Statewide

An initiative led by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and the New Mexico Center for Economic Opportunity. Be Pro Be Proud is a mobile workshop experience for students to discover which skilled professions spark their interests as they dig, drive, and weld using custom-developed, highly interactive Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) simulators.

CTE programs provide students with the academic and technical skills necessary for STEM careers, particularly through hands-on experiences in various industry sectors. These programs are aligned with state and industry standards and offer pathways in fields such as engineering, healthcare, and information technology​

The Careers2Communities (C2C) program is designed to increase all New Mexico students’ college and career readiness, ensuring that those students traditionally under-represented in higher education and the workplace can equitably achieve high-value careers. C2C is funded by the federal Expanding Access to Well-Rounded Courses Demonstration Grants Program, and is FREE for all New Mexico students and teachers.

We are an education hub for computer science and computational thinking. We work to empower educators & schools with the needed tools for computational curriculum, and we leverage industry alliances with a vision for a future technical workforce.

The mission of ECEP is to broaden participation in computing by identifying and addressing the policies, pathways, and practices in state education systems that are barriers to diverse student engagement and success. ECEP state leaders believe that improving equitable capacity for, access to, participation in, and experiences of CS education will increase the number and diversity of students in computing and computing-intensive degree pathways in their states.

GEAR UP New Mexico, a division of the New Mexico Higher Education Department, is a federally funded program that aims to increase college and career readiness for middle school and high school students. GEAR UP New Mexico partners with seven school districts in the state that serve a high proportion­­ of rural and first-generation students. The U.S. Department of Education renewed funding for the program in 2020 at $31.4 million for the next seven years to support approximately 7,000 students and their families each year.

GeneLab for High Schools (GL4HS) is expanding its program in 2025! Starting this year GL4HS is being offered asynchronously and will consist of 12-weeks of on-demand training during the summer. Virtual and self-paced

This program brings together high school students and industry partners to solve real-world problems. Teams work on challenges related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, with a focus on innovation and practical solutions​

The College and Career Readiness Bureau (CCRB) administers competitive funding to support schools in their efforts to transform the high school experience. This involves creating a distinctive graduate profile that reflects the needs of the local community, the implementation of work-based learning, career technical education (CTE), capstone projects, social and emotional learning (SEL), and other programs aligned with core academics aimed at preparing students for future success in innovative and impactful ways.

Creating opportunities for K-12 students in New Mexico to partner with students globally as they perfect skills in STEAM-L (Science, Technology, Engineering, Digital Art, Math, and Language) through critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication.