniversity of DaytonDeVry UniversityHiram CollegeJohn Carroll UniversityThe Ohio State UniversitySinclair Community CollegeWright State University

Akron General Health SystemAkron Children’s HospitalAir Force Research LabBattelleBober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company CDO TechnologiesChaseCincinnati Children’s Hospital Med CtrCleveland Public PowerDuke EnergyEaton CorporationFirstEnergyFirstMerit CorporationGE AviationGE Consumer & Industrial ElectricalInventis Group Ltd.Jones DayLexisNexisMWH Americas, Inc.NASA, John H. Glenn Research Center OMNOVA SolutionsProctor and GambleRPM International Inc.Mound Laser & Photonics CenterStandard RegisterSUMMA Health SystemTime Warner CableToyota Manufacturing North America

City of AkronGreater Akron Chamber of CommerceCenter on Education PolicyCincyAfterSchoolCincinnati Museum Center at Union TerminalCincinnati Youth CollaborativeCincinnati Zoo and Botanical GardenCleveland Teachers UnionCincinnati Federation of TeachersCleveland Council on World AffairsCleveland Engineering Society Cleveland FoundationCleveland Public LibraryThe Greater Cleveland PartnershipCity of Cleveland Division of Workforce DevelopmentCity of Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Investment BoardCleveland Scholarship ProgramsColumbus Education AssociationDayton Area Chamber of CommerceDayton Development CoalitionEducational CouncilE CityEDventionEmployment ConnectionThe George Gund FoundationMAGNET, Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth NetworkNational Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, IncNational Society of Black EngineersNorTechTeam NEOBill & Melinda Gates FoundationGreat Lakes Science CenterIdeastream/SMART ConsortiumImaging Research CenterInstitute for Dev & Commercialization of Advanced Sensor TechnologyOhio Supercomputer CenterCounty of Summit, OhioSummit Education InitiativeSW Ohio Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics EducationStriveUniversity Circle Inc.WIRE-Net, Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion NetworkYouth Opportunities Unlimited

STEM Schools in Ohio:The Value of a Portfolio Approach

•Common assets; distinctive approaches•Quickest path to accessible, high quality STEM education

for all•Complements efforts to align regional and state

economic drivers

same logic embedded in the University System of Ohio 10 Year Strategic Plan

STEM Learning Network “Commons" Philosophy*

• Fully participate in clear and open lines of communication and common branding, messaging and advocacy for high impact innovations in STEM education.

• Design and participate in network governance strategies and systems that amplify and accelerate our shared capacity to design and launch schools, build a borderless education innovation infrastructure and drive scalable and sustainable innovations.

• Align business, higher education and K-12 education partnerships to advance economic and civic development.

• Engage leadership that can advance the economic and educational well being of Ohio's citizens and regions.

• Fully participate in the design and implementation of common knowledge creation, management and distribution systems that advance the scope and quality of STEM education through curriculum, instruction, assessment, teacher quality, leadership quality, community engagement and public and social policy.

• Agreement to a common evaluation criteria and assessment data management system

* Modeled after participative agreements in open systems development

OSLN Organizational Functions

OSLN

Public EngagementAnd Public Policy Support

Technical AssistanceAnd Program Services

Core ProgramOperations

Regional STEM “Platform”School and Hub Mgmt

Managed by TIES

Managed by BAHEE Managed by Battelle

Managed by Region w/ Network Support

Directed by Battelle

Public PartnershipsGates Foundation& Private Investors

Worknet Advisory BoardsWorknet Advisory Boards Finance and Management Operations CommitteeFinance and Management Operations Committee National Advisory BoardNational Advisory Board

Individual project quality& knowledge sharing

Achievement of partnership commitments &Ohio STEM performance objectives

National scalability & significance

OSLN Core Value Propositions

• Connect and Develop Platform Schools

• Bolster Regional STEM Education Capacity

• Amplify and Accelerate STEM R&D System

• Advance a Coherent STEM Education & Economic Development Strategy