Collaborative Research: GP-UP: Geo-Launchpad: Engaging Community College Students in Geoscience-STEM Career Pathways

合作研究：GP-UP：Geo-Launchpad：让社区学院学生参与地球科学-STEM 职业道路

• 批准号: 2117397
• 负责人: Donna Charlevoix
• 金额: $ 20.23万
• 依托单位: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2117397&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; GP; UP; Geo; Collaborative; Research; GP; UP; Geo

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This project is a collaboration between Front Range Community College (FRCC) and UNAVCO, operator of the National Science Foundation-Earth Sciences GAGE Facility (Geodesy Advancing Geosciences). The Geo-Launchpad program is designed to help students from two-year colleges (2YC) discover and prepare for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), in particular, the geosciences, though mentoring programs, curriculum, and internships. The program focuses on involving 2YC students in academic opportunities and career paths in geosciences through local university and federal agency partners. The program design relies on faculty to mentor students through this process. The PIs assert that faculty are a critical element to students being aware of and applying to internship programs in the geosciences, especially at the 2YC level where formal geoscience majors are often not offered. During this 3-year project, faculty participate in professional development programs focused on mentoring students. Students are encouraged to apply to geoscience internships including one offered through this program, allowing students to gain valuable work experience as they prepare to transfer to a four-year college. Focusing on two-year college faculty and students in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, the program engages in three primary activities: (1) creating academic course opportunities for students to learn about geoscience research and careers, (2) supporting students with a geoscience internship and, (3) working with 2YC STEM faculty to increase their awareness of geosciences and improve their mentoring skills. The program entails further building partnerships with the United States Geological Survey and community colleges across the three-state area, as well as increasing support of faculty through a Whole Student Mentoring workshop. Results will be documented and made public, with best practices shared with 2YC faculty across the United States.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项是根据2021年《美国救援计划法》（公法117-2）全部或部分资助的。该项目是前范围社区学院（FRCC）与国家科学基金会 - 磨牙科学机构（Geodesy Advanciences）之间的合作。 Geo-LaunchPad计划旨在帮助两年学院（2YC）的学生发现并为科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）（特别是地球科学）的职业做准备，尽管指导计划，课程和实习。该计划的重点是让2YC学生通过当地大学和联邦机构合作伙伴参与地球科学的学术机会和职业道路。该计划设计依靠教师在此过程中指导学生。 PIS断言，教师是学生意识到并申请地球科学实习计划的关键要素，尤其是在经常不提供正式地球科学专业的2YC级别上。在这个为期三年的项目中，教师参加了专业的专业发展计划，专注于指导学生。鼓励学生申请地球科学实习，包括通过该计划提供的实习，使学生在准备转移到四年制大学时获得宝贵的工作经验。该计划专注于科罗拉多州，新墨西哥州和怀俄明州的两年大学教师和学生，从事三个主要活动：（1）为学生创造学术课程的机会，以了解学生了解地球科学研究和职业，（2）为地球科学实习提供支持，以及（3）使用2岁的STEM教师，以提高他们对地球的认识，并提高他们的认识能力。该计划需要进一步与三州地区的美国地质调查局和社区学院建立合作伙伴关系，并通过整个学生指导研讨会增加对教师的支持。结果将被记录并公开，并与美国的2YC教师共享最佳实践。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估标准来通过评估来支持的。