Teacher-Company Partnerships
Purpose
- Forge meaningful collaborations across schools and employers
- Increase student awareness of
- local job opportunities across STEM fields
- what STEM careers are possible
- strategies for companies to bring content to life for middle school students
- Engage students in applied learning projects connected to real company challenges
Plans
- Kickoff!
- Fall kickoff meeting in person, at NeSCC's TEC Building, Oct 19, 2023
- Teams met, ate, planned for the individualized collaboration
- Attendees shared across sectors and teams, shared ideas to bolster the project
- Collaborate!
- Between Oct 2023-May 2024, teams collaborate in at least 2 ways
- Methods of collaboration are decided by the teams in ways that best meet their goals, resources, students
- Share out!
- Register and attend in person, Spring STEM Hub meeting, May 16, 2024, 4-7pm
- Be prepared to share out briefly what happened, how it went, what would be changed next time, and any outcomes of note
***Join our Interest List for a 2024-2025 cohort - We need Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, and Employer Partners!***
Resources
- Program Overview
- Pictures - Fall 2023 kickoff event
- Registration for May 16, 2024 STEM Hub meeting
- Attendance (Oct 19, 2023 event) and photo consent form
Partners: 2023-2024 Cohort
Schools
- Chuckey-Doak Middle, Greene County Schools
- Clinch School, Hawkins County
- Greeneville Middle School, Greeneville City Schools
- Indian Trail Middle School, Johnson City Schools
- Liberty Bell Middle School, Johnson City Schools
- Robinson Middle School, Kingsport City Schools
- Rogersville Middle School, Hawkins County
- Sevier Middle School, Kingsport City Schools
- Sulphur Springs Elementary School, Washington County Schools
- Tennessee Middle School, Bristol City Schools
- Unicoi County Middle School, Unicoi City Schools
- University School, Washington County Schools
School Systems
- Hawkins County
- Johnson City Schools
- Washington County Schools
- Kingsport City Schools
- Bristol City Schools
- Unicoi County Schools
- Greene County Schools
- Greeneville City Schools
Companies/Employers