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Overview:
The El Paso T-STEM Center is dedicated to building the capacity of middle and high school teachers, as well as district and school administrators, to implement and support rigorous, standards-based STEM teaching and learning for all students, K-16.
The Center is brought together by the El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence, one of the oldest (since 1991) and most successful K-16 partnerships in the country. Throughout the years, the Collaborative has made a significant impact on the quality of STEM education across the El Paso region by implementing multifaceted, systemic reform initiatives and by bringing together major stakeholder organizations—school districts, the Education Service Center, institutions of higher education, as well as parents, business and civic leaders, state education agencies, and informal science providers. This partnership has provided an excellent platform on which to build the work of the El Paso T-STEM Center.
Mission:
The mission of the El Paso T-STEM Center is to ensure high academic achievement in mathematics and science among all students, K-12, with special emphasis on middle and high school, toward significantly increasing the numbers of students, among all groups, that graduate from high school prepared to enter and to succeed in STEM post-secondary study and careers.
Key partners
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Center Lead
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The El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence
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Higher Ed
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University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
El Paso Community College (EPCC)
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ESC
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Education Service Center, Region 19
The Texas Regional Collaboratives
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Districts
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Urban: El Paso ISD, Ysleta ISD, Socorro ISD
Rural: Clint ISD, San Elizario ISD, Ft. Hancock ISD
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Business
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Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce
Insights Science Museum
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Agencies
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Texas Business and Education Coalition
El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization (EPISO)
Upper Rio Grande Tech Prep
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Initiative: T-STEM
Areas of specialty:
• K-16 STEM Professional Development
•K-16 Partnerships
•Instructional Coaching
Service level:
Grades 5-12, middle and high school math and science teachers and administrators
Location:
El Paso T-STEM Center
University of Texas at El Paso
Education Building, Rm. 413
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0683
915-747-5778
Contact person(s) & position:
Dr. M. Susana Navarro
Principal Investigator
El Paso T-STEM Center
915-747-5778
navarro@utep.edu
Dr. Alicia Parra
Project Director
El Paso T-STEM Center
915-747-5778
maparra@utep.edu
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