Targeted Priorities

The Governor's STEM Advisory Council identified targeted areas supporting the goals listed in the Governor's Executive Order 74. These priorities address the most pressing challenges facing STEM education in the state of Iowa. Listed below are those priorities and the team members who have volunteered to work on these areas.

If you would like to make suggestions or contribute to these groups, send an email.

1. Top Priority – Student Interest and Achievement

2. Technology Enhanced Instruction for Global Learning

3. STEM Teacher Recruitment and Preparation

4. STEM Learner Readiness for Post-Secondary Education and Career

5. STEM Education Policy

6. Public Awareness of the Importance of STEM Education for the Economy and Society

7. Public/Private Partnerships and Mapping STEM Education to Economic Development

8. STEM for ALL - High Potential, Under-Represented, and Nontraditional