Working Toward Equitable Organizations: Building Capacity for Leadership of Color in Outdoor and Environmental Science Education

努力实现公平的组织：户外和环境科学教育中有色人种领导能力建设

• 批准号: 2005829
• 负责人: Craig Strang
• 金额: $ 199.93万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2005829&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Working; Toward; Equitable; Organizations; Building

Implicit bias and inequities limit the quality, effectiveness, and widespread acceptance of the outdoor and environmental science education field. The field continues to struggle to find resonance with the most tenacious concerns and challenges of communities of color, especially with regards to environmental issues that disproportionately impact the health and economies of these communities. In a time of calls to action to dismantle systemic racism and bias, there is a renewed interest in solution driven approaches to address matters of equity, inclusion, and cultural relevance in education and within organizational change frameworks. This Innovations in Development project will develop and test a model to build individual and organizational capacities to create and sustain equitable, inclusive, culturally relevant workplaces and learning environments, and support professionals of color currently in positions in outdoor science programs and may be at risk of leaving the field. With capacity building support for systems change, the model will help organizations to lead with equity as they plan for the future. The need for this work could not be timelier. If successful, the knowledge gleaned from the Working Toward Equitable Organizations model could inform future efforts to transform the field through institutional changes that result in a more diverse STEM workforce at all levels of leadership and inclusive programs and practices that support STEM learning and engagement in outdoor and environmental science education programs. Over the three-year project duration, the project will be centered on two strands: (1) Support for Organizational Systems and (2) Professionals of Color Engagement. For the first strand, two cohorts of outdoor science program leaders will engage in intensive reflection, professional learning, and development. They will consider all aspects of their work through an equity lens, develop action plans, and make necessary adjustments to curricula, guiding documents, and practices. For the second strand, a cohort model will be used to create professional learning and engagement communities for professionals of color in outdoor science programs as they navigate the challenges associated with being in the minority in a predominately white-dominated field. In addition, a rigorous research study will be conducted to examine how the professional learning model contributes to changes in organizations to create more inclusive and equitable career paths for professionals of color and will describe under what conditions outdoor science programs are able to make institutional change. A culturally responsive evaluation will inform the design and development of the model and assess its effectiveness. Together, the evaluation and research will identify promising aspects of the work and directions for future scaling. The project will develop and document a scalable model for program leaders and professionals of color that builds the capacity of organizations to promote equity, inclusion, and cultural relevance. It is poised to impact twenty organizations nationwide, 60 professionals of color and ultimately, 200,000 students annually.This Innovations in Development project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

隐性偏见和不公平限制了户外和环境科学教育领域的质量，有效性和广泛接受。该领域继续努力寻找与有色人种社区最顽强的关注和挑战的共鸣，特别是关于对这些社区的健康和经济产生不成比例影响的环境问题。在呼吁采取行动消除系统性种族主义和偏见的时候，人们对解决方案驱动的方法重新产生了兴趣，以解决教育和组织变革框架中的公平，包容和文化相关性问题。该创新发展项目将开发和测试一个模型，以建立个人和组织能力，创造和维持公平，包容，文化相关的工作场所和学习环境，并支持目前在户外科学项目中任职的有色人种专业人士，并可能有离开该领域的风险。通过对系统变革的能力建设支持，该模式将有助于各组织在规划未来时公平地发挥领导作用。这项工作的需要再及时不过了。如果成功的话，从“致力于公平组织”模式中收集到的知识可以为未来的努力提供信息，通过机构变革来改造该领域，从而在各级领导层和包容性计划和实践中形成更加多样化的STEM劳动力，以支持STEM学习和参与户外和环境科学教育计划。在为期三年的项目期间，该项目将集中在两个方面：（1）支持组织系统和（2）色彩参与的专业人士。对于第一股，两组户外科学项目负责人将进行深入的反思，专业学习和发展。他们将从平等的透镜角度考虑其工作的各个方面，制定行动计划，并对课程、指导文件和做法进行必要的调整。对于第二条链，队列模型将用于为户外科学项目中的有色人种专业人士创建专业学习和参与社区，因为他们在以白人为主的领域中应对与少数群体相关的挑战。此外，将进行严格的研究，以研究专业学习模式如何有助于组织的变化，为有色人种的专业人士创造更具包容性和公平的职业道路，并将描述在什么条件下户外科学计划能够进行制度变革。对文化敏感的评价将为模式的设计和发展提供信息，并评估其有效性。评估和研究将共同确定这项工作有前途的方面以及未来扩展的方向。该项目将为项目领导人和有色人种专业人士开发和记录一个可扩展的模型，以建立组织促进公平，包容和文化相关性的能力。它将每年影响全国20个组织、60名有色人种专业人士，最终影响200，000名学生。这个创新发展项目由推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划资助，该计划旨在推进新方法和基于证据的理解，设计和开发非正式环境中的STEM学习。这包括提供多种途径，以扩大获得和参与STEM学习经验，推进创新研究和评估的STEM学习在非正式环境中，并发展的理解，更深层次的学习参与者。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准的支持。