Northwest Alliance for Access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

华盛顿大学(UW)请求为西北科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)联盟提供资金，以增加STEM职业中残疾人的数量和质量。合作伙伴的智力价值和资格该牵头机构是UW屡获殊荣的DO-IT(残疾、机会、互联网和技术)计划，自1992年以来一直成功地实施了NSF PPD项目。华盛顿州最大的两个STEM研究机构-UW和华盛顿州立大学(WSU)的区域站点团队将与K-12和中学后学校、雇主和邻近州领先的STEM研究机构-爱达荷州大学、俄勒冈大学和华盛顿州立大学(WSU)-合作俄勒冈州立大学，以及安克雷奇和费尔班克斯的阿拉斯加大学。该项目将与入口点合作！安排STEM大专残疾学生参加带薪实习。它将与MESA(数学、工程、科学成就)合作，为残疾学生调整其针对种族/少数民族和女学生使用的实践科学活动和教师培训战略。该联盟建立在已建立的合作基础上，并将已被证明单独成功的做法结合在一起，以创建一套独特的、全面的干预措施。干预的目标和例子包括：1.西北联盟将增加攻读STEM学术项目和职业生涯的残疾学生人数。干预措施：为大学预科学生举办激励性的大学/职业过渡和STEM博览会，为大学生举办STEM学术/职业活动，以确定目标2干预措施中AccessSTEM团队的参与者。该联盟将提供持续的支持，并鼓励对STEM表现出兴趣和能力的高中和大学残疾学生，在他们过渡到大学、研究生院和就业的过程中，通过同伴和导师互动、工作经历和其他活动。干预措施：学生加入AccessSTEM团队，参与在线社区、指导、实地考察、研究、带薪实习和其他活动，以确保他们在STEM职业生涯中取得成功，并促进其他人的成功。该联盟将为大学前教育工作者和工作人员提供战略、工具和支持，为残疾学生创建更具包容性的计划，鼓励他们从事STEM学习和职业生涯。干预措施：通过建立的MESA、教育服务区、教师培训方案和专业组织网络提供培训和课程材料；为教育工作者提供与残疾学生合作的机会。该联盟将帮助STEM大专教师、支持人员、辅导员和雇主将残疾学生完全纳入他们的课程和计划，并创建无障碍设施和电子资源。干预措施：让教师有机会接受培训，并与残疾学生一起进行研究；在设施、设备、远程学习和网页可访问性方面提供帮助。每一项干预措施都与提供有效性证据的可衡量指标相关联。国家中学后教育支持中心(NCSPES)将评估项目成果和影响，对促进残疾学生成功的因素进行研究，描述复制模式，并帮助传播结果。西北联盟与MESA和其他项目合作产生的广泛影响将扩大少数族裔和残疾女性参与STEM。广泛分发复制模型、课程材料和其他项目产品，并在项目网站上创建可搜索的知识库，将增进对科学技术的了解，最大限度地发挥项目的影响。项目成果将使所有公民都有STEM机会，并增加STEM专业人员和残疾领导人的数量，从而造福社会。

AbstractThe University of Washington (UW) requests funding for the Northwest Alliance for Accessto Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to increase the quantity andquality of people with disabilities in STEM careers.Intellectual Merit and Qualifications of PartnersThe lead agency is the UW's award-winning DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworkingand Technology) program, which has conducted successful NSF PPD projects since 1992.Regional site teams at the two largest STEM research institutions in the State of Washington, theUW and Washington State University (WSU), will collaborate with K-12 and postsecondaryschools, employers, and leading STEM research institutions in neighboring states - theUniversity of Idaho, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and the University ofAlaska in Anchorage and Fairbanks. The project will partner with ENTRY POINT! to place STEMpostsecondary students with disabilities in paid internships. It will collaborate with MESA(Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) adapting for students with disabilities thehands-on science activities and teacher training strategies it uses with racial/ethnic minority andfemale students. The Alliance builds on established collaborations and brings together practicesthat have proven successful individually, to create a unique, comprehensive set of interventions.Objectives and examples of interventions include:1. The Northwest Alliance will increase the number of students with disabilities pursuingSTEM academic programs and careers. Interventions: Motivational college/career transitionand STEM fairs for precollege students and STEM academic/career activities for collegestudents that identify participants for the AccessSTEM Team in objective 2 interventions.2. The Alliance will provide on-going support and encourage high school and collegestudents with disabilities who show interest and aptitude in STEM with peer andmentor interaction, work experiences, and other activities as they transition to college,graduate school, and employment. Interventions: Students join the AccessSTEM Team toengage in an on-line community, mentoring, fields trips, research, paid internships, and otheractivities to assure their success in STEM careers and promote the success of others.3. The Alliance will provide precollege educators and staff with strategies, tools andsupport to create more inclusive programs for students with disabilities, where they areencouraged to pursue STEM studies and careers. Interventions: Training and curriculummaterials through established networks of MESA, Educational Services Districts, teachertraining programs, and professional organizations; provide educators with opportunities towork with students who have disabilities.4. The Alliance will help STEM postsecondary faculty, support staff, counselors, andemployers fully include students with disabilities in their courses and programs and createaccessible facilities and electronic resources. Interventions: Opportunities for faculty toreceive training and work with students with disabilities in research; assistance in makingfacilities, equipment, distance learning, and Web pages accessible.Each intervention is associated with measurables that provide evidence of effectiveness. TheNational Center on Postsecondary Educational Supports (NCSPES) will evaluate projectoutcomes and impacts, conduct research on factors that promote success for students withdisabilities, describe replication models, and help disseminate results.Broader Impacts Resulting from the Northwest AllianceCollaborations with MESA and other programs will broaden the participation of racial/ethnicminorities and females with disabilities in STEM. Wide distribution of a replication model, curriculummaterials, and other project products and creation of a searchable Knowledge Base on the projectWeb site will enhance scientific and technological understanding and maximize project impact.Project outcomes will benefit society by making STEM opportunities available to all citizens andincreasing the number of STEM professionals and leaders who have disabilities.