STEM Learning Landscape Survey: Schools

The Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative, founded and led by Project Exploration, convenes stakeholders in Chicago's STEM ecosystem to address inequities in the STEM learning continuum by facilitating cross-sector knowledge building, collaboration, and collective action. This past year has laid the foundation for PE to re-envision the Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative (STEM Co-op). The STEM Co-op's goal is to convene stakeholders in Chicago's STEM ecosystem to address inequities in the STEM learning continuum by facilitating cross-sector knowledge building, collaboration, and collective action. This work is needed now more than ever and through our partnership with you we would like to continue to work collectively, as a city, and expose students to STEM. In 2012 we administered the State of STEM in Out-of-School Time in Chicago survey to OST providers across the city about their STEM programs and who they served. The first STEM Landscape report findings: More than 2,032 out-of-school STEM programs were run by more than 500 organizations in 2011 STEM and out-of-school time programs served an estimated 88,576 students The greatest number of programs targeted 6th-8th grade students Programs served more girls than boys (56.2% and 43.8%, respectively). Latinos were underrepresented in programs compared to their representation in Chicago Public Schools Libraries, museums and universities were underutilized as program sites in the summer compared with the school year, while community-based organizations took on a larger role during the summer We are excited to share that we will be re-administering the survey to glean the current state of STEM education in the out-of-school time. We would like to continue to develop quality out-of-school time STEM experiences, and better understand the STEM landscape. In order to do this, we need the help and involvement of the whole STEM ecosystem to determine where these experiences are happening, which communities are served, and how we can all join together with our expertise to have a city-wide impact. PROJECT ROADMAP Part 1 – Focus Group Reviews the Surveys In advance of launching the survey we asked a focus group of STEM program providers and funders to review the survey questions and provide feedback. The objectives of the focus group are: Identify additional data points and questions Review a new STEM in OST Funders Survey Part 2 – Administer the Survey The updated landscape survey will be made available to the many STEM program providers in Chicago, as well as a funders survey to assess the landscape of STEM funding. We will be capturing data from the following groups of stakeholders: Workforce Development, Employers, Community-Based Organizations, and Schools

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What type of school program do you offer?

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Does your school have any of the following spaces?

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How many science teachers do you have?

What STEM curriculum is being offered this school year (2023-2024)?

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Does your school participate in the CPS STEM Science Fair

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Do you have extracurricular opportunities that focus on STEM topics?

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In the past year, what sources of STEM professional development have your teachers had access to?

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