STEM Ed Announcement: DOME Symposium at Raytheon on Nov 6 - Staying in STEM Pipeline

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

Dear Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to attend to our Fall Symposium "Staying in STEM Pipeline"
at Raytheon Corporation on 225-235 Presidential Way in Woburn, MA on Friday, November
6, 2009. Find directions here [http://www.domefoundation.org/doc/Directions.pdf];
Spronsored by Raytheon
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co-sponsored by Metro North REB
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and Metro South/West REB
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Please, register at: www.domefoundation.org [http://www.domefoundation.org]
The registration is limited to 100 participants (on first come first served basis)
and will be closed on
November 4th - we encourage you to register as soon as possible!
Please, contact Larisa Schelkin at larisa@domefoundation.org
[mailto:larisa@domefoundation.org]
if you have any questions.
Look forward to seeing you on Friday, November 6th at Raytheon in Woburn,
Massachusetts!
Cordially,
DOME Board
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"Staying in STEM Pipeline"
Date: Friday, November 6th, 2009
Time: 8:00 am -1:30 pm
Place: Raytheon Corporation in Woburn, MA
Speakers:

* Karen Kalil-Brown, Vice President,
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

* Dr. Dan Hastings, Dean of Undergraduate Education, MIT Panelists:

* Brian Wells, Chief System Engineer & Senior
Principal Engineering Fellow, Raytheon
* Alex Sanchez, Senior Principal
Systems Engineer, Raytheon
* JD Chesloff, Deputy
Director, Mass Business Roundtable
* Jim Stanton, Executive Director, Metro West
Regional Employment Board - LIFT² Program (externships for teachers)
* LIFT² K-12 teacher (who completed the externship
program in 2009) (TBD)
* Terri Munson, Corporate Mentorship Program for students, Raytheon
* Mary O'Sullivan, Raytheon Integrated Defense
SystemsModerators:
-Lisa Aucoin, Raytheon, Director, Seapower Capability
Systems, Integrated Defense Systems & Chairman of the Board, DOME Foundation;
-Dr. Norean Sharpe, Dean
of Undergraduate Program, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University - 
Co-Founding
Director of the DOME Foundation
-Larisa K. Schelkin, CEO
& President/Co-Founding Director, DOME Foundation
The purpose of this
Symposium is to provide you with:

* more information on STEM Education Model(developed & recently released by Raytheon),
some interesting results and
how this model can help educators and all who involved in STEM education and
STEM partnerships
* updates on Massachusetts STEM Education Business
Coalition
* information on the
Mass STEM Pipeline Paradox, the role of teacher externships (LIFT² Leadership
Initiatives
for Teaching
and Technology - http://www.lift2.org/ [http://www.lift2.org/]) in addressing the
paradox and a teacher's account of the value of an
externship and its classroom application
* more
information on the unique opportunities forSTEM educators spending a school
year in a Congressional Office in Washington, DC (through the Einstein Fellowship
program) [http://www.trianglecoalition.org/ein.htm], the Department of Energy
(DOE), or a federal agency such as the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), or the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and etc. & other exciting opportunities
for
STEM teachers at the Department of Energy, Office of Science & National
Labs;
* great networkingopportunities for educators,
engineers, scientists, school administrators, faculty and all who are
interested in supporting math, science and engineering programsYou
will also have a great opportunity networking with Raytheon engineers&
representatives from Raytheon Math Moves U [http://www.mathmovesu.com/] & "Stand
 and Deliver" Mentoring Programs [http://www.mcasmentors.org/index.htm] & the DOME
Foundation Board of Directors:

* Lee Silvestre, VP, Mission Innovation, Raytheon
* Lisa Aucoin, Raytheon, Director, Seapower Capability
Systems, Integrated Defense Systems & Chairman of the Board, DOME Foundation;
* Dr. Norean Sharpe, Dean
of Undergraduate Program, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University - 
Co-Founding
Director of the DOME Foundation
* Sharon Caulfield,Metro
Boston Tech Prep Consortium, Bunker Hill Community College
* Dr. Marie Dahleh,Assistant
Dean for Academic Programs, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University
* Dr. Dominique Haughton,
Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Bentley University
* Dr. Sura O'Mard,
Principal, Ralph Waldo Emerson School, Boston Public Schools
* Tim Porter, Senior
Project Director, Boston Children's Museum
* Mweusi Lumumba
Willingham, Headmaster, The Engineering High School
* Larisa K. Schelkin, CEO
& President/Co-Founding Director, DOME Foundation Look
forward to seeing you all on Friday, November 6th!
DOME Foundation Symposium Committee