Tom Peters
Executive Director
South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics and Science
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When it comes to STEM education, Tom Peters is a change maker. Tom facilitates change by supporting schools and organizations in becoming more effective environments for thought, collaboration and inquiry. STEM education, when executed well, opens the floodgates of interest and innovation for new generations of thinkers and doers.
As the Executive Director of South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics and Science (SCCMS), Tom continues a tradition of improving STEM education that began in 1994 with the National Science Foundation funded, South Carolina Statewide Systemic Initiative. SCCMS is an action and advocacy organization that sustains human and economic development by building networks of business/industry, government and educators to accelerate student learning and literacy in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Redefining South Carolina’s statewide system of support for STEM educators through the S2TEM Centers SC initiative offers a unique environment for Tom’s restless energy and high expectations. Together, S2TEM Centers SC and SCCMS will create 100,000 new success stories in student learning in South Carolina classrooms!
Tom is a recognized leader in STEM education and is a recipient of the National Science Education Leadership Association’s 2010 Outstanding Leader in Science Education award. He has applied his instructional, scientific, and management expertise in the classroom, in a district-level administrative position and in a variety of settings as a professional learning facilitator for groups and individuals.