Who We Are

EnCorps connects well-trained STEM professionals with public school students, ensuring children in under-resourced communities gain access to a strong STEM education. Through our Professional Development training programs we path educators to success and act as a primary resource for our future leaders! The EnCorps STEM Teachers Program® recruits, selects, and supports experienced STEM professionals and those with advanced STEM degrees to become impactful, long-term teachers, addressing the critical STEM teacher shortage. The EnCorps STEMx Tutors Program pairs middle school students needing math support with volunteer STEM professionals, subject-matter experts, and STEM college students to build their math skills and confidence before high school. The EnCorps CTE Teacher Training Program helps school districts train new CTE instructors with the classroom pedagogy needed to succeed in the classroom. EnCorps takes a 360-approach to education, making teacher recruitment and retention a priority.

Founded by Sherry Lansing in 2007, EnCorps Inc. is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit.

Fun fact: EnCorps is pronounced like the word encore. It sounds like ann-kor!

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Our Mission

EnCorps advocates for STEM education through our workforce readiness approach. Anchored in our belief that all students should receive a good STEM education, we prepare STEM educated role models to inspire and teach students who lack access to a high-quality science, technology, engineering and math education.

Our Vision

We see a future where students from under-resourced schools have the education and confidence to choose a STEM career so they may thrive in an increasingly complex and diverse world.

Core Values

At EnCorps we take pride in our work. We are driven by our Passion for STEM. We face tough challenges with immediate Resolve. We expect all board members, employees and educators to act with Integrity. We believe in STEM access for all and stand for education as a tool for Empowerment.

Passion: We share our passion for STEM by creating access to a high-quality STEM education for students in under-resourced schools.
Resolve: We create programs and we engage with other organizations with unwavering focus on increasing STEM access for students traditionally under-represented in the field.
Integrity: Our educators, employees and board members share a common belief in STEM educational equity and work with the utmost respect and integrity for students.
Diversity: We strive to create an environment where educators, employees, and board members feel welcome and accepted regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, nationality or socio-economic background.
Equity: We focus on closing the opportunity gap caused by the lack of high-quality STEM education for students in under-resourced schools.