Team-Teaching Secondary STEM Courses

The transition from high school to college can be difficult for some individuals. Especially in for students from high needs areas or first generation college students. In some areas, manufacturing is a dominant economic activity that requires students be competent in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) fields and typically requires a post-secondary education for some of the better paying positions. In an effort to assist students with this challenge and educate more students for the manufacturing work force, a partnership was formed to put a secondary STEM teacher and college faculty in the same classroom. The partnership allowed students to know the local post-secondary educational options related to STEM and to get comfortable with the campus while being introduced to computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) practices. This initial class had ten students that participated and this paper will explain the details of the class and the successes of this partnership.