Collaborative Research: Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education at Two-year Colleges through Workshops and Web Resources

这个合作项目让社区学院和其他两年制学院（2YC）的地球科学教师参与到一个有针对性的专业发展项目中，分享成功的策略，以教授具有一系列能力、经验和目标的学生，并为2YC的学生准备地球科学劳动力。该项目包括：(1)两个专题研讨会，一个是关于所有学生的有效教学策略，另一个是关于通过2年级的地球科学教育发展劳动力；(2) 2YC地球科学资源联合网站；(3)四种类型的传播讲习班（国家、区域、地方和虚拟）；(4)针对2YC地球科学教师的领导力发展计划。该项目为全职和兼职2YC地球科学教师开发了有效的专业发展模式，建立了2YC和4YC教师和管理人员之间的网络，专注于2YC教育，并在2YC地球科学社区中建立领导地位。此外，该项目综合资源，以应对2YC地球科学教育中的挑战。专题和传播研讨会使2YC的教师能够讨论问题、挑战和机遇，分享有效的策略和实例，结识新同事，制定行动计划以改进课程和教学，并发展可持续的专业社区。强大的本科地球科学教育依赖于2YCs的有效项目。2YCs在培养具有地球科学素养的公民，培养有能力和创造性的地球科学劳动力，向K-12职前教师教授科学，以及为广泛参与地球科学提供基础方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。2YC的教职员工面临着巨大的挑战——有限的旅行资源、与世隔绝的环境，以及针对他们所在环境的地球科学专业发展机会很少。通过让2YC地球科学学院的教师参与专业发展，该项目传播STEM教育的进步，以改善教学，支持学生进行地球科学技术培训，并帮助地球科学专业的学生和职前教师为大学转学做好准备。在线资源使研讨会参与者之外的传播成为可能，是2YC学院和更广泛的地球科学社区的重要资源。在多样化的2YC学生中，该项目通过增加他们对2YC项目的参与，帮助扩大代表性不足的少数民族在地球科学领域的参与，并为他们进入四年制大学或成为地质技术劳动力做好准备。

This collaborative project engages community college and other two-year college (2YC) geoscience faculty members in a targeted professional development program that shares successful strategies for teaching students with a range of abilities, experiences, and goals, and for preparing 2YC students for the geoscience workforce. Included in this project are: (1) two topical workshops, one on effective strategies for teaching all students and the other on workforce development through geoscience education at 2YCs; (2) an associated website of 2YC geoscience resources; (3) four types of dissemination workshops (national, regional, local, and virtual); and (4) a leadership development program for 2YC geoscience faculty members. The project develops effective models of professional development for full-time and adjunct 2YC geoscience faculty members, establishes networks of 2YC and 4YC faculty members and administrators focused on 2YC education, and builds leadership within the 2YC geoscience community. Furthermore, the project synthesizes resources to address challenges in 2YC geoscience education. The topical and dissemination workshops enable 2YC faculty members to discuss issues, challenges, and opportunities, to share effective strategies and examples, to meet new colleagues, to prepare action plans to improve curriculum and instruction, and to develop sustainable professional communities. Strong undergraduate geoscience education is dependent on effective programs at 2YCs. 2YCs play an increasingly important role in producing earth-science literate citizens, developing a competent and creative geoscience workforce, teaching science to pre-service K-12 teachers, and providing a foundation for broadening participation in the geosciences. 2YC faculty members face substantial challenges - limited resources for travel, isolation, and few opportunities for geoscience professional development specific for their setting. By engaging 2YC geoscience faculty members in professional development, this project disseminates advances in STEM education to improve teaching, supports students in geoscience technical training, and helps prepare geoscience majors and pre-service teachers for college transfer. Online resources enable dissemination beyond workshop participants and are an important resource for both 2YC faculties and the broader geoscience community. Within the great diversity of the 2YC students, this project helps broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities in the geosciences by increasing their involvement in 2YC programs and by preparing them for enrollment in four-year institutions or for the geo-technical workforce.