A Window on the World
Members of engineering societies, scientists, technologists, university faculty, and community members can, working collaboratively, expose teachers and their students to real-world applications of SMET (Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology) problems and their solutions.  

Teachers and engineers together can produce, validate, and refine quality curriculum and instructional activities that feature technology contexts where math and scientific knowledge can be applied by students and that mirror the interdisciplinary, problem-centered approaches found in industrial and engineering applications of SMT. 

However, learning and change require long-term commitments that need to be nurtured and supported.*   Teachers cannot bring about change alone, they need and can greatly benefit from the assistance and support of external partnerships where all involved share complimentary knowledge, expertise and experiences.**  Further, the Project is guided by the understanding that new instructional repertoires and implementation do not occur overnight.***

Support from Engineers
The partnership between business and education can take place on many levels. One of the most productive is the personal one, where teachers, students and practitioners work together in exploring the practice of technology and questions about the relationships between science, technology and society. ASME member partners can empower teachers with an ability to enhance the teaching of math, science and technology at the middle level.

To be most successful, interaction between engineers and teachers must be more than a "one shot deal."  And, volunteer engineers must provide a source of continual technology information and experience to teachers. In addition, engineers need to share with teachers some insights into the workings of a corporation, and explain the vantage point of an engineer in problem solving.

*(Fullan, 1992;  Fullan & Stiegelbauer, 1992)
**(Triangle Coalition, 1991;  Sussman, 1993)
***(Baldwin & Lawrenz, 1994)