Impact Through Education

TRANSFORMATIVE, RESEARCH-INFORMED, AND IMPACTFUL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Educational Consultancy

STEMedge Academy is focused on helping clients understand the impact they can create and foster through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) educational resources. We are proud to work with clients who share our vision on creating teaching and learning resources towards creating equitable spaces in STEM. Together, through equitable, diverse and inclusive STEM education, we can transform our learners into leaders who will improve communities locally and globally.

Our Organization

We believe that educational resources should be created based on academic research, curricular theory, appropriate pedagogical approaches and learner centric.

Aligning with our founder’s vision for transformative STEM education that brings together different approaches to learning and teaching, we ensure that our educational materials and resources follows a learner-centric curriculum to extend learning into/for the community. Through our unique approach on co-collaboration and co-creation with educators, students and the academic community, we ensure that our STEM learning resources contribute to building leaders who lead with knowledge, understanding, empathy, and care. In addition, we work with organizations to understand on how their commitment to social responsibility, through STEM education can translate to significant change for their community.

We consult with government, STEM companies, non-profits, and educational institutions.

Are you ready to be a change-maker for your community?

STEM Education and Curriculum Consulting

Are you looking for science education that that is educator and student informed? Is your company searching for ways to create STEM outreach programs that would create an impact for more equitable STEM spaces? We co-create with educators, learn from our students and collaborate with community to understand the learning needs and intentions for meaningful STEM curriculum for your organization. We work collaboratively with your organization to ensure K-12 STEM outreach to your community is about learning and sharing from a place that is meaningful and relational.

Are you ready to join us to create more equitable STEM spaces through education?

Inclusive Education Resource Development and Educator Training

We work with government, non-profit, and for-profit organizations to develop inclusive, transformative, and impactful educational teaching and learning resources for classrooms and organizational outreach initiatives. We create personalized STEM educational professional development workshops and training programs to empower and inspire STEM educators and facilitators to bring equitable, diverse, and inclusive science education into their teaching practice. We work with you, your facilitators, and educators to create impact in your community through STEM education.

How do you want to contribute to change in your community through STEM outreach?

Research, Scholarship, and Educational Evaluation

How do we know our resources help transform your classroom and organizational outreach programs? Our resources, training programs, and consultation are informed by research, practice, and realization in the community. We assess our resources to continuously ensure you have the best teaching and learning resources for your classroom and organizational outreach initiatives. We are always seeking to improve and enrich to bring innovative and engaging ways on teaching and sharing science with the community.

Are you ready to bring equity, diversity, and inclusivity to your classroom and organizational outreach initiatives?

How we can help you create impact through education

We work and collaborate with with governmental, academic, non-profit,
and for-profit businesses, to bring inclusive, quality STEM education to K-12 students.

Change-Makers We Work With

It has been a pleasure working with the STEMedge team. Not only do they have a relentless drive to meet the needs of our organization’s goals and objectives, but the needs of our audience as well. I appreciate their knowledge, keen attention to detail and digital acumen. They truly understand that education should be engaging, purposeful, and fun for youth. - Power Smart for Schools Team.
Nelson Education
Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association
“Your support, collaboration, and expertise on curriculum and teaching strategies really helped us transform how our students learn skills that will help them be successful in their career aspirations.”
“Thank you for helping us ensure our AI enabled math tutoring system aligns with K-4 learning needs and especially insights into how to make math problems more accessible to meet diverse learning needs. Looking forward to our continued relationship together!.”
“[Poh’s] commitment to life-long learning STEM education and her passion for exploring new approaches to interpretation and experiential learning inspirational.”
"We wanted to create greater impact in STEM outreach for our clients and their community and we have been working with STEMedge closely to develop inclusive STEM educational resources. Dr. Poh Tan and her team at STEMedge have been vital in providing their insight and collaboration to ensure our results are backed by science and promote core values around JEDI initiatives. We look forward to our continued co-creation to bring science education to a new level where impact is made for our clients both nationally and globally.

Awards and Distinctions

2023, Winner

Mantella Corporation Entrepreneur BIPOC of the Year Grant Award
2023, Nominee

Education, Training, and Development
2023, Member

NSERC Awards for Science Promotion Selection Committee

Meet the Team

Poh Tan PhD (Exp Med), PhD ABD (Educ.)

FOUNDER and CEO
Shaila Shams MA (TESOL), MA (App. Linguistics), PhD ABD (Educ.)

Inclusive Language in STEM Specialist
Shawn Liu, BSc (Biomed), MSc Cand. (BioEngineering)

Teaching and Learning Specialist, Secondary Sciences
Akiko Ohta MA (Int. Mgnt) MEd (Adult Ed.) PhD ABD (Educ.)

Program and Resource Evaluations Specialist
Eliza G. Labrador BSc. FNH (LFS), TQUK TEFL, TBE

STEM Resource Specialist