GP EXTRA: Geoscience Educational Opportunities and Career-Oriented Research Experiences (GEOCORE)

GP EXTRA：地球科学教育机会和以职业为导向的研究经验（GEOCORE）

• 批准号: 1600353
• 负责人: Sean Tvelia
• 金额: $ 29.87万
• 依托单位: Suffolk Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1600353&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; EXTRA; Geoscience; Educational; Opportunities; GP; EXTRA; Geoscience; Educational; Opportunities

Despite regional and national demand for geoscience graduates at all workforce entry points, educational institutions have struggled to increase enrollment, leading to only 240 individuals earning an associate's and only 3,800 earning a bachelor's degree out of roughly 28,000 enrolled undergraduates nationwide (American Geoscience Institute, Status of Recent Geoscience Graduates 2013). Currently accounting for over 50% of the nation's undergraduate population, community colleges are a crucial pipeline to the geosciences workforce. However, several barriers impact the recruitment, retention, and graduation of community college geosciences majors, including the diverse nature of students with respect to academic preparedness, economic standing, sense of support and awareness of career opportunities - making recruitment and persistence challenging for two-year geoscience programs. To meet the employment demand, an increased number of students must enroll, persist and graduate from two-year geosciences programs. Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) proposes to address barriers to entry to geoscience careers through a new program, entitled GEO CORE (Geoscience Educational Opportunities & Career-Oriented Research Experiences), which will expand evidence-based pedagogical concepts to extracurricular activities in order to allow greater participation for majors and prospective majors of geology, marine, and atmospheric sciences. This project will build on ongoing collaborations by bringing the community college together with three regional high schools, Stony Brook University, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey and private industry partners. This project seeks to increase enrollment and student success in geosciences, particularly for students underrepresented in the discipline, by enhancing student learning experiences, and increasing transfer rates and job placements to support the regional workforce needs. Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is developing a new program entitled GEO CORE (Geoscience Educational Opportunities & Career-Oriented Research Experiences). This GEOPATH: EXTRA project will build on ongoing STEM collaborations established through SCCC's highly successful, state-funded Science & Technology Entry and Liberty Partnerships programs, and its NSF S-STEM Scholars Program, by bringing together three regional high schools, Stony Brook University's Department of Geosciences and its School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey - Water Resources Division and private industry partners to provide a pathways from high school to college and into the geoscience workforce. The goals of the GEO CORE project are to: 1) increase enrollment within the geosciences, particularly for students underrepresented in the disciplines; 2) enhance student learning experiences and outcomes; and 3) increase transfer rates and job placements to support regional workforce needs. Through the GEO CORE program, SCCC is instituting the following collaborative activities: 1) implementation of a summer institute for graduating high school and first-year community college students led by geoscience professionals and academics that incorporates research-oriented fieldwork experiences that highlight the interconnection between the geosciences and the regional environmental and economic concerns; 2) creating a GEO CORE Student Ambassador Program which prepares and supports second-year geoscience students who serve as peer mentors and academic tutors to foster success among first-year students; 3) establishing a career-based training program that includes hazardous materials training and certification to ensure that graduating geoscience students have the skills necessary for immediate employment and/or success upon transfer to four-year colleges and universities; 4) forming a community of practice for professional and peer networking opportunities among government agencies, industry, higher education institutions and high schools; and 5) encouraging the integration of GEO CORE activities into high school classrooms to serve as a bridge between secondary schools and the community college to help grow the geoscience education pipeline. Project success is being measured by comparing student outcomes to established baselines, and tracking the academic success, graduation, transfer, research experiences and career advancement of each annual cohort served by GEO CORE.

尽管在所有员工入口点上对地球科学毕业生的地区和国家需求需求，但教育机构仍在努力增加入学率，导致只有240个人赢得了同学，只有3,800名获得了大约28,000名全国范围内学科的28,000名学士学位（美国最近地球地理学家的地位，最近的地理位置学者的地位）。目前，社区大学占全国本科人口的50％以上，是地球科学劳动力的关键渠道。但是，几个障碍会影响社区学院地球科学专业的招聘，保留和毕业，包括学生在学术准备，经济地位，支持和对职业机会的认识方面的多样性 - 使招聘和持久性挑战为期两年的地球科学计划。 为了满足就业需求，越来越多的学生必须从为期两年的地球科学计划中注册，坚持和毕业。萨福克县社区学院（SCCC）提议通过一项名为Geo Core（地球科学教育机会和面向职业的研究经验）来解决进入地球科学职业的障碍，该计划将扩大基于证据的教学概念，以扩大外交活动，以便为大满贯和预期的地球，海洋和大气，大气和大气的硕士参与。该项目将通过将社区学院与三所区域高中，斯托尼·布鲁克大学，国家海洋与大气管理局，美国地质调查局和私营企业合作伙伴融合在一起，以持续的合作为基础。该项目旨在通过增强学生的学习经历，提高转移率和工作机会来满足地区劳动力的需求，旨在提高地球科学领域的入学率和学生成功，尤其是对于学科中的学生的成就。萨福克郡社区学院（SCCC）正在开发一个名为Geo Core（地球教育机会和以职业为导向的研究经验）的新计划。这个地质变态：额外的项目将以SCCC非常成功，由国家资助的科学与技术进入以及自由伙伴关系计划及其NSF S-STEM学者计划建立的持续的STEM合作，通过将三所区域高中（Stony Brook University）组合在一起，由Stony Brook University的地理学系和美国海洋和大气层的私人调查局提供了三所区域高中，该地区的地理学院提供了一项地理学和大气层的派遣，该部门的私有派服务部门 - 上大学并进入地球科学劳动力。地理核心项目的目标是：1）增加地球科学的入学率，特别是对于学科中不足的学生而言； 2）增强学生学习经验和成果； 3）提高转移率和工作安置，以支持区域劳动力需求。通过GEO Core计划，SCCC正在制定以下协作活动：1）实施由地球科学专业人员和学术界领导的夏季学院和一年级的社区大学生，该研究所融合了以研究为导向的实地考验，突出了地球科学与区域环境和经济问题之间的互连； 2）创建一个地理核心学生大使计划，该计划准备并支持二年级的地球科学学生，他们是同伴导师和学术导师，以促进一年级学生的成功； 3）建立一项基于职业的培训计划，其中包括危险材料培训和认证，以确保地球科学的学生在转移到四年制的大学和大学后具有即时就业和/或成功所需的技能； 4）在政府机构，工业，高等教育机构和高中建立一个专业和同行网络机会的实践社区； 5）鼓励将地理核心活动整合到高中教室中，以作为中学与社区学院之间的桥梁，以帮助发展地球科学教育管道。通过将学生成果与既定基线进行比较，并跟踪Geo Core提供的每个年度队列的学术成功，毕业，转移，研究经验和职业发展，从而衡量了项目成功。