Great Lakes Bay Region STEM Career Hub Explore. Connect. Build a future.

About the Hub

About the Hub & For Administrators

A searchable, organized regional repository of STEM career-exposure resources, stewarded by Bay-Arenac ISD to preserve, expand, and open access to videos, tours, lessons, and activities across the Great Lakes Bay Region.

Who oversees this

Stewarded by Bay-Arenac ISD

The Great Lakes Bay STEM Career Exposure Resource Hub is stewarded by the Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District (BAISD), headquartered at the Educational Service Center, 4228 Two Mile Road, Bay City, MI 48706. Phone: (989) 686-4410.

The hub serves Bay and Arenac counties and the school districts within them, including Bay City Public Schools, Bangor Township Schools, Essexville-Hampton Public Schools, Pinconning Area Schools, Standish-Sterling Community Schools, and AuGres-Sims. The BAISD Board and administration provide governance and stewardship over the hub as a property of the region.

Governance: Board President Doug Furtah; Board Vice-President Annette Ratajczak; Superintendent Shelly DuCharme.

The hub was built on behalf of the Great Lakes Bay Region STEM Career Exposure Initiative, a coalition of educators, business partners, workforce agencies, higher-education institutions, and community organizations working together to expand career awareness and opportunity in the region.

The Saginaw River Rear Range Light, a white and red lighthouse tower in Bay City, Michigan
The Saginaw River Rear Range Light in Bay City. This hub is built for the working water and industry all around it.

Low friction, high control

Built to be maintained by your team

Your staff can add resources, tag them, and publish without needing a developer. Here's how the workflow looks.

1. Add a resource

Your team uploads a video, lesson plan, activity link, or tour recording. Add a title, description, and source.

2. Tag across five facets

Assign it to an audience (Students, Educators, Families, Partners), grade band, career cluster, content type, and topic. All facets auto-complete.

3. Publish in seconds

Click publish. No approval gate, no waiting for IT. The resource goes live to the hub immediately.

4. Appears in search

Students, educators, and families see it in the hub's search results and filtered views within moments of publishing.

This illustration is a concept. The administration panel is built specifically for your workflow, not a generic content-management template.

Launch & sustain

The communications toolkit

The project includes ready-to-use digital and print assets to help you reach students, families, educators, and partners.

Social media templates

Pre-sized graphics for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn to highlight new resources and upcoming events.

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Flyer & poster

Print-ready letter and tabloid-size designs to post in schools, libraries, and community centers.

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Postcard & mailer

Professional postcard design for direct mail to families, with QR code linking to the hub.

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Presentation & slides

Branded PowerPoint deck for board meetings, partner briefings, and community presentations.

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Newsletter & email

Editable email templates for monthly updates, new resource announcements, and upcoming events.

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Digital graphics

Open-license icons, illustrations, and web graphics branded to match the hub's identity.

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Commitment to inclusion

Accessibility, by default

Accessibility is not an afterthought. Every page, form, video, and resource is built and tested to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard, a superset of the 2.1 AA legal floor, and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Our QA process catches violations before anything ships.
How this hub differs from typical K-12 website templates
Accessibility check Typical K-12 template This hub
Logical heading order (h1 → h2 → h3) Often skipped Built in
Color contrast (4.5:1 on body text, 3:1 on large text) Frequently fails Passes
Form fields and buttons labeled and linked to inputs Often missing Built in
Semantic landmarks (main, nav, footer with aria-label) Rarely used Built in
Keyboard navigation (Tab, arrow keys, Enter) Often broken Passes
Images with descriptive alt text Frequently empty Built in
Mobile and tablet reflow (no horizontal scroll, scalable) Often fails Passes

Every deliverable is tested and must pass WCAG 2.2 AA (a superset of the 2.1 AA legal floor) and Section 508 as an acceptance gate. For a full breakdown of our accessibility commitment, see the Accessibility statement.

This hub is a working property stewarded by Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District and built to grow with your region's needs. Everything you need to launch, maintain, and expand it is here.

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