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Education Consulting - Haller Education Consulting :: About

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This is a header image. Ldquo;If you understand how people think and learn, you can teach anything”. This is a big image inside the body. Doug Haller is the principal of Haller STEM Education Consulting. Doug is an education consultant specializing in strategic planning and market analysis to drive design, development, and sales of niche education products for clients in the for-profit, non-profit, and education and public outreach fields. Doug has extensive experience using traditional, current, and eme...

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Louisiana STEM Works : Role Models (and Parents) Can Help Close Gender Gap in STEM

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Role Models (and Parents) Can Help Close Gender Gap in STEM. The US. Department of Commerce reports that only 14% of engineers are women and that 5% of STEM workers overall are from underrepresented groups. At the college level, women account for only 18% of those earning a bachelor's degree in engineering. In Louisiana, this percent is even lower. Finally, Role Models Matter. A toolkit designed by Techbridge, offer a range of tools to help professional women in every community ...

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Louisiana STEM Works : Building a strong, more diverse workforce begins with collaboration

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Building a strong, more diverse workforce begins with collaboration. This recent article in the Baton Rouge Advocate provides a shining example of what our state will need to build a growing economy – kids interested in STEM. Camp Quest, a week-long summer STEM camp held last week, has many elements of what the Noyce Foundation would label a STEM ecosystem. STEM learning ecosystems, a new term used to describe formal and informal education collaborations,. STEM Integration in K12.

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Louisiana STEM Works : Business

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The importance of STEM skills as the bedrock for innovation in business and industry is a no-brainer. Not only do these subjects open doors to a rich and rewarding range of STEM careers, they also foster the type of employability skills that are valued by all employers - skills of analysis, problem-solving, communication, technology use, leadership, and teamwork. One strategy that has been successful in aligning education to business and industry needs has been the. The Role of Business* in STEM Education.

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Louisiana STEM Works : Advancing STEM

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To guide this blog, questions posed will focus on "Change the Equation's" Vital Signs tool that is designed to help review current strategy and continuously improve state and regional strategy for positively influencing STEM learning for all students. Broad-based leadership/guiding organization including state government leaders, K12, higher education, business, philanthropy and community representatives at state level and/or community level. Policies aligned to enable and support STEM efforts. Mechanism...

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Louisiana STEM Works : PK-12 STEM

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Attributes of a STEM Educated Student. Problem-solvers—able to frame problems as puzzles and then able to apply understanding and learning to these novel situations. Innovators—able to power to pursue independent and original investigation using the design process. Inventors—able to recognize the needs of the world and creatively design and implement solutions. Self-reliant—able to set own agendas, develop and gain self-confidence and work within time specified time frames. Attributes of a STEM School.

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Louisiana STEM Works : Data

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LA K-12 - Dept of Ed. General College and Career State Profiles. BRAC Regional Report Card. Council for a Better LA. Complete College America - LA. Quality Counts/Chance for Success - LA. College and Career Readiness - LA. SREB - LA Higher Education. BRAF City Stats 2014. Kids Count Data - LA. US Census - LA. Hidden STEM Economy - Baton Rouge Profile. Vital Signs - STEM in Louisiana. Georgetown Univ - Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018 - LA Profile. Bureau of Labor Stats. NASA&#8...

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Louisiana STEM Works : IT-Girls - Creative Programming Event for EBR Middle School Students

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014. IT-Girls - Creative Programming Event for EBR Middle School Students. IT-Girls Creative Programming event hosted by La-WIT and key sponsors (Geocent, La Tech Park, and Foundation for East Baton Rouge School System) featured in Advocate. Computer programming is fun, and easier than Brianna Palmer thought. Grade, and Phoebe Hemmering, a sixth-grader, during a break in the morning-long IT Girls Technology Workshop. 8220;My high school offered a program, so I started that my sophomore ...

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Louisiana STEM Works : Google's "Made With Code" Site and Why Coding is a Big Deal

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Thursday, June 26, 2014. Google's "Made With Code" Site and Why Coding is a Big Deal. In fact, less than 1% of female students major in computer science. Let's see what we can do about this! Links to this site and others:. NPR - A push to teach computer science, even at an early age. Is the free iPad app for upper elementary and above. Is a programming game that can be downloaded or used on the Web and is supported by MIT for beginners. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). STEM Integration in K12. NASA&#8...

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Louisiana STEM Works : Non-Academic Skills are Key to Success, Particularly STEM Career Success

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Friday, June 12, 2015. Non-Academic Skills are Key to Success, Particularly STEM Career Success. But what are these skills and what do we call them? Food for thought - Today's labor market claims more and more job candidates lack soft skills. Do we know how to describe much less measure these skills not traditionally assessed by standardized tests? Recommended reading: NPR-ED article - Non-Academic Skills are Key to Success - But What Do We Call Them? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). But what are thes...