The Stemie Coalition

National invention convention and entrepreneurship exposition: this is The annual celebration of The local and statewide invention and entrpreneurship programs across The united states. This event brings together The best student inventors and teams to learn from and to compete with their peers. In 2018, 451 k-12 finalists and two countries competed at The henry ford museum in dearborn, Michigan. 59% were girls and 37% came from financially underserved areas, 31% were minorities. More than 4,500 visitors viewed The student inventions on The museum floor. More than 500 family members, teachers, and chaperones attended, plus 120 judges - engineers, entrepreneurs, professors, and many dedicated volunteers. Registrations and programmatic revenues make this a self-sustaining event annually.

Managing The Stemie Coalition: building infrastructure and operational support for The 35+ affiliate partners in The Coalition was a significant programmatic undertaking in our second fiscal year. To fulfill its mission of making invention and entrepreneurship education a formal part of k-12 education Stemie has created a national curriculum for invention education, a professional development framework for instruction teachers how to teach these topics, and materials, software, and training on how to operate invention convention programs. Stemie hosted a fall summit at The henry ford museum of american innovation to advance The overall mission and agenda through collaboration and best practices-sharing.

City jump-start program: supports educationally underserved communities (urban and rural)in The development of invention education programs. Communities with proportionally high underrepresented population in stem education are targeted. An outreach director engages educators, school administrators, parents, local government, and other stakeholders to institutionalize invention education in their schools, districts and states. Services include curriculum integration, teacher professional development and invention convention fundraising and logistical support. In this fiscal year, Stemie expanded seeded programs in Washington, Indiana, Florida and Minnesota, while adding programs in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and other states.