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HOUSE MEMORIAL 48 55TH LEGISLATURE- STATE OF NEWMEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2022 INTRODUCED BY Tara L.
A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO LEAD A COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION-TO-CAREER PIPELINE STUDY, INCLUDING HIGH-QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS, AND REPORT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE.
Lujan 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO LEAD A COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION-TO-CAREER PIPELINE STUDY, INCLUDING HIGH-QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS, AND REPORT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE.
9 WHEREAS, in 2019, as in previous years, core-subject proficiency levels across the state were extremely low, with data showing that in grades three through twelve, thirty-five percent of students were proficient in science, thirty-three percent were proficient in reading and twenty percent were proficient in mathematics;
e t 17 WHEREAS, in 2019, as in previous years, core-subject w l n d 18 proficiency levels across the state were extremely low, with = = 19 a l data showing that in grades three through twelve, thirty-five i a e r 20 percent of students were proficient in science, thirty-three a t m m 21 percent were proficient in reading and twenty percent were d r e 22 proficient in mathematics;
and WHEREAS, science, technology, engineering and mathematics jobs are in high demand in New Mexico and in the United States;
and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, science, technology, engineering and mathematics e a n b 24 jobs are in high demand in New Mexico and in the United States;
and WHEREAS, public schools and public post-secondary educational institutions both offer career readiness programs that develop students' communication, critical thinking and time management skills as well as emotional intelligence and that enable students to enter directly into the workforce after graduation, not just for entry-level work, but for career success in the long term;
u [ and .222504.2 WHEREAS, public schools and public post-secondary educational institutions both offer career readiness programs that develop students' communication, critical thinking and time management skills as well as emotional intelligence and that enable students to enter directly into the workforce after graduation, not just for entry-level work, but for career success in the long term;
and WHEREAS, the early childhood education and care HM 48 Page 1 department, public education department, higher education department and workforce solutions department have established "RISE NM", research informing success in education, to create a centralized resource that will be used to inform policy and close gaps as students transition from each phase of their education and into the workforce;
and WHEREAS, the early childhood education and care department, public education department, higher education department and workforce solutions department have established "RISE NM", research informing success in education, to create a centralized resource that will be used to inform policy and close gaps as students transition from each phase of their education and into the workforce;
and WHEREAS, to be effective, science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers need professional development that is content-focused, incorporates active learning and supports collaboration and coaching, and that professional development must be sustained over time, providing repeat opportunities for feedback and reflection;
and WHEREAS, to be effective, science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers need professional development that is e t 17 content-focused, incorporates active learning and supports w l n d 18 collaboration and coaching, and that professional development = = 19 a l must be sustained over time, providing repeat opportunities for i a e r 20 feedback and reflection;
and WHEREAS, for ongoing professional development to produce high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics-focused teachers who stay in the classroom, public schools and public post-secondary educational institutions must work collaboratively to strategically support and implement a professional development system that fills in gaps in knowledge and sustains educator growth;
and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, for ongoing professional development to produce d r e 22 high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics- c e s k 23 focused teachers who stay in the classroom, public schools and e a n b 24 public post-secondary educational institutions must work u [ collaboratively to strategically support and implement a .222504.2 - 2 - professional development system that fills in gaps in knowledge and sustains educator growth;
and WHEREAS, for students, extended learning encompasses programs and strategies that are implemented to increase the amount of instruction and learning, including in- and after- school and summer programs, and that provide an opportunity for science, technology, engineering and mathematics-focused HM 48 Page 2 additional time, which can be beneficial to students, but only if that time is spent in ways that maximize teaching and learning;
and WHEREAS, for students, extended learning encompasses programs and strategies that are implemented to increase the amount of instruction and learning, including in- and after- school and summer programs, and that provide an opportunity for science, technology, engineering and mathematics-focused additional time, which can be beneficial to students, but only if that time is spent in ways that maximize teaching and learning;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the public e t 17 education department, the higher education department and the w l n d 18 workforce solutions department be requested to conduct a = = 19 a l comprehensive science, technology, engineering and mathematics i a e r 20 education-to-career pipeline study, which includes an inventory a t m m 21 of current programs and initiatives;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the public education department, the higher education department and the workforce solutions department be requested to conduct a comprehensive science, technology, engineering and mathematics education-to-career pipeline study, which includes an inventory of current programs and initiatives;
and d r e 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the departments provide the c e s k 23 inventory to the legislative finance committee and the e a n b 24 legislative education study committee by September 1, 2023;
and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the departments provide the inventory to the legislative finance committee and the legislative education study committee by September 1, 2023;
and u [ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the public education .222504.2 - 3 - department be requested to work with the higher education department and the workforce solutions department to address the statewide science, technology, engineering and mathematics teacher shortage crisis and to build a highly qualified, effective and diverse science, technology, engineering and mathematics teacher workforce;
and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the public education department be requested to work with the higher education department and the workforce solutions department to address the statewide science, technology, engineering and mathematics teacher shortage crisis and to build a highly qualified, effective and diverse science, technology, HM 48 Page 3 engineering and mathematics teacher workforce;
the secretary of higher education for e t 17 distribution to public post-secondary educational institutions;
the secretary of higher education for distribution to public post-secondary educational institutions;
w l n d 18 and the secretary of workforce solutions.
and the secretary of workforce solutions.
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