Bringing Together Science and Mathematics Educators and Professionals
SMED Global is a non-for-profit organization, which was founded by a group of educators who are passionate about science and mathematics teaching and learning. The founding members of SMED Global were pioneers of an academic scholarship of a science and mathematics education program at the University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines, which started in 1996. These passionate educators live in the Philippines and all over the world and most of them are connected with educational institutions in their local areas. SMED Global was established to address the current needs and challenges of the constituents of some of its founding members especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. By leveraging their resources, expertise, and networks, SMED Global hopes to be an avenue for discussing relevant issues in education as well as a resource for other educators.
Some of the founding members of SMED Global with their university physics professor, Dr. Ed van den Berg at the University of San Carlos during an alumni homecoming program.
Mission - Vision - Core Values
Mission
To promote the improvement of science and mathematics teaching through leadership and collaboration with fellow educators.
Vision
To be a premier international professional organization of science and mathematics educators united towards quality education as a means for authentic and sustainable development for all people across the world.
Core Values
Service to Others
Serving others prepares you to lead others. Service is one of the most important principles in leadership. As members, we are expected to serve one another with a joyful spirit.
Mutual Respect and Collaboration
Respect involves taking responsibility for each other. Respect is speaking to and interacting with others in a courteous manner. It is about being honest, reliable, and trustworthy. Collaboration is working together in a team, contributing and sharing in a helpful way.
Excellence and Professionalism
Deliver work of the highest quality and professional standards. It will be precise in articulating scientific understanding, including its uncertainties, and rigorous in ensuring that what is communicated reflects the best contemporary scientific findings.
Diversity and Integrity
Promote access to science and its benefits for all, rejecting discrimination in all its forms. It will include perspectives and approaches from all parts of the world, and improve the participation of women and early-career scientists in international science. The actions of all those acting on its behalf must demonstrate the highest standards of personal integrity.
Contitution and Bylaws
SMED CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
PREAMBLE
WE, the members of Science and Mathematics Educators for Development (SMED), in order to promote our educational, professional, moral, social, economic and spiritual well-being, protect and uphold our individual and collective rights, as well as foster harmonious and progressive relationship, do hereby promulgate this CONSTITUTION.