
Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem
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LONG-TERM GOAL:
Out-of-school time (OST) programs providing high-quality and culturally responsive STEM opportunities are accessible to all girls and Black and Latinx Philadelphia students.
Short-term Outcomes
Philadelphia OST providers have access
to frameworks to define and measure
high-quality and culturally responsive
STEM programming.
Information on high-quality STEM
programs and opportunities is readily
available to all Philadelphia families and community members.
Free resources for STEM in-home education
are accessible to all Philadelphia families
and community members.
Wrap-around, supportive services are readily available to all girls and Black and Latinx Philadelphia students accessing high-quality and culturally competent STEM programs in all Philadelphia neighborhoods.
Medium-term Outcomes
Philadelphia OST providers adopt
consistent frameworks to define and measure high-quality and culturally responsive
STEM programming.
Utilization of high-quality STEM programs
and opportunities (including OST programs, internships, scholarships, etc.) increases
among girls and Black and Latinx
Philadelphia students.
Utilization of free resources for STEM
in-home education increases among
girls and Black and Latinx Philadelphia
students or their families.
Utilization of wrap-around, supportive services (accessed via high-quality and culturally competent STEM programs in all Philadelphia neighborhoods) increases among girls
and Black and Latinx Philadelphia students
and their families.
Co-Chairs
Manager of Outreach, Education, & Research
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania