Enhancing Diversity Track 2: Intensive Field Experience in Northern Illinois and Central Mexico for Middle and High School Teachers Serving Large Hispanic Populations

该项目的主要目标是鼓励西班牙裔参与和注册地球科学，从而最终增强该学科的多样性。为了实现这一目标，将招募为大量西班牙裔人口服务的初中和高中科学教师参加一系列为期三年的项目，每个项目都将集中在伊利诺斯州北部和墨西哥的有偿实地经验。在墨西哥的实地考察将使教师们接触到社区之外的地质和社会环境，在那里他们可以与来自墨西哥国立自治大学（UNAM）或尤卡坦半岛Agua - del科学调查中心（CEA-CICY）的不同科学家群体进行互动。在墨西哥期间，参与者将参观教室，并与墨西哥合作中学和高中的学生一起度过一天。实地经验之后将是学校访问、定期安排的讲习班、暑期课程，最后是将在大芝加哥地区举行的初中和高中教育工作者国际会议。在5年的资助期内，预计将有3组10-12名教师参与该项目。

The primary objective of this project is to encourage Hispanic participation and enrollment in the geosciences, thereby ultimately enhancing diversity within the discipline. To achieve this goal, middle and high school science teachers serving large Hispanic populations will be recruited for a series of three two-year programs, each of which will center on paid field experiences in Northern Illinois and in Mexico. The fieldwork in Mexico will expose the teachers to a geologic and social environment outside of their community where they can interact with a diverse group of scientists from either the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) or Centro para el Estudio del Agua del Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan (CEA-CICY). While in Mexico, the participants will visit classrooms and spend a day with their counterparts in both middle and high Mexican Partnership Schools. The field experience will be followed by school visitations, regularly scheduled workshops, a summer course and culminate in an international conference of middle and high school educators to be held in the greater Chicago area. Over the course of the five-year grant period, it is expected that three cohorts of 10-12 teachers will be shepherded through the program.