GP EXTRA: Geoscience Educational Opportunities and Career-Oriented Research Experiences (GEOCORE)

GP EXTRA：地球科学教育机会和以职业为导向的研究经验（GEOCORE）

• 批准号: 1600353
• 负责人: Sean Tvelia
• 金额: $ 29.87万
• 依托单位: Suffolk Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1600353&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; EXTRA; Geoscience; Educational; Opportunities

Despite regional and national demand for geoscience graduates at all workforce entry points, educational institutions have struggled to increase enrollment, leading to only 240 individuals earning an associate's and only 3,800 earning a bachelor's degree out of roughly 28,000 enrolled undergraduates nationwide (American Geoscience Institute, Status of Recent Geoscience Graduates 2013). Currently accounting for over 50% of the nation's undergraduate population, community colleges are a crucial pipeline to the geosciences workforce. However, several barriers impact the recruitment, retention, and graduation of community college geosciences majors, including the diverse nature of students with respect to academic preparedness, economic standing, sense of support and awareness of career opportunities - making recruitment and persistence challenging for two-year geoscience programs. To meet the employment demand, an increased number of students must enroll, persist and graduate from two-year geosciences programs. Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) proposes to address barriers to entry to geoscience careers through a new program, entitled GEO CORE (Geoscience Educational Opportunities & Career-Oriented Research Experiences), which will expand evidence-based pedagogical concepts to extracurricular activities in order to allow greater participation for majors and prospective majors of geology, marine, and atmospheric sciences. This project will build on ongoing collaborations by bringing the community college together with three regional high schools, Stony Brook University, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey and private industry partners. This project seeks to increase enrollment and student success in geosciences, particularly for students underrepresented in the discipline, by enhancing student learning experiences, and increasing transfer rates and job placements to support the regional workforce needs. Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is developing a new program entitled GEO CORE (Geoscience Educational Opportunities & Career-Oriented Research Experiences). This GEOPATH: EXTRA project will build on ongoing STEM collaborations established through SCCC's highly successful, state-funded Science & Technology Entry and Liberty Partnerships programs, and its NSF S-STEM Scholars Program, by bringing together three regional high schools, Stony Brook University's Department of Geosciences and its School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey - Water Resources Division and private industry partners to provide a pathways from high school to college and into the geoscience workforce. The goals of the GEO CORE project are to: 1) increase enrollment within the geosciences, particularly for students underrepresented in the disciplines; 2) enhance student learning experiences and outcomes; and 3) increase transfer rates and job placements to support regional workforce needs. Through the GEO CORE program, SCCC is instituting the following collaborative activities: 1) implementation of a summer institute for graduating high school and first-year community college students led by geoscience professionals and academics that incorporates research-oriented fieldwork experiences that highlight the interconnection between the geosciences and the regional environmental and economic concerns; 2) creating a GEO CORE Student Ambassador Program which prepares and supports second-year geoscience students who serve as peer mentors and academic tutors to foster success among first-year students; 3) establishing a career-based training program that includes hazardous materials training and certification to ensure that graduating geoscience students have the skills necessary for immediate employment and/or success upon transfer to four-year colleges and universities; 4) forming a community of practice for professional and peer networking opportunities among government agencies, industry, higher education institutions and high schools; and 5) encouraging the integration of GEO CORE activities into high school classrooms to serve as a bridge between secondary schools and the community college to help grow the geoscience education pipeline. Project success is being measured by comparing student outcomes to established baselines, and tracking the academic success, graduation, transfer, research experiences and career advancement of each annual cohort served by GEO CORE.

尽管区域和国家对所有劳动力进入点的地球科学毕业生的需求，教育机构一直在努力增加入学人数，导致全国约28，000名注册本科生中只有240人获得副学士学位，只有3，800人获得学士学位（美国地球科学研究所，2013年地球科学毕业生现状）。目前，社区学院占全国本科生人数的50%以上，是培养地球科学人才的重要渠道。然而，一些障碍影响了社区大学地球科学专业的招聘、保留和毕业，包括学生在学术准备、经济地位、支持感和职业机会意识方面的多样性--这使得招聘和坚持两年制地球科学专业具有挑战性。 为了满足就业需求，越来越多的学生必须从两年制地球科学专业入学，坚持和毕业。萨福克县社区学院（SCCC）建议通过一项名为GEO CORE（地球科学教育机会职业导向的研究经验）的新计划来解决进入地球科学职业的障碍，该计划将以证据为基础的教学概念扩展到课外活动，以便让地质学，海洋和大气科学的专业和未来专业的更多参与。该项目将建立在持续合作的基础上，将社区学院与三所地区高中、斯托尼布鲁克大学、国家海洋大气管理局、美国地质调查局和私营行业合作伙伴联系在一起。该项目旨在提高地球科学的入学率和学生的成功，特别是对于在学科中代表性不足的学生，通过提高学生的学习经验，提高转学率和就业安置，以支持区域劳动力的需求。萨福克郡社区学院（SCCC）正在开发一个名为GEO CORE（地球科学教育机会职业导向的研究经验）的新计划。这个GEOPATH：EXTRA项目将建立在通过SCCC非常成功的，国家资助的科学&技术进入和自由伙伴关系计划及其NSF S-STEM学者计划建立的正在进行的STEM合作的基础上，将三所地区高中，斯托尼布鲁克大学的地球科学系及其海洋和大气科学学院，国家海洋&大气管理局，美国地质调查局水资源司和私营行业合作伙伴提供从高中到大学和进入地球科学劳动力的途径。GEO CORE项目的目标是：1）增加地球科学领域的入学人数，特别是对于在学科中代表性不足的学生; 2）增强学生的学习经验和成果; 3）提高转学率和就业安置，以支持区域劳动力需求。通过GEO CORE计划，SCCC正在开展以下合作活动：1）由地球科学专业人员和学者领导的高中毕业生和社区大学一年级学生暑期研究所的实施，其中包括以研究为导向的实地考察经验，突出了地球科学与区域环境和经济问题之间的相互联系; 2）创建一个GEO CORE学生大使计划，准备和支持二年级的地球科学学生，他们作为同伴导师和学术导师，以促进一年级学生的成功; 3）建立职业生涯-一个基于培训计划，包括危险材料培训和认证，以确保毕业的地球科学学生有必要立即就业和/这些活动包括：（1）在转入四年制学院和大学后获得专业或成功的机会;（2）在政府机构、行业、高等教育机构和高中之间形成一个实践社区，为专业和同行建立联系提供机会;（3）鼓励将地球观测组织核心活动纳入高中课堂，作为中学和社区学院之间的桥梁，帮助发展地球科学教育管道。项目成功的衡量方法是将学生的成绩与既定的基线进行比较，并跟踪GEO CORE服务的每个年度队列的学术成功、毕业、转学、研究经验和职业发展。