The STEP UP team has secured funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, with the hopes of recruiting 20% of physics teachers in three specific areas — the school districts of New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; and Chicago, IL — to implement the STEP UP curriculum and establish local physics teachers communities.
The three regions are selected purposefully since there is a large concentration of physics teachers in these areas who have not yet become involved in STEP UP, and their ability to support large numbers of young women studying physics.
Each region has a regional coordinator who, in collaboration with other program management team members, support the propagation and implementation efforts and play an important role in growing the teacher networks and uptake of STEP UP in each region.
If you have questions about the STEP UP Ambassador and Advocate program in these three regions, please contact the coordinators.
Elissa Dunn Levy
New York Regional Coordinator
Hunter College High School, New York City, STEMteachersNYC, Underrepresentation Curriculum, and STANYS
Email Elissa Dunn Levy
Kori Bowns-Kamphuis
Chicago Regional Coordinator
Argo Community High School, FIRST Illinois Robotics
Email Kori Bowns-Kamphuis
Praisy Poluan
Los Angeles Regional Coordinator
Edison High School, Academy of Sustainability and Engineering at EHS, Harvard PoLS-T Network, AVID
Email Praisy Poluan