September Luncheon Meeting
Topic: Teaching Engineering in High School
How Will STEM Schools Help Regain Ohio’s Leadership in Engineering?
Speaker
Brad Mitchell, Ohio State University
Brad Mitchell received all three of his degrees from the University of Utah (B.S. Political Science '78; Masters of Public Administration '81; Ph.D. in Educational Administration '85). He worked in the U.S. Department of Education on the staff of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, the group that produced the seminal educational reform report "A Nation At Risk". Mitchell joined the educational administration faculty in the College of Education at The Ohio State University in 1984. His areas of academic specialization were educational policy studies and systemic educational reform. During his tenure at OSU he took two leaves of absence to serve in state government. First, in 1991, he worked in the Celeste administration as a senior education policy advisor. Second, in 2000, Mitchell served as the Director of Community Partnerships for the Ohio Family and Children First Council under the Taft administration.
Mitchell left the university in 2004 to become the CEO for the Educational Council, a partnership of the 16 school districts in Franklin County dedicated to the design and delivery of educational innovations that advance quality and access. During his time at the Educational Council, an unprecedented partnership was formed between local school districts, Battelle and the Ohio State University to launch Metro High School, an innovative STEM-focused educational innovation.
On August 1, 2008 returned to OSU as the Battelle/OSU Director of STEM Education and Economic Development Engagement. His three major tasks are to: (a) help in the coordination of investments in STEM education by OSU and Battelle (particularly the work going on at Metro and the redesign of Linden McKinley High School in Columbus City Schools); (b) provide leadership in the development of a R&D network across the five new STEM high schools sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and, (c) help clarify and advance a coherent strategic approach to the interrelationship between STEM education and economic development in Central Ohio and across the state.
Cost: $20 ASCE Members and Guests ($15 Life Members and $10 Students)
Location: Morse Banquet Center, 1048 Morse Road, Columbus,Ohio
www.morsebanquet.com
Menu: Garden salad, chicken breast parmigiana, sliced roast beef with mushroom sauce, green beans almondine, noodles parmesan, rolls, cookies and brownies.
Reservations: Please e-mail reservations to Melisa WIlson at mwilson@riverconsulting.com or by phone 614.890.3456 by 3:00 p.m. Monday, September 15, 2008.