ADVOCACY PLAN

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ADVOCACY PLAN 15 Million AMSTI Funding
AMSTEC Legislation
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten
thousand who are silent.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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AMSTI Statistics to Date

• 72 official AMSTI schools with all teachers of
  math and science trained (1800 teachers and
  administrators)
• Serving over 42,000 students on a daily basis
• Provided limited training for hundreds of other
  teachers across the state
• First Leadership Academy for Math, Science, and
  Technology (LAMST)
• 80 school leadership teams
• from across the state trained

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15 Million Proposed for AMSTI Can Provide.
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• Sustainability and expansion for UAH, UNA, and
  USA MASTER sites
• currently 72 K-8 schools
• Completion of AMSTI high school science component
  (ASIM)
• in all 11 regions
• AMSTI Expansion into 3 additional regional MASTER
  sites
• from 72 schools to 175 schools in 35 school
  districts
• AMSTI/new Course of Study alignment

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AMSTI IS Making a Difference
Stanford 10Grades 6-8 Math and Grade 7 Science
Grades 3-5 Math and Science
Sample Data
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YOUR help is needed!

• Personal, Handwritten Letters Phone Calls to
  Your Legislators
• AMSTI Schools
• Math Science Specialist
• Science in Motion
• Principals
• Teacher Leaders
• LAMST Schools
• Principals
• Teacher Leaders

Go to . . . www.amstec.org or http//amstec.nsstc.
uah.edu
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Sending an E-mail

• Quick, inexpensive way of communicating with
  legislators
• Not as effective as personal letters
• Email addresses can be found on your state
  legislature website

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Calling Your Elected Officials

• Very effective
• Particularly in the days just before they are
  scheduled to take action or vote on your issue
• Dont overlook staff
• Stop and talk to them at their desk
• Leave messages with them
• Leave chocolate

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Go to the Web Site for Assistance
Advocacy Ideas, Presentations, Leave Behinds,
Sample Letters
www.amstec.org http//amstec.nsstc.uah.edu
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Advocacy Activities The 2005 Alabama Legislative
session is an important one for AMSTEC and
AMSTI.  Rep. Ray Garner has pre-filed a bill
providing legislative authority to AMSTEC to work
in support of Alabamas systemic STEM education
reform activities.  In addition, the State Board
of Education has requested 15M in support of
expanding AMSTI.  To support these efforts we are
providing information that can help you contact
your local legislators to ask for their support
on these two important issues.   The legislative
process can be stressful unless you are
prepared.  Reading about the process itself can
help, but the most important point to remember is
that your voice, your contact, your letters,
personal phone calls, and emails DO help!   So
let your fingers do the walkin and contact your
legislators now!  There are presentations and
more information below.  Keep checking the site
for new materials and presentations as we prepare
for the session.  Thank you for your support of
education in Alabama!
 
Go to the Web Site for Assistance
Advocacy Activities The 2005 Alabama Legislative
session is an important one for AMSTEC and
AMSTI.  Rep. Ray Garner has pre-filed a bill
providing legislative authority to AMSTEC to work
in support of Alabamas systemic STEM education
reform activities.  In addition, the State Board
of Education has requested 15M in support of
expanding AMSTI.  To support these efforts we are
providing information that can help you contact
your local legislators to ask for their support
on these two important issues.   The legislative
process can be stressful unless you are
prepared.  Reading about the process itself can
help, but the most important point to remember is
that your voice, your contact, your letters,
personal phone calls, and emails DO help!   So
let your fingers do the walkin and contact your
legislators now!  There are presentations and
more information below.  Keep checking the site
for new materials and presentations as we prepare
for the session.  Thank you for your support of
education in Alabama!
Presentations (PowerPoint)
"Leave-Behinds" (pdf) Sample Letters
Ideas Advocacy Presentation (view this first)
To Gov.
Riley AMSTI Funding Request
The Legislative Process To Your
Legislator "Growing What Works" AMSTEC AMSTI
Brochure (pdf) Advocacy
Ideas Intro to AMSTI
AEN Article May 2004
Proposed AMSTEC
Legislation
pdf files require Adobe Reader.  Click here to
download a free copy. 
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Additional AMSTEC Activities

• Integrated Stakeholder Forums
• Tuscaloosa 1/20
• Huntsville 1/25
• Phenix City 2/2
• TEAMS
• March 31, 2005
• Annual Meeting in Montgomery at
• Business Council of Alabama
• Hill Walk
• Corporate Lobbyist

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15 Million for AMSTI
Plans continue to EVOLVE We need YOUR SUPPORT to
reach the goal!
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Get the Word Out
TALK
TALK
TALK
www.amstec.org http//amstec.nsstc.uah.edu
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AMSTI Alabama Math, Science, and Technology
Initiative
He who is fixed to a star does not change his
mind. Leonardo da Vinci