2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University

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NWO Center: Regional Catalyst Building
STEM Networks and Opportunities
NWO is a regional agent supporting and encouraging significant STEM activities for northwest Ohio K-16
students, educators, and community members. The impact of NWO in northwest Ohio has been due in
large part to our success in providing worthwhile, rigorous K-16+ professional development in science
and mathematics, both in content and pedagogy, and in developing new knowledge in, and collaborations
for, the teaching and learning of science and mathematics.
During the next year, we plan to focus additional energy toward recruitment into STEM and STEM
education disciplines and on conducting collaborative research in science and mathematics education.
This alteration is possible because the professional development and building a collaborative alliance goals
require much less time and fewer human resources now that they are well underway and beyond the initial
time and resource-intensive development phase.
NWO catalyzes STEM action in northwest Ohio. As a maturing regional center, in FY 2008 NWO will continue
to serve as an organizational framework building capacity within local universities, schools, and
community partner organizations and leveraging resources for STEM programs and opportunities for
people of all ages.
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