Columbus, OH – After a decade of successfully building STEM innovative educational programs in Ohio, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma Florida, California, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia and documenting the strengths of thriving STEM schools in Ohio and Texas through ethnographic knowledge capture, PAST Foundation (Partnering Anthropology with Science and Technology) is open and prepared to team with qualified partners on Race to the Top proposals.
The key to the PAST Foundation is a deep understanding of STEM school fundamental systems and design principles. The primary tactics are two-fold; embedding experienced anthropologists throughout the entire STEM development and implementation process to provide ongoing knowledge capture and developing transdisciplinary problem-based programs that optimize content delivery in exciting ways. Anthropology by its very nature looks at the interdependencies of systems within systems. PAST finds the links within cultural, ethnographic, geographic, community and economic systems to create unique learning environments specifically suited to place, culture and time.
By partnering anthropology with science and technology PAST offers a suite of educational services and products that can transform any school, town, region and state. PAST anthropologists understand the need for education to transcend current boundaries and use field experiences, film, digital access and social networking as a new way of learning that enables students, schools, districts and states to access education that motivates students, teachers, parents and communities to rise above current expectations and constraints to achieve greatness.
To this end, PAST in partnership with Metro Early College High School created the PAST/Metro Program Design Center, where the vision of PAST and Ohio’s leading STEM High School reach out to schools and districts across the nation. The exceptional track record of students graduating from STEM schools tells the whole story, 100% college and workforce readiness.
PAST assists communities to design education platforms that encompass trans-disciplinary teaching and learning. PAST utilizes ethnographic knowledge capture, innovative scientific bridge programs, project based learning, and emerging school culture to allow students to exceed their goals for the 21st century.
Ten years of successful case studies gives PAST the unique ability to utilize deep experience to benefit Race to the Top projects. PAST invites the world to design, construct and engage in experiences that link learning to life.
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Link to the PAST Foundation video (bit.ly/PAST-
Between 2000 and 2010 PAST has:
• Built over 25 STEM Bridge Programs (PreK-20).
• Created the PAST/Metro Design Center.
• Touched over 4,000 students.
• Reached out to students in 21 states and 7 countries.
• Provided graduate and high school internships for over 25 college and high school students.
• Partnered with schools to provide high school students with Social Studies, Biology, Engineering and PE credit as well as collegiate credit for Anthropology, Archaeology, and Biology.
• Became proud partners with Battelle Memorial Institute, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Metro Early College High School, MC2 STEM High School, Cleveland Design Lab, Linden McKinley High School, Reynoldsburg City School District, Texarkana Morris Elementary School, Princeton High School, Hughes High School, Dayton Regional STEM School, California State Parks, National Park Service, The National Marine Sanctuary Program, National Ocean Partners Program, US Minerals Management, C&C Technologies, Droycon Bioconcepts, the Ohio State University, Texas A&M University, East Carolina University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Montana State University, Bozeman, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Indiana University, Cabrillo College, Napa College.
Bio of Annalies Corbin, Ph.D.
Annalies Corbin is the Executive Director and founder of the PAST Foundation. Under her direction the PAST has successfully emerged as one of the nation’s leading developers of PreK-12 bridge programs, STEM teachers professional development and STEM ethnographic knowledge capture. Her ground-breaking STEM bridge program with the Nebraska Zoo School excavating Yellowstone’
The PAST/Metro Program Design Center
Created in 2006 as a place to incubate rigorous STEM programs, the Design Center is where teachers, interns, and students come to participate in the design, development, implementation and sustainability of problem-based learning programs. As a partnership between PAST, the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, Metro Early College High School and the Ed Council, the Program Design Center is an excellent training ground and incubator for STEM development.
Link to PAST Foundation video
bit.ly/PAST-
Link to PAST website
http://www.pastfoundation.org/
Contact:
Annalies Corbin
The PAST Foundation
1929 Kenny Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 340-1208
STEM@pastfoundation.org
