Key Programs

2022-2023 Priority Areas

Professional Development Plan- Focus on Makerspaces - Educator Workplace Events as enabled by L&I
Bridging informal and formal learning environment through SHINE ( catalyst for change)
PAsmart Advancing Grant Awarded for 21st Century learning Hubs - Makerspaces in School and Community Libraries

2021-2022 Priority Areas

Teacher Professional Development Plan- Focus on Makerspaces
Bridging informal and formal learning environment through SHINE (catalyst for change)
PAsmart Advancing Grant Awarded for 11 Model makerspaces - Grant Deployment

2020-2021 Priority Areas

Teacher Professional Development Plan- Focus on Educator in the Workplace
Bridging informal and formal learning environment through SHINE (catalyst for change)
Makerspaces as essential component of STEM learning Pre K - 8 (PA Smart Application)
Career and Technical Education as a pathway to stem careers- utilizing articulation agreements with community college and 4 year institutions.

2019-2020 Priority Areas

Registered Pre-Apprenticeships/apprenticeships for high school students.
Teacher Professional Development Plan- Focus on Educator in the Workplace
Bridging informal and formal learning environment through SHINE ( catalyst for change)
Career and Technical Education as a pathway to stem careers- utilizing articulation agreements with community college and 4 year institutions.

Key Programs

SHINE OST Program – 42 week project based after-school & summer program (K- 12th grade) with a focus on high priority STEM occupations. SHINE Afterschool Carbon/Schuylkill County Trend Data 2008-2018.
Teacher Training Program – (K-3rd grade) 50 hours based on emerging, progressing and advanced levels of STEM learning. Training at Career/Technical Schools &. business/industry facilities. Mentoring through IU’s and SHINE OST.
Makerspace Development ( funded through public/private partnership) – Designing Makerspace areas in school buildings to be utilized by students from regular day and for OST. Schools are also utilizing as a tool for teacher training. A makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high tech to no tech tools.
Teacher in the Workplace -

The project is a regional initiative of the Carbon-Schuylkill-Luzerne (CSL) County STEM Ecosystem and one of the components of the Ecosystem’s comprehensive professional development plan. The Ecosystem’s plan was modeled after the professional development plan of the SHINE afterschool program. A total of 25 educators, including classroom and out-of-school-time teachers, counselors, and administrators, will be recruited to participate in a six-day program scheduled from December through May during the 2018-19 academic year. The program will focus on the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics career cluster, as well as the Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Transportation, Distribution & Logistics career clusters as they relate to the Advanced Manufacturing/technology industry cluster. Participants will visit the worksites of local manufacturers to observe their operations and work applications of STEM, see demonstrations of emerging technologies, and interact with management on the job skills required. They will also observe the labs in career and technical centers, tinker in a makerspace, and learn about career pathways and regional job trends. Instruction by a trained facilitator will prepare the educators to transition their observations to project-based activities aligned with the PA Academic Standards for Career Education and Work.