Enter the Nation’s First Student Chief Science Officers: Impacting STEM Education With Student Voice

February 15th, 2018 | RESEARCH

This article provides an overview of the Chief Science Officer program launched in 2015 by Arizona SciTech. Students vote for one of their peers to become a STEM advocate in their school. These Chief Science Officers select and promote STEM programming, connect with STEM organizations to bring STEM programming to their communities, or participate in local and state conversations on education and the workforce.

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Jeremy Babendure, Author, Arizona SciTech Festival
Nagib Balfakih, Author, Arizona Technology Council Foundation
Susan Farretta, Author
Becky Hughes, Author, Southwest Education Consulting Associates

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Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 2475-8779

Publication: Connected Science Learning
Volume: 5
Number: 2

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Audience: Administration | Leadership | Policymakers | Educators | Teachers | Evaluators | Learning Researchers | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM | History | policy | law
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Community Outreach Programs | Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Public Programs