Clark County School District (MS Word)



|Grantee: |Clark County School District |

|PR Award Number: |U411C120052 |

|Project Title: |Clark County School District Pathways to STEM Initiative |

|Project Director: |Mary Pike |

|Amount of Award: |$2,976,824.25 |

|Length of Award: |3 Years |

|Absolute Priority: |Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) |

| |Education |

|List of Partners: |the Cleveland Clinic; |

| |DCC Architects, |

| |First NV; |

| |Natural History Museum; |

| |Nevada State Parks; |

| |Professional Design Associates; |

| |Pugsley, Simpson, Coulter Architects, Southern Nevada Agency |

| |Partnership – SNAP; Spring Preserve; |

| |Tate Snyder Kimsey; |

| |TJK Consulting Engineers; |

| |University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) – College of Engineering; |

| |UNLV – Solar & Renewable Energy; |

| |UNLV – College of Sciences; |

| |UNLV School of Nursing; |

| |and, UNLV Environmental Studies |

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|Description of Project: |The Clark County School District (CCSD) is applying for the Investing |

| |in Innovation Fund (i3) Development grant to implement the Pathways to|

| |STEM Initiative (PSI) for traditionally unrepresented middle and high |

| |school students. This application addresses Absolute Priority 2 and |

| |Competitive Preferences 8 and 10. |

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| |PSI project will provide approximately 5,600 students access to |

| |project-based STEM coursework that uses technology and equipment |

| |embedded into the classroom curriculum create extra-curricular |

| |opportunities for students to explore STEM concepts and, prepare |

| |educators to deliver the coursework, with emphasis on the needs of |

| |students with learning disabilities and English language learners in a|

| |project-based environment. The PSI model allows students to discover, |

| |explore and pursue STEM by providing various levels of involvement. |

| |PSI will also provide students an opportunity to participate in |

| |various project activities. PSI activities include weekly sessions |

| |with STEM professionals, STEM club, and STEM summer camp. |

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| |The project outcome/objectives for the PSI project are: increased |

| |student achievement in science; increased interest in STEM among |

| |students from diverse groups; and, increased teacher knowledge and |

| |efficacy for implementing PLTW curricula and extra-curricular STEM |

| |activities. |

| |To successfully implement PSI, CCSD will collaborate with “other” |

| |partners such as: the Cleveland Clinic; DCC Architects, First NV; |

| |Natural History Museum; Nevada State Parks; Professional Design |

| |Associates; Pugsley, Simpson, Coulter Architects, Southern Nevada |

| |Agency Partnership – SNAP; Spring Preserve; Tate Snyder Kimsey; TJK |

| |Consulting Engineers; University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) – College |

| |of Engineering; UNLV – Solar & Renewable Energy; UNLV – College of |

| |Sciences; UNLV School of Nursing; and, UNLV Environmental Studies |

|Project Evaluator: |Juan Carlos Bojorquez |

| |jbojorq@ |

|Organization: |WestEd |

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