Presidential Awards For Excellence In Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

9612434史密斯·史密斯目前是阿克伦大学课程和教学研究系的科学教育学教授，他的职业生涯专注于指导代表性不足的群体，特别是妇女和美洲原住民。他的成就包括：o有效地担任了全国S在堪萨斯大学的第一位男性女性副院长；o制作了ComComts，这是一种广受尊敬的课程，鼓励5-9年级的女孩追求科学事业；超过8000份国家科学教师协会出版物在世界各地使用；Comets还获得了AERA奖；制作了课程材料，也由NSTA出版，以鼓励高中和本科生在科学领域的女性；O制作供美洲原住民学生使用的课程，在同一领域进行研究，并领导为750多名教师举办讲习班；o为许多美洲原住民教师担任导师和顾问，其中包括32名科学硕士教师，其中一半是美洲原住民；这些受辅导者制定了TIPS(普韦布洛学校教学)等方案，在该方案中，圣菲印第安人学校的高中生作为跨年龄家庭教师返回他们的家乡学校，从美国原住民的角度向年幼的兄弟姐妹教授科学；o直接影响到研究生和本科少数族裔学生。他的博士生之一是切诺基人，是堪萨斯州哈斯克尔印第安人民族大学的校长；三人获得了科学和数学教学卓越总统奖；以及o获得了国家科学教师协会(NSTA)教育杰出服务奖。

9612434 Smith Smith is currently Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curricular and Instructional Studies at the University of Akron and his career has focused on mentoring underrepresented groups, especially women and Native Americans. His accomplishments include: o Serving effectively as perhaps the nation s first male Associate Dean of Women at the University of Kansas; o Producing COMETS, a widely respected curriculum to encourage girls in grades 5-9 to pursue careers in science; over 8000 copies of this National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) publication are used around the world; COMETS has also received an AERA award; has produced curriculum materials, also published by NSTA, to encourage senior high and undergraduate women in science; o Producing curriculum for use by Native American students, conducting research in the same area, and leading workshops for over 750 teachers; o Serving as mentor and advisor to many Native American teachers, including 32 MASTERS science teachers, half of whom are Native American; these mentees have developed programs like TIPS (Teaching in Pueblo Schools) where senior high students from Sante Fe Indian School returned to their home schools as cross- age tutors to teach science from a native American perspective to younger siblings; o Directly impacting graduate and undergraduate minority students. One of his doctoral students, a Cherokee, is President of Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas; and three have received Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching; and o Receiving the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Distinguished Service Award for Education.