MiSTEM Regional Director

New Region 2 Director interviews currently scheduled

Mi STEM Southeast Regional 2025 - present

TBA
email: [email protected]
Twitter: @MiSTEMRegion2
Phone: 734-994-8100 x 1267

D. Scott Heister - Inaugural Director

7 years as MiSTEM Region 2 Director (2018-2025)
27 year public school classroom teacher in an urban district (1990-2013 Willow Run Community Schools, 2013-2018, Ypsilanti STEMM Middle College - Ypsilanti Community Schools)
Lead designer of a STEM-based Middle College
5 years Director of a STEM-based Middle College
Over 15 years as the Lead Mentor for FIRST Robotics Program
Speaker and presenter at numerous local, state and national conferences
1999-2000 MSTA Science Teacher of the Year Award Winner
2015 Mentor2Youth Honoree at “The Magnificent Seven”
2016 TEDx Talk - “Robots in the Classroom ‘ The Story of an Educator Who Founded a Middle College HS Based on the Principles of FIRST Robotics”
2018 Woodie Flowers Finalist Award Winner

new contact email address: [email protected]