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

一条通往STEM职业和大学的途径是围绕使用尖端的地理空间和计算机建模来调查他们社区的紧迫城市生态问题而建立的。 在以前的ITEST补助金，证明了学生的自我效能和科学的兴趣增加的工作扩展到整合职业识别，大学准备，并与创新技术的参与。 该项目的项目团队包括一名咨询心理学家、一名教育研究员、一名科学教育家、一名城市生态学家、一名环境律师和一名跨文化教育家，该项目设计了一个创新项目，并对项目设计和学生进行了研究职业洞察力。 学生们在学年中选定的星期六和放学后见面。他们得到一笔津贴参加为期三周的暑期项目。 学生留在该计划三年的城市生态日益复杂的项目工作。 父母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，从而融入该计划。 与学院绑定程序和两个行业的伙伴关系，确保可持续发展，学生了解工作场所，并有机会获得创新技术。

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.