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3 From the President4 Science Summit6 SMT Celebration8 Science Competitions
10 Collaborative Project11 Financial Statements12 Board of Directors
North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and
Technology Education Center (SMT Center)
was launched in 2002 to promote and support
innovation in science, mathematics, and technology
learning in the states elementary and secondary
schools. Were doing that by serving as a catalyst for
innovation and change in education; advocating for
research-based instructional programs in schools;
providing tools, learning methods, and technical help
to educators; and recruiting community and business
leaders to encourage and promote advanced scienceand mathematics learning at all ages.
Thanks to Zanetta Hardy for photo contributions.
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One of the SMT Centers guiding principles is
collaboration rather than duplication, and this past
year outstanding partnerships have continued tocontribute significantly to the success of our efforts.
In this report well look at some o our
partnerships, and some o the important
things weve learned during the past year.
North Carolinas economy continues to shit
rom its traditional manuacturing and
agricultural bases to reliance on knowledge-
based endeavors such as biotech andtelecommunications. Our state has attracted
a wealth o new businesses because we are able to provide a well-
educated, well-trained workorce. In order to maintain this talented
workorce, our students need to be well-versed in STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics) areas. A new state
initiative called the JOBS (Joining Our Businesses and Schools)
Commission will make recommendations to ensure that our schools
are creating career-ready and college-ready graduates. The SMT
Center will be playing an advisory role to Lieutenant Governor
Walter Dalton as he chairs this commissions work.
We are also joining orces with the N.C. STEM Community
Collaborative, a group working to align community assets with
workorce demands. We are especially pleased that the process
involves community discussions that will dene what it means to
be STEM-ready. We look orward to playing a signicant role in theeducation component o each communitys strategic plan.
We continue to work with the University o Washington and Dr.
John Bransord in his research to create a viable assessment tool.
We are pleased to have the N.C. State Board o Education, the N.C.
Department o Public Instruction, and Metametrics, Inc. as partners
in our work to develop new methods o measuring student peror-
mance. We look orward to urthering our work with the Education
Cabinet to build assessments that demonstrate that students can
use inormation in real world situations.
Our work this past year with the National Science Resources Center
in the LASER Initiative ocused on supporting the 31 districts that have
developed strategic plans or inquiry-based science. We also partnered
with Wilson County Schools and James Jones Elementary School to
develop a LASER demonstration site at the school. This will provide
us a working model o how inquiry-based science can best be taught.
In 2010, we will continue to seek partnerships that allow us to
leverage our strengths in education. This will enable us to ensurethat North Carolinas uture is on the right track.
Samuel H. Houston Jr., Ed.D.
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In April, the SMT Center, The James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute or
Educational Leadership and Policy, and the International Center
or Leadership in Education held the second annual ScienceSummit in Cary, N.C.
During the Summit, a number o challenges acing science
education were considered. One o those challenges is being
addressed by the SMT Center through the work o John Bransord.
Dr. Bransord and his colleagues at the University o Washington
have been working on interactive assessment experiments to
better gauge how well students comprehend scientic material.
Attendees were given an opportunity to test the authentic learning
and assessment tool, which is designed or high school biology
students studying genetics.Using a rst-person interactive
platorm such as Second Lie,
students use their existing
knowledge to solve problems
and then revise their solutions,
i necessary, using outside
resources such as the Internet.
In this increasingly technologi-
cally driven world, students need these skills to work collaborativelyto assess and integrate inormation in their decision-making.
Another challenge addressed at the Summit addressed was the
need to invest in proessional development opportunities or
teachers. The SMT Center has been working to help meet that
challenge through the Collaborative Project (see page 10).
Perhaps the biggest challenge acing SMT education is the rate
at which technology is advancing. Change happening outside
o schools is occurring at a rate our to ve times aster than the
rate o change within schools, said keynote speaker Bill Daggett,
s c i e n c e s u m m i t
Change happening outside of
schools is occurring at a rate four
to five times faster than the rate
of change within schools.
Bill Daggett, President of ICLE
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president o the ICLE. This is our problem. He added that
implementing deep changes in education to keep pace with rapidly
evolving and converging orces o globalization, demography, andtechnology is not likely to come rom tinkering around the edges.
A handful of strategies presented at the Summit included:
partnering businesses and scientists with schools,
reducing ederally-mandated standards,
integrating science and math curriculum content,
planning inquiry-based learning methods,
looping teachers across several grades,
awarding credit or student internships outside o school,
using new tools to assess learning, dissecting components o schools that excel,
sustaining disruptive innovation,
and identiying actors that resist change.
By partnering with organizations that ocus on improving STEM
education in North Carolina, the SMT Center is helping school
administrators, teachers, and students provide answers to criticalquestions in the quest to urther education reorm.
Science does not know its debt to
imagination. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The third annual SMT Celebration took place on April 18, 2009 at
the Embassy Suites Hotel in Cary, N.C. The Celebration shines a
spotlight on the achievements o many students, teachers, andorganizations active in SMT education. More than 400 people
were in attendance.
This was the second year that the SMT Center presented its
own awards to acknowledge the commitment and dedication o
individuals and organizations who are advancing the SMT Centers
mission.
s m t c e l e b r a t i o n
SAS, Inc.
Business and Industry Award in Science, Mathematics,
and Technology Education
North Carolina Mathematics and
Science Education Network (NC-MSEN)Partnership Award in Science, Mathematics, and
Technology Education
thisyearssmtcenterawardwinnersinclude:
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John and Nancy Bray
Champions of Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Education Award
Cindy Moss
Outstanding Administrator Award in Science, Mathematicsand Technology Education
Jennifer Telschow
Student Leadership Award in Science, Mathematics, and
Technology Education
Jose DArruda
Outstanding Educator Award in Science, Mathematics,and Technology Education
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In 2008 the SMT Center received support rom the N.C. General
Assembly to build statewide capacity or student science
competitions. This money has been strategically utilized to increaseopportunities or North Carolina students and teachers to engage
in science competitions throughout the state.
