Project led by:

Michael Kozak, EdD

STEM Teacher Education and School Strengthening Activity (STESSA) is a 5-year, $25 million grant funded by USAID. Drexel University, led by School of Education assistant clinical professor Michael Kozak is part of a five American university team that is partnering with the Ministry of Education in Egypt and five Egyptian Universities in two projects:

• Expand from 14 to 27 the number of STEM secondary schools in Egypt organized around a three-year curriculum focused on students' learning anchored around portfolio projects to solve Egypt's Grand Challenges
• Co-develop with Egyptian University faculty and administrators new teacher education and leadership certificate programs to be Implemented in Egyptian Universities

Together, these projects will lead to the establishment of a transformative STEM secondary school in each Egyptian Directorate and a pipeline of highly qualified teachers and school leaders to lead these STEM secondary schools. Based on a previous five year USAID grant to develop the three-year, project-based curriculum, the first STEM secondary schools are already serving as models for educational transformation throughout Egypt, with many students from these schools receiving national and international STEM awards.