What is a STEM Ecosystem?
STEM Ecosystems are community-based collaborations that bring together cross-sector partners, schools, afterschool programs, colleges, businesses, community organizations, and government agencies, to create powerful STEM learning experiences.
Through these partnerships, STEM Ecosystems break down traditional silos between education and workforce development while expanding resources, funding, and cross-sector connections. This work ensures every citizen can access quality STEM learning both in and out of school, while strengthening their community’s economic future.
Resources
The following resources are a good place to start your journey in finding STEM Ecosystem Partners.
Promoting Your STEM Organization
At SCCMS, we are always looking for creative ways to increase public awareness of resources and opportunities across the South Carolina STEM education ecosystem while also validating and valuing the work of our state’s STEM educators in formal and out-of-school time settings.
We’ve never partnered with a media company before, so when Live5News, a Gray Digital Media station based in Charleston, came to us to discuss a media partnership, we had a lot to learn. Thanks to a Challenge grant from STEMx, we are able to share a bit of what we learned via this series of videos which we hope you will find to be informative and maybe even amusing.