GLOBE Partner and Diversity Training Workshops

全球学习和观察有益于环境（GLOBE）项目是一个国际合作科学项目，旨在让学生参与科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学习，重点关注环境过程和学生研究。GLOBE现已进入第20个年头，通过在全球超过115个国家开展业务，继续吸引充满活力的科学家、教育工作者和学生群体。GLOBE的基本方法是为学生提供基于探究的、真实的科学研究经验，这些经验通常与当地相关，建立在广泛的STEM教育研究基础上，该基础是关于吸引学生学习STEM概念和追求STEM职业的有效方法。参与GLOBE的全球社区的文化多样性，以及与多元化社区互动的能力，使GLOBE成为一个令人信服的平台，证明所有学生都有参与STEM活动并取得成功的潜力。建立利用GLOBE资源的能力，以提高学生在STEM中的参与度和多样性，是该奖项的主要重点。该奖项为UCAR的全球方案执行办公室提供支持，为大约40个现有和新的全球方案合作伙伴举办两次综合培训讲习班。对当地教育工作者的GLOBE协议培训传统上是由GLOBE合作伙伴承担的，但没有足够的资源来培养许多新的合作伙伴，特别是在STEM教育服务不足的地区，或者提高现有合作伙伴使用该计划可用的新工具的能力。自上次举办大规模、全面的美国合作伙伴研讨会以来的五年中，已有40名新的合作伙伴加入了该项目，他们只接受了简短的一对一培训。为了解决GLOBE项目中与扩大传统上代表性不足的学生参与STEM相关的新优先事项，正在设计这些培训讲习班，以模拟和传播在少数民族人口特别多的社区实施GLOBE的最佳实践。研讨会期间使用了SCALE浸入式专业学习模式（SIMPL）专业发展战略，既提供了有关GLOBE项目资源的内容，又提供了合作伙伴如何在其当地社区改善GLOBE教育工作者的教学培训的示例。讲习班将于2016年4月和5月举行，其中一个讲习班将在新墨西哥州为来自全球3个西部区域的合作伙伴举行，另一个讲习班将在北卡罗来纳州为来自全球3个东部区域的合作伙伴举行。在培训讲习班结束后的12至16个月内，预期与会者将召开当地讲习班，讨论如何通过全球方案扩大其社区的参与，从而扩大讲习班的影响。

The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is a cooperative international science program that engages students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning, with a focus on environmental processes and student research. Now in its 20th year, GLOBE continues to engage a vibrant community of scientists, educators, and students through operations in more than 115 countries worldwide. GLOBE's fundamental approach of providing students with inquiry-based, authentic scientific research experiences that are often locally-relevant builds on an extensive STEM education research base regarding effective approaches for engaging students in learning STEM concepts and pursuing careers in STEM. The cultural diversity of the global community engaged in GLOBE, and the ability to interact with that diverse community, positions GLOBE as a compelling platform for demonstrating that ALL students have the potential for participating in and succeeding in STEM activities. Building capacity to leverage GLOBE resources, with the goal of increasing student engagement and diversity in STEM, is a major focus of this award.This award provides support to the GLOBE Implementation Office at UCAR to conduct two comprehensive training workshops for ~40 existing and new GLOBE Partners. Training of local educators on GLOBE protocols has traditionally been undertaken by the GLOBE Partners, but the resources have not been available to bring on many new Partners - especially in areas that are underserved in STEM education - or enhance the abilities of existing Partners in the use of new tools that have become available to the program. In the five years since the last large-scale, comprehensive U.S. Partner workshop was offered, 40 new partners have joined the program and they have only received abbreviated one-on-one training. To address new priorities within the GLOBE program related to broadening participation of traditionally underrepresented students in STEM, these training workshops are being designed to model and disseminate best practices for implementing GLOBE within especially high minority population communities. The SCALE Immersion Model for Professional Learning (SIMPL) professional development strategy is being used during the workshops to both deliver content regarding GLOBE program resources and provide an example of how Partners might improve the pedagogical training of GLOBE educators in their local communities. The workshops are being held in April and May 2016, with one workshop being held in New Mexico for Partners from the 3 western GLOBE regions and the other being held in North Carolina for Partners from the 3 eastern GLOBE regions. Within 12-16 months following the training workshops, the participants are expected to convene local workshops on broadening participation through GLOBE in their communities, thereby amplifying the impact of the workshops.