The Model STEM System described includes: * One 3-year course to replace the biology, chemistry, and physics courses * Instruction by teacher teams * A national service organization to help teachers * Regional STEM Service Centers * Instruction provided through projects and mini-courses * STEM Catalyst Specialists to provide students technical assistance and career information * STEM Catalyst Teachers to supplement teacher teams
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The author's experience combines: Education as technician (University of Cincinnati), engineer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and educator (The George Washington University) with Industrial work in a chemical laboratory and in production equipment design and Over 30 years in workforce development at American Chemical Society plus 6 years of college teaching and administration and 10 years of high school science teaching to propose a new structure for high school STEM that focuses on many formidable current problems