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

摘要华盛顿大学（UW）为西北科学、技术、工程和数学联盟（STEM）申请资助，以提高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领导机构是华盛顿大学屡获殊荣的DO-IT（残疾、机会、互联网和技术）项目，该项目自1992年以来成功地实施了NSF PPD项目。华盛顿州两个最大的STEM研究机构——华盛顿大学和华盛顿州立大学（WSU）的区域现场团队将与邻近州的K-12和高等中学、雇主和领先的STEM研究机构——爱达荷大学、俄勒冈大学、俄勒冈州立大学和位于安克雷奇和费尔班克斯的阿拉斯加大学——合作。该项目将与ENTRY POINT合作！为有残疾的stem专上学生安排带薪实习。它将与MESA（数学，工程，科学成就）合作，为残疾学生调整实践科学活动和教师培训策略，该策略用于少数民族和女学生。该联盟以已建立的合作关系为基础，汇集已被证明成功的个别做法，以创建一套独特、全面的干预措施。干预措施的目标和实例包括：西北联盟将增加从事stem学术项目和职业的残疾学生的数量。干预措施：在目标2干预措施中，为大学预科学生提供大学/职业过渡和STEM博览会，为大学生提供STEM学术/职业活动，为AccessSTEM团队确定参与者。该联盟将提供持续的支持，鼓励那些对STEM感兴趣和有天赋的高中生和大学生，在他们过渡到大学、研究生院和就业的过程中，通过同伴和导师的互动、工作经验和其他活动。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，并促进他人的成功。该联盟将为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项目，鼓励他们从事STEM学习和职业。干预措施：通过MESA、教育服务区、教师培训计划和专业组织的既定网络提供培训和课程材料；为教育工作者提供与残疾学生一起工作的机会。该联盟将帮助STEM高等教育教师、支持人员、辅导员和雇主将残疾学生充分纳入他们的课程和项目，并创建无障碍设施和电子资源。干预措施：为教师提供接受培训的机会，并与残疾学生一起进行研究；协助设施、设备、远程学习和网页无障碍。每项干预措施都与提供有效性证据的可测量指标相关联。国家高等教育支持中心（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和其他项目的合作产生的更广泛影响将扩大种族/少数民族和残疾女性对STEM的参与。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，将增强科学和技术的理解，并使项目影响最大化。项目成果将为所有公民提供STEM机会，并增加残疾STEM专业人士和领导者的数量，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.