STEPCon Overview
Bourns Technology Center
The Bourns Technology Center, home to several emerging high-tech companies in Riverside, California, is located at 1200 Columbia Avenue. It is dedicated to providing a strong partnership between resident companies and the community and is situated at the entrance to one of the fastest developing industrial locations in Riverside - Hunter Industrial Park.
Each year STEPCon features three separate but complementary conferences: one for students, one for educators and one for counselors.
Student STEPCon is the premier student STEM conference in the Inland Empire! Participants can experience hands-on Science experiments, interactive technology exhibits and Roundtable discussions, an exciting Science Show, and visit one-on-one with college educators and industry professionals, and enjoy thrilling presentations and demonstrations from a variety of exhibitors. The experience is targeted for 4th grade through 12th grade students.
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Educator STEPCon is the Inland Empire's premier STEM professional development event for educators of all levels. The purpose of this free conference is to build a STEM culture in the Inland Empire by inspiring hundreds of area educators with motivating keynote speakers, immersive workshops, hands-on activities, engaging discussions, and relevant resources they can readily use with their students. The conference is free for all attendees.
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Counselor STEPCon: The number of STEM jobs in the Inland Empire is increasing faster than our educational system is providing a skilled STEM-ready workforce. Counselors are key to building a STEM workforce pipeline and STEP recognizes the need to provide opportunities for counselors to engage with STEM professionals and post-secondary partners in order to understand all of the secondary and post-secondary steps a student needs to take if they are interested in a STEM career. The Counselor STEPCon will focus on Inland Empire STEM careers and the local educational institutions that students can attend in order to qualify for STEM jobs. We will hear from STEM professionals and educators on the recommended courses and skills that are needed in the STEM workforce which counselors can use when counseling students on their pathway to a STEM career. Counselor STEPCon aims to be a comprehensive support system for building the STEM-literate ecosystem that places a STEM career as an attainable goal for all Inland Empire students.
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