IT and College Pathways through application of Technology to explore Urban Ecological Challenges

为市中心的高中生建立了一条通往STEM职业生涯和大学的途径，围绕着使用尖端地理空间和计算机建模来调查他们所在社区紧迫的城市生态问题。在之前的ITEST拨款中，证明学生的自我效能感和对科学的兴趣增加的工作得到了扩展，以整合职业洞察力、大学准备和参与创新技术。该项目的团队包括一名咨询心理学家、一名教育研究人员、一名科学教育工作者、一名城市生态学家、一名环境律师和一名跨文化教育工作者，该项目设计了一个创新项目，并就该项目的设计和学生职业识别进行研究。学生们在选定的星期六和学年的放学后见面。他们拿到了参加为期三周的暑期项目的津贴。学生将在该项目中工作三年，从事城市生态方面日益复杂的项目。家长和照顾者通过让他们参与类似的活动来了解STEM相关职业的性质，从而融入到该计划中。与学院项目和两个行业的合作伙伴关系确保了可持续性，并确保学生了解工作场所并获得创新技术。

A pathway to STEM careers and college for inner-city high school students is built around the use of cutting-edge geospatial and computer modeling to investigate pressing urban ecological problems in their neighborhood. The work in a previous ITEST grant that demonstrated an increase in student self-efficacy and interest in science is expanded to integrate career discernment, college preparation, and engagement with innovative technologies. With a project team that includes a counseling psychologist, an educational researcher, a science educator, an urban ecologist, an environmental lawyer and a cross-cultural educator, the project designs an innovative program and conducts research on both the design of the program and on student career discernment. The students meet on selected Saturdays and after school during the school year. They receive a stipend to attend a three week summer program. Students remain in the program for three years working on projects of increasing sophistication in urban ecology. Parents and care givers are integrated into the program by having them engage in similar activities to understand the nature of STEM related careers. Partnerships with the College Bound program and with two industries ensure sustainability and that students understand the workplace and have access to innovative technologies.