Action Plan Compiled Strategies
Recruitment Strategies
 Design and implement additional science club activities
 Design and implement a freshman careers project
 Develop a chapter of the Science National Honor Society
 Implement career assessment and data analysis for sophomores
 Initiate a Biology Honors Certificate program
 Involve parents in all STEM-related activities
 Organize a panel of STEM speakers
 Participate in a career fair
 Plan a field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
 Plan a field trip to STEM-related businesses & companies
 Promote STEM careers through visual materials (e.g., posters)
 Provide STEM career application exposure for all students
 Recruit STEM major alumni as guest speakers to discuss how high school courses affect future plans
 Schedule STEM events during an after school hours
 Sponsor STEM teams for competitions (e.g., Mt. Mercy math competition, Physics Olympics, Brain Bee)
Pathway Strategies
 Add careers projects with math/science dept
 Attend the Iowa Science Teacher conference
 Collect and analyze survey data from freshman and seniors to show number of students interested in
STEM careers
 Develop STEM academic pathways
 Initiate career seminar course
 Investigate Project Lead the Way curriculum
 Investigate additional science course offerings
 Involve math and science teachers in 8th grade orientation
 Make curricular improvements in math and science to better align with college and career choices
 Monitor classes taken and progress toward four years of math and science
 Participate in STEM@ Work
 Provide an additional award for students with > 4 years of math
 Provide service learning opportunities for students to work in math/science classrooms
 Provide STEM career resources to students
 Send STEM teacher to best practices workshops/seminars
 Use seminar time for discipline-specific “labs”
 Work on horizontal and vertical integration of curriculum
Support Strategies
 Add 9th grade study skills component
 Career exploration assessments with interested students
 Create STEM career-based pathways for registration
 Create check list to be used for all four years of high school
 Cross-curricular activities/projects for enrichment
 Discuss science sequence with students
 Encourage involvement in “special learning” days at area colleges and universities
 Establish STEM student organization
 Explore possibility of Geospatial Academy
 Give faculty more exposure to the workforce
 Hold STEM team meetings
 Identify potential STEM students
 Job shadows and internships, more involvement with Workplace Learning
 Offer more technology courses
 Support TAG participation in STEM-related competitions