Collaborative Project: Collaborations for Building Michigan Geology Talent

这项OEDG计划助学金用于在密歇根州各地建立合作，作为增加严格高中地球科学课程的数量和质量以及建立更多地球科学双重招生课程的努力的一部分。该项目的更广泛目标是提高地球科学的地位，潜在地接触到新一代学生，增加选择地球科学职业的学生数量，并扩大劳动力的多样性。该奖项将开始概述密歇根州各地的教师培训战略，以教授由Mattox和Bolhuis开发的12年级高中高级地质学(HSAG)课程。规划阶段的预期结果包括：1)一个大学联盟，同意向从训练有素的教师那里学习HSAG课程并通过由参与大学教师评分的认可测试的学生提供大学学分；2)拥有不同学生的高中的地球科学教师与大学地质系教师之间的途径；以及3)吸引不同学生群体的营销和招聘战略。

This OEDG Planning Grant award is being used to establish collaborations across the state of Michigan as part of an effort to increase the number and quality of rigorous high school geoscience courses and the establishment of more dual-enrollment courses in the geosciences. The broader goals of this project are to elevate the stature of the geosciences and potentially reach a new generation of students, increase the number of students selecting geoscience careers, and broaden diversity within the workforce. This award will begin to outline a strategy for training teachers from throughout Michigan to teach the 12th grade High School Advanced Geology (HSAG) course developed by Mattox and Bolhuis. Expected outcomes of the planning phase include: 1) a consortium of universities that agree to give college credit to students who take the HSAG course from a trained instructor and who pass an approved test that will be graded by faculty at the participating universities; 2)pathways between Earth science teachers from high schools with diverse students and faculty in university geology departments; and, 3) marketing and recruitment strategies that engage diverse student populations.