MISO

Welcome

This website was created to broaden the participation in NC State’s K-12 STEM outreach programs.

Parents, students, teachers, educators and group leaders can use the above navigation tools (Find an Opportunity) to find great opportunities for their children, such as camps, offered at NC State.

As a group leader, such as a Boy Scout or Girl Scout troop leader, or a teacher, you can also search opportunities at NC State that cater to larger groups, such as campus tours and special events.

If you are an NC State staff or faculty member who provides STEM opportunities for K-12 children, and you would like to have your opportunity listed on our website, please click on the above link “Learn More” under Providers to access our easy form submittal process.  Once you have been approved as a provider, your opportunity will be listed here.  In the form, there is also a place to indicate if you would like to receive more information about our common assessment tool that is being developed and implemented, and is available for STEM K-12 outreach providers on campus.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions: misoproject@ncsu.edu.  If you have questions about a particular event, camp or opportunity listed on this website, please contact the opportunity provider directly via their contact information they have listed.

MISO Fall 2011 Workshop

On October 27, active members of the NC State University STEM Community were invited to attend the MISO Fall 2011 Workshop entitled “NCSU STEM K-12 Outreach Programs: Successful Evaluation and Survey Implementation – A Collaborative Journey.” This free workshop was held at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation on Centennial Campus.

 

The goal of the workshop was to assist participants with:

· learning MISO survey development procedures and exploring possible survey data uses in your research projects

· utilizing information from the NC Educational Research Data Center (“The Duke Database”) in your research projects

· understanding the functionality features of the MISO website to promote your project

This workshop was open to any NC State affiliated K-12 STEM Outreach program, and was led by Jeni Corn, Friday Institute Director of Evaluation, and Latricia Townsend, Friday Institute Research Associate.

MISO is currently planning it’s Spring 2012 Workshop, and will relate to using NC State Enrollment data to support your current evaluation process for your NC State K12 STEM outreach program.

 

The material on this website is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1038154.   Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Science Foundation.

This website was developed in collaboration with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and funded by Extension Seed Grant, Connecting Students to 21st Century Careers, from the Office of Extension, Engagement and Economic Development.