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STEM TQ through the Institute for School Partnership at WashU fosters a strong mindset for STEM integration. Teachers learn to STEMitize their curriculum; to see STEM is everywhere, and to see themselves as STEM-capable teachers and their students as STEM-capable learners. The program includes field trips to area employers where teachers experience STEM to career connections that they can pass on to students. Also included are field activities that allow teachers to experience first-hand how STEM can be threaded throughout all subjects and activities.

The Transformational Leadership Initiative from the Institute for School Partnership at WashU builds the capacity of educators to transform their organizations with new approaches to leadership and deeper learning experiences for all students and educators. Deeper learning challenges traditional classroom practices by involving students in highly engaging problems, projects, experiments, and writing tasks requiring them to work collaboratively and apply their knowledge in real-world settings. Its approach to school change recognizes that many top-down, prescriptive reform efforts to micromanage school operations and classroom activities have failed.

The mission of Math314 from the Institute for School Partnership is to improve mathematics teaching and learning in our region by designing programs that develop educators who foster equitable learning environments.

The St. Louis Fellows Program offers a 6-month civic leadership training to undergraduates who dedicate their summer to St. Louis. Students engage in an experiential curriculum to explore St. Louis’ history, culture, politics, challenges, and opportunities, and contribute to mission-critical work in the region through full-time nonprofit or civic internships.

The Civic Scholars Program is a two-year civic leadership training with academic coursework and experiential learning for undergraduates. It includes immersive opportunities in St. Louis to engage with local neighborhoods, the policy-making process, and civic change efforts in the region. During the summer, students engage in a Civic Summer project through a nonprofit internship or self-designed civic impact project that often takes place in partnership with St. Louis civic and community organizations.

MSW students complete nearly 1000 hours of practicum during their time at WashU. Translating the classroom theories and skills, students are able to provide meaningful care at their carefully selected practicum sites. Previous opportunities include the St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, PROMO (Promoting Equality for All Missourians), and Care International.

This collaborative effort between the Brown School’s Buder Center with leaders at the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri Humanities Council, Missouri History Museum and Lutheran Indian Ministries, is meant to advance Native partnerships and programming. Strengthening collaboration and communication will allow better dissemination of knowledge, stronger programs, and improved outreach.

Social Workers Advancing through Grounded Education (SAGE) program recruits, trains and financially supports Brown School Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health students who are interested in completing 360 hours of their practica in Indian Country. Brown School students who are interested in serving Indian Country complete a foundation practicum or field placement within St. Louis. The placement can be on a reservation, or with tribal, social, educational, or governmental agencies.

The Brown School Evaluation Center works with organizations to create change through evaluation. Through training, planning, data, and communication, the Evaluation Center has been helpful in working with numerous organizations and their capacity and resources to elevate the organizations.

The Center for Human Service Leadership (HSL) supports the nonprofit tenants at Delmar DivINe, a new complex in North St. Louis city dedicated to community development, social improvement and collaboration in the St. Louis area. Directed by Professor Barry Rosenberg, this initiative uses racial equity lens to contribute to the long-term development of social service organizations, assisting in organizational governance, data-driven strategic thinking, innovation, talent development and collaboration.