Core Element: Greater New Orleans S.T.E.M. Initiative Community Symposium

Why We Need Stronger Science and Math Education

Paul Pastorek Superintendent, Louisiana Department of Education(view video ),

S.T.E.M. Education:  Its Current State and Future

Sally Shuler, Executive Director, National Science Resources Center (view PowerPoint )

What We Do:  Core Element Teacher Training

Introduction:  Barbara Pailet, Executive Director, BLaST and teachers Janice Catledge, MiWha Morrison-Fontenot and Kathy Price (view video )

7:15 pm to 8:30 pm Networking, Teacher Demo

GNO STEM Initiative Community Symposium

September  2009

Core Element sponsored a Community Symposium on Thursday, September 17, 2009. Attended by over 140 community, business and education professionals, the symposium was organized in partnership with the National Science Resources Center, Lockheed Martin, Tulane University and the University of New Orleans to address regional stakeholders on the current state of K‐12 science and math education, the need to strengthen curriculum and instruction in these areas to better prepare students for jobs of the future and to inform the community of Core Element’s program of work in the New Orleans region and how stakeholders can get involved.

Core Element's sponsoring organization, the Greater New Orleans S.T.E.M. Initiative (GNOSI), is led by a board of business, government, education, and community members.