Educator Outreach Summit 2011 

The annual BATEC Outreach Summit provides a forum for educators to reflect on their practice, to identify new strategies, and to develop a work plan to strengthen the various connections between the academic levels.

OBJECTIVES:

• To bring together teams of Academic Leaders, Admissions Officers, Guidance Counselors, College Advisors, Career Offices, Student Support services, and Community-Based organizations from across our region to discuss ways that we can work together as a network to enhance and expand the recruitment and retention strategies for our high school students interested in science and technology programs
• To share information on best practices
• To learn more about the STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Math) career landscape from an industry perspective 
• To analyze our needs, identify solutions and develop implementation plans

Agenda:

8:30 a.m.                                 Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00 a.m.                                 Welcome & Introduction

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.           Student Mobile Programming Contest Presentation

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.         Breakout Session Overview and Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.         BREAKOUT SESSION 1

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.         Lunch and Networking

12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.          BREAKOUT SESSION 2