STEM Xccelerator

The Challenge

STEM education is critical to power progress, innovation and prosperity in the U.S. There are thousands of STEM organizations from K-12 school districts to higher education institutions. They do not have the right tools to connect, learn, accelerate, and measure their impact.

Children aren't just our future. They're our present.

Ricky Martin

About STEM Xccelerator

Our Vision

We are a new program initiative focused on driving the collective impact of STEM and STEAM programs to increase the workforce pipeline to meet future needs in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields fields (STEM). We also focus on STEM + Arts or STEAM.

Our Mission

Meet the future workforce needs by connecting STEM and STEAM stakeholder to positively impact their mission and outcomes.

Our Approach

STEM organizations have inefficient means to find and connect with the right people, resources, and financial support they need. Our approach to help them include:

Match people with information, expert resources, money, grant opportunities and more..
Make visible success and help accelerate and scale best practices
Help STEM/STEAM organizations significantly improve their performance and outcomes

Unlock Potential with our Digital Platform

Challenges

Today, there are inefficient means for finding and connecting with the right people, resources, and financial support. Existing research tools are outdated, expensive, or limited. Too much time is spent on non-product time instead of working with students, family, educators, and partners.

Our Digital Platform

Connections using individual and organization profiles
Search or match expertise and funding sources
Program management and productivity tools
Community building

Features

Freemium always to fee-based subscription models
Permit people to control their public personas
Look up and pair Seekers and Givers
Find funding opportunities from government initiatives
Find collaboration partners with built-in features easier
AI/ML suggestion engine matches needs with resources
Social Impact metrics dashboard for ecosystem users
Make ecosystems more rapid and scalable
Inform your networks about events and opportunities

We have the opportunity to create the future and decide what that's like.

Mae Jemison, former NASA astronaut, engineer, and physician

Steering Committee

Victor Rhoder

Dr. John Coleman, Ph.D.

Victor Rhoder

Partnerships Advocate
STEM Xccelerator

Victor has extensive corporate experience and is a champion of STEM education and workforce development. He has supported K-12 Simulation Camps and post-secondary workforce initiatives at school districts and community colleges in Michigan. As a board member for a DC-based HBCU and veterans scholarship program, he leads efforts to create opportunities for the next generation of STEM talent.

Cycily Thomas

Dr. John Coleman, Ph.D.

Victor Rhoder

STEM Program Advisor
Tier One Two Aspire Leap (TOTAL)

Cycily, a U.S. Air Force combat veteran and Executive Director of Tier One Two Aspire Leap Inc., a FL-based STEM nonprofit organization providing K-12 educational support to local school districts, collegiate workforce development programs and adult learning in the STEM focused career fields for state and national initiatives.

Dr. John Coleman, Ph.D.

Chief Innovation Officer

Social Innovators for Americans Association (SIAA)

Dr. J. Coleman is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the Social Innovators for Americans Association (SIAA), a nonprofit that takes a community-building approach to challenges like creating inclusive STEM school-to-work pipelines. He organizes experts and leads efforts to help under-resourced families achieve upward social and economic mobility.

Tim Liu

Dr. John Coleman, Ph.D.

Strategist

Heron Collaborative

Tim has extensive experience in STEM education, including volunteer leadership roles with Carnegie Mellon University’s Board of Trustees and Alumni Association Board. He co-founded DCWorks, a college-prep program for first-generation students of color, and advised XAP Corporation, creating tools that help millions of students explore careers, plan for college, and achieve their goals.

STEM/STEAM Stakeholders

STEM Xccelerator has capabilities that support a variety of organizations including:

K-12 STEM Service Providers
Higher Education STEM programs
Employers in STEM fields
Government Stakeholders focused on STEM

K-12 STEM Providers (pdf)

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Higher Education Institutions (pdf)

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Employers focused on STEM Workforce (pdf)

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Government agency stakeholders at all levels (pdf)

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Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.

Steve Jobs

Register for early access

Thank you for expressing your interest in the STEM Xccelerator's digital platform.

To better understand your organization’s needs and showcase the collective impact, we ask a few extra questions. Leading universities, colleges, and some of the largest school districts have already shown interest in our approach. We’d be happy to follow up and explore how we can support your efforts.