Entrepreneurial Leadership in STEM Teaching & learning (EnLiST)
The Entrepreneurial Leadership in STEM Teaching & learning (EnLiST) Partnership is comprised of Thornton High School District #205, South Holland, IL, Champaign Unit 4 School District, Champaign, IL, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which serves as the lead among these core partners. In addition, the following are supporting partners: The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA), IMSA-affiliated school districts, and Thornton elementary and middle school feeder districts.EnLiST intends to develop and build the infrastructural elements necessary to sustain a state-wide Illinois community of highly qualified science Teacher Leaders, who will effectively contribute to the transformation of science teaching and learning throughout the K-12 educational continuum in their districts.
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Effective precollege STEM teaching provides students with meaningfully integrated horizontal (within-grade level) and vertical (across-grade levels) innovative experiences across scientific disciplines. This approach requires a holistic transformation of STEM learning…
Champaign Unit 4 School District is invited to collaborate on the development of several new science courses in order to expand the districts science offerings. The new Physical Science Course…
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There have been increasingly urgent and well justified calls for transforming precollege education for the purpose of maintaining the US competitiveness and leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).…
This paper addresses the following claim(s): "Through developing science teachers' science knowledge, social networks, and entrepreneurial teacher leadership competencies, EnLiST teachers will bring about innovative solutions to teaching science and…
Higher Education Partners
School District Partners
- Champaign Unit 4 School District
- Thornton High School District #205
- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
