Up Close: The Teach For All Global STEM Initiative
Colombia and Mexico. The initiative will also help Teach For All support network partner alumni who are leaders in STEM fields.
Members of the Batete community are already experiencing the benefits of the ExxonMobil-funded improved health care services. Just two weeks after the center was completed, the first baby was successfully delivered in the facility under enhanced hygienic conditions. Additional information on our community-specific investments can be found on the global stories section of our website. “Batete is a good example of our community investment philosophy — how we not only prioritize large urban communities, but also rural areas of the country.” David Findley Lead country manager, Mobil Equatorial Guinea Inc.
With funding from ExxonMobil, Teach For All has started prioritizing STEM education as part of their teacher recruitment, placement and development initiatives around the world. For example, nearly three-fourths of Teach For Qatar participants teach STEM subjects, as well as more than one-third of Enseña por Argentina and Enseñá por México participants. Additionally, Teach For Sweden directs nearly 100 percent of its teacher participants toward STEM subjects, while Teach First United Kingdom has increased the number of teachers it assigns into STEM subjects by almost 50 percent over the past five years. “We are thrilled to have ExxonMobil join our global effort for educational and social equity. This important collaboration will give the students we serve a chance to learn the STEM skills they will need to solve the global challenges of the future, as well as improve their daily lives.” Wendy Kopp Co-founder and CEO, Teach For All In 2015, with the help of ExxonMobil, Teach For All also began identifying network-wide best practices for STEM. Part of this effort involved expanding STEM-related data collection to include the number of participants that partners place in STEM fields, as well as their targets for participant placement in each subject area. The data collected from the 4,322 STEM teachers currently in the Teach For All network will offer valuable insights and serve as a reference point to further enhance the STEM Initiative. Teach For All is also administering student-perception surveys to 20 network partners to help assess teacher effectiveness. These surveys will help Teach For All better understand teacher impact on students so partner organizations can improve by reflecting on their teacher development efforts.
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills are critical to ensuring today’s students are prepared for the jobs of the 21st century. At ExxonMobil, we believe we can have the greatest impact on education by helping train highly qualified teachers in math and science, encouraging students from all backgrounds to pursue math and science, and preparing students for STEM-related college degrees and careers. For more than a decade, we have focused our education initiatives on a variety of programs that help address the STEM challenge. The ExxonMobil Foundation is the founding partner of Teach For All’s Global STEM Initiative. The Initiative, launched with our support in 2015, has enabled Teach For All to help its nearly 40 partner organizations improve their recruitment, training, placement and support of STEM teachers across the network. The goal of the program is to increase the number and impact of STEM teachers around the world, including in Argentina,
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To help understand the impact of our strategic community investment program and maximize the long-term sustainability and benefits of our efforts, we work in close collaboration with our partners to design and implement robust measurement and evaluation plans. We also conduct research intended to contribute to the broader fields in which we invest. For example, in 2015, we made efforts to identify a set of common metrics that enable community investment program implementers and supporters to measure the qualitative and quantitative impact of programs aimed at providing economic opportunities for women. For the following examples, and wherever possible in this report, we seek to describe the outcomes of our investments beyond dollars spent and activities conducted.
A teacher participating in Enseña por Colombia mentoring his students on STEM subjects.
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