Awakening Your STEM School
with Bud Ramey
Educators and Business Leaders Bringing the STEM Classroom Alive. Every school in America embraces the need to dramatically improve STEM education. And every business in America needs STEM graduates. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education) Business leaders and educators know the skills and knowledge in each of these disciplines are deeply intertwined into the real world of jobs. Dr. Aaron Smith’s thoughtful narrative offers ideas, tools and actions that both community leaders and educators can deploy to inspire students and assure that a job-ready workforce flows from the local schools. Here resides a guide for community and business leaders on how to become involved at a meaningful level to make sure employers can recruit capable and prepared students. Here school leaders can become inspired to embed the skillsets needed in the 21st century workplace.
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Dr. Aaron L. Smith has been in education for eighteen years, serving middle, high and college students as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, program director and adjunct professor. His experiences as a math teacher launched his journey into leading-edge STEM education. He has received the Crystal Star Award from the National Dropout Prevention Center. Denbigh High School Aviation Academy has been honored several times by the prestigious Society of Manufactured Engineers. The school has received awards from the Virginia Department of Education. The Aviation Academy is listed in the Virginia Living Magazine as a Top 100 School in the state. Dr. Smith received the 2014 ING Unsung Hero award. He also had two graduates earn the prestigious Gates Millennial Scholar during his tenure.