2013-2014

ANNUALREPORT

WHERE WE SAW NEW GROWTH

The Goals of SOIL (STEM Outdoor Innovation Lab) & Growing SOILThe goals PAST set for the Straight A fund SOIL Grant are to:

Jan 2014Planning begins for 9 SOIL schools in Central and NortheastOhio

Mar-Jun 2014PAST coordinatesBridge Programs for240 students and 18teachers from 9 Ohioschools at the KelleysIsland Field Station

Jan-Jun 2014PAST delivers P3PD to 18 Teachersin SOIL grant

May 2014PAST sets a deadlineof August, 2014for all 9 SOIL projects to becompleted

Feb-Aug 2015PAST overseesconstruction of 9SOIL outdoor labs

Aug 2014The PAST SOILprogram is a SUCCESS

The PAST SOIL Program

Sep-Dec 2014PAST delivers P3PD to 30 Teachersand variousadministratorsvia Growing SOIL grant in the 6 new schools

May 2014PAST sets a deadlineof December, 2014 for all 9 SOIL schools to be expanded and the 6 new SOIL labsto be planned andtheir partners identified

May-Dec 2014PAST overseesthe planning, expansion andconstruction at the9 SOIL schoolsand 6 new SOILschools

Jun 2015The PAST Growing SOILproject is a SUCCESS

Sep 2014Planning begins for the expansion of the9 SOIL schools in Central and NortheastOhio and expands to6 new schools in Southeast Ohio

Sep-Dec 2014PAST begins thecoordination of 6new Bridge Programs at Hocking College for 120 students and 12 teachers from the 6 SoutheasternOhio schools

The PAST Growing SOIL Expansion

ReynoldsburgCity SchoolseSTEM High SchoolBaldwin Road Junior High School

ColumbusCity SchoolsWest High SchoolStarling k-8Westmoor MiddleSchool

GROWING

Amanda Clear creek Local School DistrictBerne Union Local SchoolsBloom Carroll Local School DistrictFairfield Union Local School DistrictLancaster City SchoolsLiberty Union-Thurston Local SchoolsPickerington Local School DistrictWalnut Township/Millersport Local Schools

ReynoldsburgCity SchoolseSTEM High SchoolBaldwin Road Junior High School

ColumbusCity SchoolsWest High SchoolStarling k-8Westmoor MiddleSchool

• Expand the opportunities for students and teachers to experience Transdiscliplinary Problem-Based Learning (TPBL)• Utilize underused space at schools around Ohio by taking learning outside - change of place, change of pace• Create a TPBL-based ecosystem field station where students and teachers could explore and learn together

States Impacted by PAST

NATIONAL REACH GRANTS & CONTRACTS PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAMMING

The Gulf of Mexico Shipwreck Corrosion, Hydrocarbon Exposure, Microbiology, and Archaeology project (GOM-SCHEMA)New Orleans, LA

Yukon Gold Rush Steamboat SurveyDawson City, AK

Exploring with Dr. Sheli:

PAST continues to offer P3 to online participants from three different states and timezones in 2014 and increasing engagement numbers. P3 is poised to continue to grow into the new year.

4-Week Hybrid Program• Podcast Module• Reading Activity• Virtual Brainstorm

Shadowbox Bootcampin OH

Spring Fling

Shadowbox LiveО STEM Rocks The BoxО Shadowbox Bootcamp

BridgePrograms

DesignChallenges

Art & STEM Limnology Robotics Botany Birds

О Rube Goldberg Design Challenge

О Underwater ROV Design ChallengeCHALLENGE

Kelleys Island Field SchoolLimnology Botany Birds

Cardboard Challenge

Field Programs in OH & SD

Forensics in the Classroom in OH & SD

Minecraft Mathematicsin OH & SD

With SDIL PAST provided innovative TPBL camps to teachersand students.

Partnering with DWU, PAST offers a Masters Program in STEM Instruction.

PAST Professional Development (PD) & Knowledge Capture (KC) teams are working with Clean Tech Early College High School to develop innovation in their school in New York.

