The Center is a member of NCSSSMST. The goal of the Consortium is to foster, support, and advance the efforts of those specialized schools whose primary purpose is to attract and academically prepare students for leadership in mathematics, science, and technology.

The NCSSSMST was established in 1988 to provide a forum for schools to exchange information and program ideas and to evolve alliances between them. There are currently over 100 institutional members (secondary schools), representing more than 35,000 students and 1,400 educators. These are joined by over 100 affiliate members (colleges, universities, and corporations) who share the goals of transforming mathematics, science, and technology education.

NCSSSMST holds a fall student conference, a spring student research symposium, and a spring professional conference, hosted by member institutions. Publications include a seasonal newsletter, a biannual journal, and booklet profiling member institutions. The Consortium has also published Guiding Student Research Making Research Happen in Your School. The Berrien County Mathemtics and Science Center in partnership with NCSSSMST offers the online course, Engaging Students in Research, providing professional development for the book.

Center Director Dennis Lundgren is a Past President of NCSSSMST. He is currenty Editor-in Chief of a NCSSSMST publication under development, Schools Like Ours. This book, with support services form the Consortium, is designed to assist discricts in creating specialized secondary schools of Mathematics, Scienc and Technology. Visit the NCSSSMST Web site for more information.

click here to go to the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology Web site.