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By Maya Pottiger | Word In Black | Sacramento Observer<\/p>\n

(WIB) \u2013 Last year, an elementary school principal in rural Mississippi wanted to get her students excited about science. So, after receiving grant funding, she bought robots for third and fourth graders to assemble and then held a white coat ceremony for them, complete with their names embroidered on the jackets.<\/p>\n

Though she\u2019s been principal for three years and has worked in schools for the last decade, Alicia Conerly, Ed.S., comes from a science background.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know and understand that if you don\u2019t pique the interest of children early, the odds of them, once they hit middle school into high school, if they don\u2019t already like it or find something that they enjoy about it, they won\u2019t go into STEM career fields,\u201d Conerly says. \u201cSo I wanted to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n

It worked. Every \u201cSTEM Pioneer\u201d successfully assembled and programmed their robot. And the reception, complete with a photographer and certificates, motivated younger students in the school.<\/p>\n

But without the grant \u2014 and donors for the ceremony \u2014 this wouldn\u2019t have been possible. And Black students, especially from a young age, need to be exposed to engaging STEM activities to understand the options they have and see themselves in the field.<\/p>\n

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White coat ceremony. Photograph courtesy of Gray\u2019s Southern Image Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Combatting a Lack of Representation<\/p>\n

Though we\u2019re finding representation in\u00a0superheroes and mermaids<\/a>, it\u2019s harder to come by in STEM. Of course, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith were key figures in\u00a0creating the lifesaving COVID vaccines<\/a>, but even they didn\u2019t get the celebrity treatment.<\/p>\n

As the saying goes, you can\u2019t be what you can\u2019t see. Conerly was the first Black administrator in her building, and as soon as she became principal, students kept telling her they wanted to grow up and be a principal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is not enough representation on any level, and especially in the STEM career fields,\u201d says Conerly, who is also a member of the\u00a0National Science Teaching Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A new\u00a0Pew Research Center poll of Black Americans<\/a>\u00a0found that Black adults cited seeing more Black high achievers in STEM fields as the most effective way to get young Black people interested in the field. And about a quarter of respondents said having a Black teacher in these areas while in high school would also help. And,\u00a0as of 2019<\/a>, only 8% of science teachers in the United States were Black.<\/p>\n

When identifying reasons that young people don\u2019t pursue college degrees in STEM, half of Black adults said they don\u2019t have access to quality education, and they don\u2019t have mentors or adults encouraging them to go into these fields.<\/p>\n

\"\"And, Pew found, Black adults find STEM professions aren\u2019t welcoming to them. Among the professions listed, only 28% of respondents said the medical profession was welcoming, along with 23% for engineers, and 20% for scientists.<\/p>\n

While the majority (81%) of Black adults who work in STEM recall largely positive experiences in their most recent STEM classes, about half (48%) say they experienced being treated as though they couldn\u2019t understand the subject, were made to feel like they didn\u2019t belong in the class, or received repeated negative comments about their race or ethnicity.<\/p>\n

\"\"A\u00a0separate Pew study<\/a>, this one from 2021, found that Black people are still highly underrepresented in the STEM workforce, making up only 9% of those in the industry, compared to 13% Asian and 67% white. The largest group works in health jobs (11%), followed by math (9%) and computer (7%).<\/p>\n

This leads to students not understanding what jobs are in the field, let alone how they could fit into it.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s even more important to make sure students are introduced to STEM in early grades. This allows them to understand the consent and make real- world applications. Dr. Denise Johnson, the middle grades program coordinator at Winston-Salem State University, leads two STEM programs, one that helps students with\u00a0math and reading<\/a>, and another that allows them to work with\u00a0data collection, coding, and robotics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeachers who are teaching math and science also have a great responsibility and opportunity to engage our students and our young people in ways that will generate interest in choosing these careers,\u201d Johnson says.<\/p>\n

\"\"How Do We Fix This?<\/h2>\n

A North Carolina university is on a mission to recruit and train more Black STEM teachers, creating the\u00a0Next Generation Black STEM Teacher Network<\/a>. Through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the program supports a max of 50 students across five HBCUs toward becoming highly trained STEM teachers. Now in its first year, there are 40 students going through the training.<\/p>\n

The group, which is spread across four states, has monthly virtual sessions with different professional development activities, like creating lesson plans. Though they don\u2019t all regularly convene in person, aside from their virtual meetings, they have other online platforms to connect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to be sure that they develop this camaraderie along the cohort so that, once they are in their own classrooms and teaching, if they have a question or an idea, they can share it with one another,\u201d says Dr. Kim D. Pemberton, the Department of Education chairperson at Winston-Salem State University, who leads the Next Generation program with Dr. Johnson.<\/p>\n

The Next Generation Network isn\u2019t working alone. In 2019, Georgia State University had a $3 million grant to\u00a0recruit and support 30 fellows<\/a>\u00a0through a year-long process of becoming STEM teachers that were placed in local schools. And last year, across the pond, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton and his charity poured \u00a320 million into\u00a0recruiting 150 Black STEM teachers<\/a>\u00a0in English schools.<\/p>\n

The key is to have \u201cpeople actually with boots on the ground and in the trenches,\u201d Conerly says. She stays connected to her STEM background and brings information and strategies back to her school to best support and advance her students.<\/p>\n

And one of the ways Conerly makes sure to engage her Black students is by letting them work with their hands. Passed down from generations, \u201cwe have been taught to work, and the best way for us to work is with our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you pique the interest of African American students and make things applicable, it becomes real life to them. This way, you know that you\u2019re reaching them,\u201d Conerly says. \u201cOnce you have more people in a place understanding better ways to reach our African American children, understand we actually like applying the skills that we\u2019re learning, then that\u2019s how we\u2019re gonna get them more involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

We Need Black Students in STEM<\/h2>\n

Something Conerly worries people don\u2019t understand is the wide range of jobs that the STEM field encompasses, anything from nurses and doctors to environmentalists and data analysts.<\/p>\n

And, as society continues down this path, the industry is going to keep expanding.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin the next five to 10 years, STEM career fields are going to need up to 7 million individuals in those jobs,\u201d Conerly says. \u201cYou\u2019re gonna get paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s important that Black students see themselves represented in the STEM fields and are encouraged to pursue them the same way their peers are. When the seeds are planted, and doors are opened, students know it\u2019s a possibility, Pemberton says.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge is power,\u201d Pemberton says. \u201cWe have to make them aware of what is available for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Support for this Sacramento OBSERVER article was provided to Word In Black (WIB) by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. WIB is a collaborative of 10 Black-owned media that includes print and digital partners.<\/em><\/p>\n

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