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Upload Your Poster to STEP Central NOW!!

Please upload your posters from STEP 2012 by clicking here to go to the virtual poster page! Enter authors names and you abstract in the description field. Conference materials (e.g., breakout session handouts) are now available in STEP Central's "Conference" section.
Peer-Led Team Learning International Society Inaugural Conference

The Peer-Led Team Learning instructional model emphasizes student achievement through active learning in a peer-led environment. This conference, held May 17-19, 2012, at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY, NY, will present successful methods of implementing Peer-Led Team Learning in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Psychology, English, and other disciplines, as well as strategic issues of professional development, peer leader training, research and evaluation through workshops, panels, posters and speakers.
PLTL Webinar on Friday May 18

City College of New York is hosting a webinar on Peer-Led Team-Learning (PLTL) Friday May 18 at Noon EDT.

PCAST Report -- "Engage to Excel"

The February 2012 Report of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology outlines strategies for adding an additional million STEM college graduates. This is a major policy document that relates very specifically to STEP!! A "must read"!
Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads

This book is still in prepublication stage (May 2011), but is available on-line through the National Academies website. Freeman Hrabowski, a STEP 2011 plenary speaker, was chairman of the committee that wrote the report.
The 2010 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation

This handbook is created specifically for those who are funded by or writing proposals for NSF's Education and Human Resources directorate. It is an extremely useful resource for all STEP projects!

Discussions of STEP-related publications

A forum to discuss some of the key works that influence our implementation and research efforts. Start a new discussion, or contribute to an on-going one.
STEP Leadership Workshop 2011

The STEP Leadership Workshop was held on October 17, 2011, on the campus of the University of Oregon. Thirty participants spent the day discussing how to build a STEP Community of Practice. This discussion contains materials presented at the meeting, videos of the opening and closing sessions, and posts from participants as well as others

Pathways to STEM Bachelor's and Graduate Degrees for Hispanic Students and the Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions

A Type 2 Project that is examining the role of Hispanic serving higher education institutions in the STEM field careers of students. The PI, Alicia Dowd, was a plenary speaker at STEP 2011.
Washington MESA Community College Program (WA-MCCP)

This is a Type 1B project that is implementing a comprehensive, integrated, multi-layered approach for increasing the number of STEM majors across the State of Washington by coordinating articulation and matriculation between the Washington MESA Community College Program, the University of Washington, and Washington State University. The project leaders presented a workshop at STEP 2011.
Building Community through Grantee Meetings for the STEM Talent Enhancement Program

The goal of this project is to plan and organize annual meetings in 2010, 2011 and 2012 to facilitate the building of community among the scientists, administrators, student support specialists and evaluators involved in funded STEP projects.