IEEE-USA K-12 STEM Literacy Committee Information
(formerly the Precollege Education Committee)
What is K-12 STEM Literacy Committee (formerly PEC)?
IEEE-USA K-12 STEM Literacy Committee (formerly named the Precollege Education Committee) was established in 1984 to help improve the quality of precollege education and to raise the level of functional and technological literacy of United States students by placing emphasis on mathematics and science. The Committee's objective is to keep alive the innate curiosity of young children about science as they move into middle school and high school, so that they will continue to study mathematics, science, and technology.
General
The K-12 STEM Literacy Committee is a committee of IEEE-USA of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE). It reports through the Vice President of Member Activities of the IEEE-USA BoD.
Scope
The purpose of the K-12 STEM Literacy Committee is to help elevate math, science, and technology education of all precollege students in the United States and to help raise their functional and technological literacy. Its work is expected to have an influence at the national, state, and local levels.
Functions
The committee will strive to involve IEEE members in precollege activities at all levels; it should cooperate with other technical, scientific, and professional societies and their members and with other organizations with similar goals; it will seek the help and support of various IEEE entities such as the Member and Geographic Activities Board, the Educational Activities Board (EAB), the EAB Committee for Precollege Education Coordination, IEEE-USA Professional Activities Committees for Engineers, technical societies, and Sections; and it may work with government bodies, textbook publishers, and others, as it deems necessary.
The committee may engage in the development of programs consistent with its scope and promote them for implementation by IEEE members and others.
The committee may publish appropriate articles; draft and distribute position papers; organize workshops or conferences, alone or in cooperation with other IEEE entities, teachers' organizations, and others; and develop training materials for engineers to help in their interactions with educators and students.
The committee will discharge its administrative duties through periodic face-to-face and teleconferencing meetings of its executive committee.
Organization
The committee chair will be appointed by the IEEE-USA Vice President of Member Activities with the approval of the IEEE-USA President. The chair will serve for one year and may be reappointed to additional one-year terms. An executive committee will consist of no more than ten of the committee members: the chair, the past chair, one member selected from each of the six U.S. Regions, a young professional, and the Chair of the EAB Committee for Precollege Education Coordination. The chair will designate a vice chair from among the executive committee members, with the concurrence of the Vice President – Member Activities. The executive committee members will be selected by the chair for a one-year term, with subsequent one-year terms possible.
Additional people, either members or non-members of IEEE, may serve on the committee at the invitation of the chair. Such people may be educators, the precollege education coordinators of Sections and technical societies, and others. Additional advisory groups may be established as needs dictate.
2012 K-12 STEM Literacy Committee (formerly PEC) Contacts
Contact your Regional Representative for more information, questions or ideas
Updated: 27 January 2012
Contact: Sandra Kim, sandra.kim@ieee.org
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