Inspiring Innovation: Two-year College Geoscience Faculty as Agents of Change

激发创新：两年制大学地球科学教师作为变革的推动者

• 批准号: 2311369
• 负责人: Rebecca Walker
• 金额: $ 6.94万
• 依托单位: Mount San Antonio College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-15 至 2024-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2311369&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Inspiring; Innovation; Two; year; College

This project aims to serve the national interest by providing opportunities for geoscience, environmental science, and other STEM faculty to consider actionable changes that they could adopt, adapt, and implement in their instructional and other professional practices. To achieve this aim, a five-day virtual conference for two-year college (2YC) geoscience faculty will be held to advance knowledge about improving 2YC student success and becoming a faculty change agent. The conference will be led by individuals who have (1) served as faculty leaders (change agents) on their campuses and in their regions; (2) written articles in “Catalyzing Change: STEM Faculty as Change Agents” (Baer, Layou, & Macdonald, 2022), a volume of New Directions for Community Colleges, about their work as change agents; and (3) written funded grant proposals. This professional development experience will prompt faculty to consider how to improve their teaching, strategies for inclusion, and student mentoring skills. These changes will enhance the recruitment, retention, and support of STEM students at 2YCs. This conference will also address barriers to 2YC faculty involvement in NSF proposal conception and creation, and provide support, feedback, and time for participants who wish to develop grant proposals. Increased 2YC faculty participation in federal grants could have a tremendous impact on the recruitment and retention of a diverse group of STEM workers as many students at 2YCs are members of groups historically underrepresented in STEM. Project leaders will convene a five-day virtual conference for 2YC geoscience faculty using articles from “Catalyzing Change,” most of which were authored by 2YC faculty who have led faculty professional development in the context of the SAGE 2YC (Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education at Two-Year Colleges) program and/or have experience with funded grant proposals. Conference sessions — led by “Catalyzing Change” chapter authors — on effective teaching and student learning; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and supporting students’ career and transfer paths will disseminate the content of the “Catalyzing Change” articles and aid participants in formulating ideas for future work as faculty agents of change and grant proposal authors. The interactive format of the conference will aid a diverse group of participants, many of whom may be new to leading faculty professional development and/or writing grant proposals in the past, in formulating ideas for moving their work forward on their campuses and developing individual or collaborative NSF proposals. The goals of the project are to grow the existing community of 2YC faculty change agents across the country, continue to advance the goals of the SAGE 2YC project, and encourage increased 2YC geoscience faculty participation in the submission of NSF and other grant proposals. These efforts will ultimately contribute to student success as faculty enhance their professional practices. The NSF IUSE: EDU Program supports research and development projects and conferences to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students.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.

该项目旨在通过为地球科学，环境科学和其他STEM教师提供机会来考虑可以采取可行的变化，适应和实施其教学和其他专业实践的可行变化，来满足国家利益。为了实现这一目标，将举行为期五年的两年学院（2YC）地球科学教师的虚拟会议，以提高有关提高2YC学生成功并成为教师变更代理商的知识。会议将由（1）在其校园和地区担任教职员工（变更代理）的个人； （2）“催化变化：作为变革代理人的STEM教师”（Baer，Layou和MacDonald，2022年）的书面文章，《社区大学的新指导》，涉及他们作为变革代理商的工作； （3）书面资助的赠款建议。这种专业发展经验将促使教师考虑如何改善他们的教学，包容策略以及学生心理化技能。这些变化将增强2ycs STEM学生的招聘，保留和支持。这次会议还将解决2YC教师参与NSF提案概念和创建的障碍，并为希望制定赠款建议的参与者提供支持，反馈和时间。增加2YC教师参加联邦补助金可能会对招募和保留一组STEM工人的招聘和保留产生巨大影响，因为2ycs的许多学生都是STEM中代表性不足的群体的成员。项目负责人将使用“催化变化”的文章召集为期五天的2天地球科学教师的虚拟会议，其中大多数是由2YC教师撰写的，他们在Sage 2YC（支持和促进两年学院的Geoscience Education of Deal College）计划和/或与资金提供的资助赠款建议的经验有关的2YC教职员工撰写了教师专业发展。会议会议 - 由“催化变革”章节作者领导 - 有效的教学和学生学习；多样性，公平性和包容性；支持学生的职业和转移道路将传播“催化变革”文章的内容，并帮助参与者为变革和授予提案作者的教职员工制定想法。会议的互动形式将有助于参与者的潜水者群体，其中许多人可能是领导教师专业发展和/或写作赠款建议的新手，以提出思想，以使他们的工作前进，并开发个人或协作的NSF建议。该项目的目标是发展全国2YC教师的现有社区，继续推进Sage 2YC项目的目标，并鼓励增加2YC地球科学教师参与NSF和其他赠款建议的提交。这些努力最终将有助于学生的成功，因为教师增强了他们的专业实践。 NSF IUSE：EDU计划支持研发项目和会议，以提高所有学生的STEM教育的有效性。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和更广泛影响的评估评估来支持的。