August Meeting Minutes Posted

[Heather Kleiner]

Hello Team! Yesterday’s meeting was one of the best! Please see the link for the minutes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SAip8URNFtDJufsIblzWHbvLf2YIyoQ3/view?usp=sharing

Also copied into this message and attached (please give Heather feedback on what works best: hkleiner@sciport.org).

Attendance: Heather Kleiner (Sci-Port), Mary Irvine (STARBASE), Joe Couvillion (STEM expert at-large), Dianne Clark (Sci-Port), Billy Hanisee (Crafting U), Jeff Holcomb (Caddo Parish School Board), Demetrius Norman (NWLA Makerspace), Mario Valverde (National Weather Service), Louis Papai (Sci-Port), Richard Scott (STARBASE), Omari Ho-Sang (ASAP Worldwide), Tulin Melancon (LSU-S), Samantha Ramirez (Challenge Island), Taylor Coleman (Challenge Island), Toccara Huckaby (VOA), Darlene Robinson (Goodwill), Lynda Delo (Caddo Parish Schools), Torris Ferguson (Ayers Career College), Julia Grubb (BRF), Matt Kinmon (NICERC), Tierrani Jackson (Caddo Parish Schools), Kirsten Bartels (NSU Scholars College), Cheradee Williams (STEP Forward), Jasmine Clinton (Funzone LLC), Beonica Frazier (BPCC), Annie McCulloch (Caddo Parish Schools), Suzette Hadden (NSU). 27 total

 

Announcements/Discussions:

Dianne Clark notified the group that the August Sci-Port newsletter will highlight the North Louisiana STEM Alliance. Members are asked to please send their Bright Spot Briefs to Heather Kleiner (hkleiner@sciport.org) so we can create a special issue. Discuss summer programs, lives touched, themes, give brief “blurbs”, even photos (as long as a photo release has been signed). Heather will add a summary and purpose about what we do as an Ecosystem.

 

Heather showed the group the website https://www.nlastemalliance.org and asked the group to confirm their names are on the website properly along with their logos. Please send a new logo if necessary. Materials can also be uploaded to the Google drive (separate instructions will be sent).

 

Richard Scott talked about expansion of STARBASE.

 

Tulin Melancon passed out LSU-S Continuing Education catalogs. She said they are always looking for qualified instructors.

 

New Member Introductions:

·      Teachers at Green Oaks are interested in STEM support particularly with coding/robots.

·      Torris Ferguson, Campus President of Ayers Career College, joined the group

·      Samantha Ramirez, owner of Challenge Island, discussed the cross-curricular STEAM programming her organization offers

·      Kirsten Bartels, NSU Scholars College, is eager to help and has students to volunteer.

 

From the Agenda:

• News from STEM Learning Ecosystems Global (Heather Kleiner)

The Fall 2019 STEM Learning Ecosystems Global Convening will be Oct. 21-23, 2019 in Cleveland, OH. The theme is “Living STEM: Communities at Heart”. For more information, visit: https://stemecosystems.org/2019fallcop/

Call for session proposals: due Friday 8/9/19. For more information, please visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgLFAi8YXk-NyGUhaGZ5S16APLe8vWRoLJGYgNI4xHisVmtQ/viewform

Please visit the exclusive Community of Practice site (members only) at http://community.stemecosystems.org/. Update your profile. Subscribe to General Discussion and North Louisiana STEM Alliance to receive updates and webinar announcements to your inbox. Many resources are available to you, including archived webinars. Currently there is a group looking for additional members to submit a Computer Science Ecosystem – to -Ecosystem (E2E) proposal for the Fall Convening.

            If you need help, please view the short tutorial: https://youtu.be/Vs3eQt5WHKA

and/or contact info@stemecosystems.org and hkleiner@sciport.org.

• Program Updates
  • Shreveport-Bossier Mini Maker Faire (Demetrius Norman) This is an “All Hands on Deck” event for the North Louisiana STEM Alliance, as it is our Flagship STEAM event.
    • See link for the Flyer & share widely: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4lXbvysfSpNtjdJlxEPWET-P_i9vowQ/view?usp=sharing
    • See link for the Sponsorship letter. Please consider contributing a donation and/or soliciting donations. Link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1li904SIdF8Zo6CUKh_yEwiHjvEvZ_MNp/view?usp=sharing
  • STEM program at Huntington High School
  • Activities Report reminder: https://forms.gle/vvC8ucVKVx4eFeJo8
  • Please submit your newsletter articles to nlastemalliance@gmail.com

 

Visit the North Louisiana STEM Alliance

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NLASTEMAlliance/

 

Twitter https://twitter.com/NLaSTEM

 

Website https://nlastemalliance.org/

 

-Reminder: If your organization has an EVENT that you’d like the North Louisiana STEM Alliance to cross-promote on Facebook, select North Louisiana STEM Alliance as a co-host. When we accept “co-host”, your EVENT will appear on OUR page as well!

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