To honor the memory of Margaret Ashida, the New York State STEM Education Collaborative announces the 2nd Annual “Margaret Ashida STEM Leadership Award.” Margaret was an outstanding woman who created a wave of change by her tireless efforts to create connections between business/industry and STEM educational leaders in colleges and the K-12 sector, not only here in New York State, but across America! She was a “thought leader” often creating ideas and connections between and among educators and business/industry to further the implementation of pathways for developing America’s STEM workforce. Through her advocacy, the NYS State STEM Hubs were created, pulling together New York communities in unique ways to foster the development of STEM career pathways. The Margaret Ashida STEM Leadership Award seeks to honor persons who are making significant STEM connections within their community through their time, actions, talents and dedication. The honorees selected serve as a role model for STEM Leadership as they are striving to enhance the STEM workforce through their connections between business/industry and STEM educational leaders.

The Mission of the Empire STEM Learning Network (STEM Hubs): to advance STEM education to prepare all students – regardless of their career goals – for college and career success, to fuel innovation and economic vitality in the Empire State:

Margaret was the Founding Chair for the Empire STEM Learning Network, a statewide, community-led collaborative; and a board member for the NYS STEM Education Collaborative, a coalition of AMTNYS, NYSSPE, NYSTEEA and STANYS work collectively and collaboratively to deliver STEM Education in the spirit and vision of New York State’s MST Frameworks and Learning Standards to skillfully and completely address the concerted national cry for STEM Literacy. Margaret will be missed, but forever remembered by her work ethic, her dedication to excellence and her friendship to all she met.

2018 Margaret Ashida STEM Leadership Awards

NYS STEM Education Collaborative Summer Institute July 29-31, 2018
SUNY Alfred
Margaret Ashida STEM Leaders Honored at Monday evening banquet July 30
Nominations accepted through March 1

Alfred State SUNY College of Technology

Committee Chair: Gwendolyn Maturo-Grasso More info: glmaturo@syr.edu

http://www.nysstemeducation.org/

*STEM Education refers to utilizing the New York State MST Standards in the teaching and learning of the Science, Technology Education, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, in an innovative, integrated, collaborative, and applied fashion to a level of challenge sufficient for college and/or career readiness

ELIGIBILITY
Nominated by a member of the NYS STEM Education Collaborative; its member associations; STANYS; NYSTEEA; NYSSPE; AMTNYS ; partners or by a member of any of the NYS STEM Hubs: Finger Lakes Hub; CNY STEM Hub; Western NY STEM Hub; Eastern Southern Tier STEM Hub; Long Island STEM Hub.

JUDGING CRITERIA
Persons being nominated for this award will have consistently demonstrated qualities of STEM Leadership, creating connections between people and organizations in order to enhance STEM career paths in their community.

• The degree to which their services/ actions have made a lasting or meaningful contribution to STEM career paths for their community – 35%
• The extent to which their service or action might be considered above and beyond the call of duty! – 35%
• Specific examples of the nominee’s STEM Leadership – 20%
• The length and degree of their service(s) – 10%

RECIPIENTS
A brief bio and photo of the recipients will be posted on the New York State STEM* Education Collaborative web page as well as disseminated in a press release by the NYS STEM Education Collaborative.

PRESENTATION
Three individuals will be selected by the Margaret Ashida Awards committee each year to represent and continue the “Waves of Change” set in motion by Margaret Ashida:

• STEM Workforce
• PreK-12 Education
• Higher Education

The honorees will be honored during the Monday evening banquet at the New York State STEM Education Collaborative Annual Summer Institute to be held at SUNY Alfred July 29-31, 2018.

For More information, contact Committee Chair: Gwendolyn Maturo-Grasso glmaturo@syr.edu 315-247-2517 P

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