DREXEL UNIVERSITY | Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence

VISION AUDIENCE The vision of Drexel University’s Center for the CASTLE research and innovation serves as the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning foundation for the Center's work with the primary Excellence (CASTLE) is to affect institutional stakeholders: faculty, graduate and undergraduate change in STEM teaching and learning across the students, post-doctoral fellows, future teachers, and educational spectrum - from Kindergarten through K-12 students. faculty development - by conducting, catalyzing and supporting fundamental research. CASTLE partners with organizations who are best positioned to make the case for educational change on a local and national platform. MISSION In its brief history, CASTLE has been successful in Core to CASTLE’s mission is the discovery, securing new funding for STEM education initiatives, development, and evaluation of innovative and in integrating with large, national, programs approaches to improve STEM teaching and focused on improving STEM education, including learning. To achieve its mission, CASTLE’s efforts the UTeach and CIRTL (Center for the Integration of center on three major initiatives: Research, Teaching and Learning) National Networks which encompass 71 of the top research-intensive ●● Modernizing STEM learning through a focus on universities. experiential and inquiry-based education ●● Transforming STEM teaching by changing the LEARN MORE culture of STEM educator training Visit drexel.edu/castle to learn more about CASTLE’s ●● Institutionalizing the regular use of data to make research and initiatives, or email Rachael Switalski, decisions about teaching and curricula CASTLE Director of Operations at [email protected]

CASTLE FUNDED INITIATIVES FUNDING AGENCY CIRTL: Center for The Integration of Research, National Science Foundation Teaching and Learning DARE ExCEL – Experiential Learning through Drexel University Office of the Provost, The Colonial the Cooperative Education Lifecycle Academic Alliance IN/CO Grant Program DragonsTeach National Mathematics and Science Initiative Engineering Leadership Program Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMCO) The Chappell-Culpepper Foundation, The Colonial ExPERTS School District International Harmonization & Integration Federal Aviation Administration PROFESS National Science Foundation Sustaining Excellence Program Howard Hughes Medical Institute Wearable Technology in the Classroom The Earl P. Allabach Charitable Agency The STEM Curricula for Authentic Learning The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Experiences Velay Fellows The Panaphil and Uphill Foundation

LEADERSHIP TEAM Adam Fontecchio, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director, CASTLE, [email protected] Jennifer Stanford, Assistant Professor Department of Biology, Co-Director, CASTLE, [email protected] Jason Silverman, Associate Professor, Mathematics Education, Co-Director, CASTLE, [email protected] Rachael Switalski, Director of Operations, CASTLE, [email protected]

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