Welcome!
Welcome to the home of the STEM Transitions initiative. This one-year project is being led by the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD). Funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education under cooperative agreement with the League for Innovation in the Community College, the project is building on the work of the College and Career Transitions Initiative begun by the League in 2003. At the heart of the project are the six Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career clusters that have provided the context for instructional materials that demonstrate the convergence of academic and technical content at the community college level.
CORD staff, in conjunction with 38 faculty conferees from community colleges across the country, have developed 63 integrated curriculum projects for use in math, science, and technical courses in the six STEM-related clusters—health science; information technology; manufacturing; transportation; science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and agriculture. The classroom-ready projects are intended to aid in student mastery of essential mathematics and science concepts while motivating students to pursue STEM-related careers.
External Review of Materials
The teaching materials found under the Integrated Projects tab at left are considered to be in “draft” form. The projects were reviewed and evaluated by interested faculty members during the months of September and October 2008. The projects are currently undergoing revisions and will be reposted to this site in their final form in December 2008. An evaluation form will continue to be available within each of the integrated projects throughout the life of this website. We invite community college faculty members to share comments and ask questions of our staff as they implement projects in their classrooms.