Alabama NewsCenter – Teachers in Alabama STEM externship program take their workforce experiences back to the classroom

By: Allanah Taylor

When you were in school, did you ever ask your teacher, “When am I ever going to need to know this?”

The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Industry Externship Program was developed to help teachers answer exactly that.

Over the course of the summer, teachers enrolled in the STEM Industry Externship Program visited local Mobile businesses for on-site experiential learning opportunities. Four high school teachers from the Mobile Bay area participated, visiting local businesses across the Port City including Alabama Power, Airbus and Bishop State Community College.

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