Who We Are:
STEMulating Youth, Inc. (SYI) was established in 2015. The organization was incorporated and awarded 501 c 3 status in 2016. We are leaders in business, technology, government, education and culture. We average 20=plus years of STEM experience.
Our Mission:
- Maintaining STEMulating Youth’s presence through year-round programming and curriculum development.
- Increasing public awareness and promote the importance of STEM-literacy skills in our lives.
- Participating in the nation’s largest network of individuals, institutions, corporations and organizations with similar focus, resulting in increased collaboration between the scientific and educational communities.
- Producing and distributing a content-rich, interactive website and drive the STEMulating Youth active social media community.
"It is our mission to engage kindergarten through twelfth grade youth in STEM
through interactive project driven age appropriate activities
which open their young minds to countless possibilities."
What We Do:
We encourage and engage Kindergartners through twelfth graders to enhance their STEM-literacy through hands-on project based growth mindset experiences. These age/skills appropriate experiences boost STEM-literate skills of critical and creative thinking; excellent communication; collaborative and community citizenship; problem solving and decision making.
Our growth mindset experiences include such activities as on-screen and off-screen coding, robot building, simple machine building in a maker space environment, etc. As we focus on literacy, the students will build comprehension and writing skills, resulting in creative and critical thinkers and avid communicators (Bers, 2018a).
We offer programs/projects that fit your unique learning environment. We recognize the needs all possible clients and the end user - the youth. We work with public and private schools as well as home-schoolers to boost STEM-literacy.
Our growth mindset experiences include such activities as on-screen and off-screen coding, robot building, simple machine building in a maker space environment, etc. As we focus on literacy, the students will build comprehension and writing skills, resulting in creative and critical thinkers and avid communicators (Bers, 2018a).
We offer programs/projects that fit your unique learning environment. We recognize the needs all possible clients and the end user - the youth. We work with public and private schools as well as home-schoolers to boost STEM-literacy.
Our Founder:Dr. Coletta J. Bey is the founder and Executive Director of STEMulating Youth, Inc., a 501c3 organization that encourages and engages underserved youth in hands-on project-based activities that promote the learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with everyday household materials. She is a summa clade graduate of Norfolk State University, where she earned her B.S. in Electronic Technology and an A.S. in Industrial Technology. She was awarded the Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Bey received her Ph.D. in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University. Her research focus is engaging PreK-12 graders in STEM-literacy. STEM Literacy is an outcome – what is developed inside the student, the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they take with them as a result of participating in STEM education. Additionally, Dr. Bey has over 30 years of experience as an electrical engineer in the private sector. She has extensive knowledge in business management, entrepreneurship, engineering, management, contract administration, and project management. Additionally, she taught and provided consulting services at Tidewater Community College and Norfolk State University.
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