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Sebastiaan Smit, project manager Jet-Net (Youth and Technology Network in the Netherlands). The main goal of Jet-Net is to increase the flow of pre-university students to higher science & technical college.
Sebastiaan has been working for Jet-Net since March 2008 and his daily work is about bringing together companies and schools, organizing national and regional events and sharing knowledge and experiences between school and companies.  


 

 

 

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Welcome to the Community of Practice

" How to contact a company for collaboration on STEM education?"

Expert: Gerard Jacobs, managing Director Jet-Net
   
Week 1
Topic: Reasons why companies should work together with schools on STEM education.
•    Selection of companies
•    Image of STEM in society
•    Corporate Social Responsibility
•    Facts & Figures – urgency

Week 2
Topic: Who to contact in the company?
•    Company size
•    Which department

Week 3
 Topic: Ideas for activities
•    Best practice from Jet-Net – Role Models
•    Learning by doing
•    Career Day
•    Girlsday
•    Meet the Boss
 
Week 4
Topic: The role of parents
•    Communication to parents
•    The need for extra attention for STEM subjects to parents
•    Involvement of parents

Week 5
Topic: Building on a sustainable collaboration between school and company
•    Formalize the collaboration
•    Ambitions of the school
•    Commitment
•    Support from teachers
•    Embedding activities in school curriculum

Week 6
Topic: Tips & tricks
•    Q & A session with Jet-Net companies