<p>SC STEM Regional Advisory Board Meeting January 8, 2018 2-4pm Valley High School Room 1505</p><p>Present: Derry, Haage, Meyerholtz, Holmen, Garrett, Wigeland, Pargmann, Sieck, Hensen Absent: Arbuckle, Bontrager, McCarthy, Singleton Guests: Maria Schreier, Ann Ludwig, Jill Urich</p><p>I. Welcome by Ann Ludwig.</p><p>II. Overview of ORBIS by Jill Urich, program coordinator. </p><p>A. Spent about 2 years with a task force to look at college and career readiness, traveling to BIG and APEX.</p><p>B. Launching a new program this year in a soft rollout that addresses those needs. ORBIS is a Latin term for compass. Each student follows a compass for their own pathway of success. Students named and created the logo.</p><p>C. They created a program that incorporates authentic project-based experiences. It uses a needs assessment, develops a purpose, selects participants, begins implementation, and evaluates results. They begin with an end in mind.</p><p>D. Projects can be incorporated into classes, work on a project outside of class time for an elective credit, or take it during the school day as a credit. </p><p>E. Students must show proficiency on Employability Skills.</p><p>F. Developing a program to help them filter people to contact for the program and reaching out to other districts to draw students to the program.</p><p>G. Students who take it as a class during the day must have 2-3 periods of the day and be able to transport themselves. There’s an enrollment form, NOT an application. No one is turned away who is eligible. </p><p>H. ADVICE: walk with teachers doing things in the classroom. You don’t want to pull lots of people out of the classroom and say that it’s a better program. </p><p>I. ADVICE: dedicate staff to the project. Next year, along with a director, the district will hire 2 ORBIS teachers. </p><p>J. ADVICE: build excitement. 1. Create a task force for a year. 2. Dedicate staff. 3. Implement in phases. 4. Find the right teacher.</p><p>III. Scale-Up Overviews</p><p>A. Released a list of the 10 programs. B. Applications open January 22-March 5. </p><p>C. There’s a ppt, video, overview, and 1-page summaries with info to share. </p><p>D. Derry overviewed the programs.</p><p>IV. November Mega Meeting Overview</p><p>A. Discussed Agile Scrum Methodology</p><p>B. Learned about the ACE mentorship team.</p><p>V. Remaining Funds Discussion</p><p>A. Request for funding for astronomy-based STEM festival for the visually impaired on April 29 at 8:30. Keynote, breakout sessions, lunch. Free to visually impaired participants grades 3-8 and families. Partners include the AEA, Drake, SCI, and Iowa School of the Blind. </p><p>B. Reviewed current use of festival funds.</p><p>VI. Important Dates</p><p>A. Feb. 14 = STEM Day at the Capitol; Drake will have a table with the Hub there; Managers will have a table</p><p>B. Feb. 14 = SC STEM Regional Advisory Board meeting at the Capitol; 2-4pm</p><p>C. April 3 = Statewide Conference with Future Ready IA—Apprenticeships, Pre-App and BEST</p>