K-12 Outreach

Collaborative Programs with FWISD & AISD have reached over 7,531 participants, 83% are from URM groups and 62% are female.

 

UNT Health Expands its Outreach to the Arlington Independent School District (AISD) –Coaching Up Program

The Arlington Independent School District’s (AISD) and UNT Health Initiative to increase diversity in STEM higher education. UNT Health has a history of educating a diverse constituency of biomedical and behavioral scientists and health care professionals. In 2015, UNTHSC and AISD established a partnership outlining a mutual interest in supporting AISD high school student’s motivation and development directed towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) career paths. The “Coaching Up” Mentoring Program serves as the platform to achieve the long-term goal of increasing the number and diversity of students who graduate from high school and pursue a degree in the biomedical, behavioral, medical and health, and allied health professions. Through its work in the Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Equity and Excellence Project, AISD found that only 30 percent of all 11th and 12th-grade low-income students and students of color participated in AP and IB programs. By providing mentorship and scientific enrichment, this partnership seeks to address the gap in low-income students and students of color succeeding in AP/IB courses.

Program Goals

• Stimulate and broaden student’s awareness of biomedical and health professional career paths by exposing AISD students to clinical and laboratory research environments at UNTHSC.
• Create a sustainable network that increases a student’s persistence by providing a mentoring program with UNT Health students.