STEM education outreach through IEEE´s pre-university programs — Engaging volunteers to benefit K-12 education and local communities

The quality of STEM education is the cornerstone for increasing the interest of pre-university students in science and engineering in any country. IEEE has been actively pursuing an agenda to increase the propensity of K-12 to follow a career path in the above mentioned subject areas by developing a number of targeted programs and resources for the benefit of students, parents, teachers and the general public. This special session is aimed at discussing the impact of these programs in the last 10 years and the problems faced by volunteers in implementing them in different parts of the world. The session will involve a team exercise analyzing different aspects of these programs to increase the impact of these programs. This interactive session will also provide participants with case studies of the problems faced by IEEE volunteers and will encourage them to provide `out-of-the-box´ solutions for these problems.