The duties of the Director of the STEM Council, with guidance from the council and the Chief Workforce Officer, shall include all of the following:
(1)Revise, as needed, and oversee the implementation of the state STEM strategic plan, working in concert with the Alabama Workforce Board’s State Strategic Plan.
(2)Serve as the primary point of contact for communicating with state and national STEM organizations.
(3)Coordinate communication efforts to increase STEM awareness, illustrate the value of STEM learning, and highlight STEM careers across the state.
(4)Develop and implement the Governor’s STEM “Seal of Approval,” using an evidence-based rubric to recognize individual programs or periodic events that advance STEM principles and learning across the state.
(5)Develop, implement, an
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The duties of the Director of the STEM Council, with guidance from the council and the Chief Workforce Officer, shall include all of the following:
(1) Revise, as needed, and oversee the implementation of the state STEM strategic plan, working in concert with the Alabama Workforce Board’s State Strategic Plan.
(2) Serve as the primary point of contact for communicating with state and national STEM organizations.
(3) Coordinate communication efforts to increase STEM awareness, illustrate the value of STEM learning, and highlight STEM careers across the state.
(4) Develop and implement the Governor’s STEM “Seal of Approval,” using an evidence-based rubric to recognize individual programs or periodic events that advance STEM principles and learning across the state.
(5) Develop, implement, and maintain a digital registry of evidence-based and effective STEM instructional and professional learning strategies including summer, after-school, and out-of-school programs, project-based lesson plans, inquiry driven modules, and professional learning opportunities.
(6) In collaboration with the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services, conduct comprehensive, external evaluations, as needed or requested, of STEM-based curricula and educational initiatives that receive funding from the Education Trust Fund, beginning with the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative; Technology in Motion; Office of Mathematics Improvement; and the Alabama Science in Motion programs. Assessment rubrics should incorporate criteria relevant to the goals and outcomes of each initiative including, but not limited to, the impact on learning, effectiveness of human capital and organizational performance, cost per participant, fidelity of implementation, equitable access, the potential for engendering interest and engagement in STEM activities, and other criteria.
(7) Develop continuous improvement plans for the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative; Technology in Motion; Office of Mathematics Improvement; and the Alabama Science in Motion programs based on the data gathered from the external evaluations.
(8) In collaboration with the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services, conduct comprehensive evaluations, as needed or requested, of state preservice preparation and in-service programs for educators teaching STEM subjects, including both traditional and alternate pathways.
(9) Expand opportunities for STEM career exploration and discovery, especially among groups that are under-represented in STEM professions.
(10) Collaborate with the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, the State Board of Education, and the deans of two-year and four-year institutions of higher education to develop and enact an effective plan to encourage and support an increase in the number of college students choosing a STEM teaching career.
(11) In collaboration with the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services and the Office of Education and Workforce Statistics, collect, aggregate, and analyze relevant STEM data to track progress against the state STEM strategic plan, including data from the Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics (ATLAS) on career pathways, state agencies, including student STEM enrollment, learning, and achievement data, STEM labor market information, and measures of both STEM and STEM career awareness, attitudes, and perceptions from learners across the education and workforce continuum.
(12) Collaborate with business and industry in the state to determine current and future STEM workforce needs.
(13) Promote in-demand Alabama STEM careers, aligning them with viable educational opportunities.
(14) Provide an annual report on progress toward implementing the state STEM strategic plan, with recommendations for improvement, to all of the following:
a. The Governor.
b. The Lieutenant Governor.
c. The Secretary of Workforce.
d. The State Workforce Board.
e. The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
f. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
g. The Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education and House Ways and Means Education Committees.
h. The State Superintendent of Education.
i. The Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System.
j. The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
(15) Perform other tasks as requested by the Governor, the Secretary of Workforce, and the Legislature.