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Integrated Science Education Outreach (InSciEd Out)

 

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Organization: Integrated Science Education Outreach (InSciEd Out)

Sector: Collective

Organization Mission: Integrated Science Education Outreach (InSciEd Out) is an evidence-based classroom intervention that cultivates young scientists who are eager to pursue advanced level science curriculum and motivated to improve the health of their community. InSciEd Out represents a partnership paradigm through which curriculum change is empowered by intellectual and technical resources found within each partner organization. The organization began in Rochester Public Schools (RPS) in the spring of 2009, and to date InSciEd Out has reached hundreds of teachers and each year reaches thousands of students through partnerships in Rochester, St. Paul, Minneapolis, West St. Paul, Ghana, and India.

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There is a strong need to develop quality professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Current educational methods, however, continue to be non-inclusive of students of color, young women, and those marginalized by socioeconomic status. The complex and diverse questions of our world quite simply require a diverse cadre of scientists to be answered. Unlocking the potential of ALL members of our community to ask and answer questions will ensure a better world today and in the future.

Current educational methods, however, continue to be non-inclusive of students of color, young women, and those marginalized by socioeconomic status. 

Science is a simple pursuit: we stand at a window and describe the world we see. When we add scientists who see, perceive, and share that world differently than we do, the description clarifies.

InSciEd Out Mission

To share the culture, language and practice of science excellence with all students in our local, national and global communities by:

  • Facilitating partnerships between scientists, educators, industry and other community partners to rebuild science education practices for the 21st century and bring available technology and mentorship to the community.
  • Empowering the development of a diverse group of learners who are ready for college and workplace success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
  • Creating a conduit for science literacy that results in improved health outcomes for communities.

 

 

 


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Lvl 1: Best Practice ; Children & Youth ; Education ; STEM

Lvl 2: Education ; Best Practice ; Diversity and Inclusion ; STEM ; Workforce Development

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