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why supportsciencecompetitions?
SciencecompetitionsalignwiththeN.C.StandardCourseof
Study and support all areas o STEMscience, technology,engineering, and mathematics.
Teachersinvolvedinsciencecompetitionshaveopportunities
or proessional development related to improving science
instruction.
SciencecompetitionsraiseawarenessoftheneedforSTEM
education.
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highlightsofthepastyearinclude:
Charlotte-MecklenburgandCumberlandCountySchoolsdeveloped curriculum, trained teachers, and sponsored N.C.
Science Olympiad competitions. This pilot eort will be
replicated across the state.
AshevilleCityandBuncombe,Wilson,andMcDowellCounty
Schools provided Summer Science Olympiad Camps or rising
6th8th graders. The camps reached students who traditionally
would not have had a science camp experience.
Communicationsandpublicitysupportplanswereimplementedto raise awareness o the value o science competitions and
to celebrate student achievement. This generated a signicant
increase in awareness o the competitions or elementary
schools.
The camps reached students who
traditionally would not have had
a science camp experience.
Summer Science Olympiad Camps
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The Collaborative Project, a 21st Century Initiative o the North
Carolina General Assembly, is a three-year pilot project that is
administered by the Public School Forum o North Carolina andthe SMT Center. The Collaborative Project seeks to strengthen ve
public school systems serving low-income students in rural areas
o the state.
One ocus o The Collaborative Project has been on identiying and
administering high quality proessional development in math and
science instruction in order to improve the mathematics and science
perormance o students. This past year, 570 teachers in Caswell,
Greene, Mitchell, Warren, and Washington counties participated
in proessional development workshops. Districts also ran ater-school programs in place that provided academic support, along
with other activities that engaged students in the arts, experiential
learning and eld trips.
Results rom the past year indicate that real, measurable progress
is being made. In 2008-2009, 19 o 24 schools in the districts met
AYP (adequate yearly progress), compared to just seven o 24 in
2007-2008.
The Collaborative Project is scheduled to continue through the
2010-2011 school year and we look orward to working with
these districts to urther strengthen math and science instruction.Elementary and middle school students who have a solid ounda-
tion in STEM will hopeully pursue and be successul in rigorous
STEM courses in high school.
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Statement of Financial Position
Year Ended June 30, 2009
Assets
Cash $ 143,871
Grants receivable, net $ 34,014
Property and equipment, net $ 766
Prepaid expenses $ 9,320
Total assets $ 187,971
Liabilities and Net Assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 33,403
Advances on costs subject to reimbursement $ 71,593Total liabilities $ 104,996
Unrestricted net assets $ 82,975
Total liabilities and net assets $ 187,971
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Statement of Activities
Year Ended June 30, 2009Changes in unrestricted net assets
Revenues
Grants $ 283,914
Contributions $ 679,952
Interest $ 134
Total unrestricted revenues $ 964,000
Expenses
Program services $ 182,443
General and administrative $ 3,279,880Total expenses $ 3,462,323
Changes in net assets $ (2,498,323)
Net assets at beginning o year $ 2,581,298
Net assets at end of year $ 82,975
The North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center is supported primarily by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. That support includes $502,919 o expenseson behal o the SMT Center during the scal year ended June 30, 2009. These expenses were related to salaries, travel, entertainment, maintenance, supplies, proessional ees,
printing costs, and other miscellaneous items. The Center has refected contribution revenues and general and administrative expenses or these amounts.
At June 30, 2008, the SMT Center had a related party receivable rom BWF o $2,500,000. The aorementioned receivable was expected to be collected upon completion o the
SMT Centers tax status change. The SMT Center has decided to orgo a change in its tax status and release BWF rom its contribution pledge. Accordingly, the SMT Center recorded
a ull valuation allowance against the contribution receivable as o June 30, 2009.
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t 919.991.5111 f 919.991.0695 www.ncsmt.org P.O. Box 13901 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3901
Todd Boyette, Ph.D.DirectorMorehead Planetarium & Science Center
John Burris, Ph.D.PresidentBurroughs Wellcome Fund
J.B. BuxtonEducation ConsultantThe Education Innovations Group
Joseph CrockerAssistant Secretary orCommunity DevelopmentNC Department o Commerce
Mary CullinaneAcademic Program ManagerU.S. Partners in LearningMicrosot
Elaine Franklin, Ph.D.DirectorCenter or Mathematics and Science EducationWestern Carolina University
Rebecca Garland, Ed.D.Chie Academic Ocer/Associate State Superintendent
NC Department o Public Instruction
Sam Houston, Ed.D.President and CEONorth Carolina Science, Mathematics,and Technology Education Center
Kate HovisSenior Vice PresidentBB&T
Emma JacksonExecutive Director o Instructional Services/Title l
New Hanover County Schools
Susan JacksonExecutive DirectorWakeMed Physician Practices
Caroline McCullenDirector, Education InitiativesSAS
Fran Nolan, Ed.D.Executive DirectorGrassroots Science Museums Collaborative
Sidney Rachlin, Ed.D.Proessor o Mathematics EducationEast Carolina University
Michael SchmedlenDirectorWorld Wide EducationLenovo
Sharon Schulze, Ph.D.DirectorThe Science House
Elic SenterEducation ConsultantNorth Carolina Association o Educators
Ira Trollinger, Ph.D.SuperintendentMcDowell County Schools
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