PAST is working with Hocking College to offer STEM Outdoor Innovation Lab program to teachers and students in Appalachia.

PAST continues to partner with COSI on theRube Goldberg Challenge, and launched anUnderwater ROV Challenge with BOEM &C&C Technologies.

In South DakotaPAST continuesto partner withthe CGI America.

PAST continues to partner withShadowbox Live to offer STEMRocks the Box and STEM access to the arts.

GROWING

FASTFORWARD

Fairfield Advancing Students & Teachers Forward

In 2013-2014 PAST was involved in two rounds of Straight A Fundgrants around Ohio.

In 2013-2014 PAST was involved in multiple grants to provide STEM-basedTPBL camps to kids and teachers in South Dakota.

PAST on the Map

WHAT WE DO

HOW WE’VE GROWN

2013 Annual Revenue 2014 Annual Revenue

2013 Annual Expenses 2014 Annual Expenses

REVENUE GROWTH OVER FIVE YEARS

SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACTS

TEACHERS ENGAGED IN PD

IMPACTED STUDENTS

BRIDGE PROGRAMS

REVENUES AND EXPENSES PAST AND THE PRESENT

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

$500K $1 M $1.5M $2M $2.5M

$1,262,764

$42,927

$2,256,554

$12,695

$1,305,691 $2,269,213

$1,017,672

$435,624

$1,293,584

$435,630

$1,453,296 $1,729,214

201420 of the 34 Bridge Programs are hybrid programs

P3 Workbook Third Edition is publishedP3 is now an online hybrid program

PAST Innovation Lab founded South Dakota Innovation Lab (SDIL) is rebranded

CGI highlights PAST as an outstanding example of a STEM leader in rural America

2013P3 Workbook Second Edition published

PAST Foundation active in 15 schools

2012First hybrid student-teacher Bridge Program

launches in South DakotaSouth Dakota Innovation Lab (SDIL) is launched

2010P3 Workbook First Edition published

2005PAST begins working in STEM schools

PAST begins working in urban, suburban, rural and frontier schools

2003PAST creates the first teacher TPBL module

2000PAST launches the first STEM bridge program

Every year the PAST Foundation and its partners host bridge programs, design challenge projects and workshops. In 2014 PAST began running multiple Bridge Programs and Design Challenges in various states and in multiple topics and venues. Bridge Programs offered in 2013: 8Bridge Programs offered in 2014: 24

General OperatingEducation Programs

EarnedContributed

200

150

100

50

25

10

0

5,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

1,000

0

2012 2013 2014

Impacted Students83.8% Growth

School Districts58.7% Growth

Teachers in PD235% Growth

2012 2013 2014

127

2012 2013 2014

2,590

10,31614,462

736 772

30

80

NUMBERS GROWTH HISTORY

26,588

PD

BP

Inspiring Learners

Onsite/Online Training

Pre-service New ServiceTeacher Training

Business, Industry andCommunity Partnerships

Adapting andDeveloping NewLearning Strategies

Linking Learning To Life

Design Challenges

Bridge Programs

Dialogue & Observation

Focus Groups

Interviews

Reports and Documentation

Analysis

Onsite PD

Online PD

Virtual Brainstorms

TPBL Implementation

Transform School Design

Envisioning Changeor

ProfessionalDevelopment

BridgePrograms

KnowledgeCapture

ProblemsProjectsProducts

Planning

SERVICES

Diana WoltermanAccounts Manager

Annalies Corbin, PhDPresident and CEO

Sheli Smith, PhDDirector of Programs

Monica Hunter, PhDDirector of Research

Alyssa RederAdministrative Asst.

Pam AndrewsExecutive Asst.

Board of TrusteesOfficers

Sandra Stroot, Ph.D., Chair Richard Rosen, Vice-ChairMichael O’Sullivan, Treasurer Terri Erdman, Secretary

Trustees

PAST Leadership

PAST Support Team

Keene HaywoodAnn Ralston

J.W. JosephPaul Reeder

Dennis AigJudge Teresa Liston, ret.

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