Florida Science and Mathematics Education Summit

科学和数学教育的大规模改进需要一系列利益攸关方的共同愿景和行动承诺，这些利益攸关方对所需内容了解有限，缺乏有效沟通的论坛。我们将在全州范围的峰会上将关键群体聚集在一起，以创建这一共同愿景和承诺，并制定具体的、可实现的政策和立法成果，以追求至少三年的时间。各级议员、州长办公室、佛罗里达州教育部官员、工商界代表以及科学和数学教育工作者将举行为期一天半的会议，就以下问题达成共识：我们的劳动力对科学和数学素养的需求、当今学校的挑战、科学和数学教学的有效方法、数学和科学教学变革的性质和维度，以及实现这些目标所需的行动计划。在峰会之前，该州STEM教育领导人将举行两次规划会议，以确定优先行动，并制定简短的白皮书，分发给政策制定者。峰会将产生书面行动计划，这些计划将构成法案草案和佛罗里达州教育部的政策声明。这些措施将共同改善佛罗里达州学校的科学和数学学习环境。后续行动部分确保在必要时积极审议这些建议，持续三年，即三个完整的立法周期。

Large-scale improvement in science and mathematics education require a shared vision and commitment to action of an array of stakeholders who have limited understanding of what is needed and lack a forum for effective communication. We will bring together key groups in a statewide Summit to create this shared vision and commitment and to develop specific, achievable policy and legislative outcomes to be pursued for at least three years. Legislators, the Governor's office, Florida Department of Education Officials, Business and Industry representatives, and Science and Mathematics educators at all levels will convene in a one-and-a-half day meeting to establish a common understanding of the need for science and mathematics literacy in our workforce, the challenges of today's schools, effective methods of science and mathematics instructions, the nature and dimensions of creating change in mathematics and science instruction, and action plans necessary to achieve them. The Summit will be preceded by two planning sessions of STEM education leaders in the state to identify priority actions, and to develop brief White Papers for distribution to policy-makers. The Summit will result in written action plans that will constitute drafts of bills and Florida Department of Education policy statements. Together these will improve the environment for science and mathematics learning in Florida's schools. A follow-up component assures that these recommendations are kept under active consideration, if necessary, for three years and thus three full legislative cycles.