EAGER: Scenario-based COMET Training for Careers in the Weather, Water and Climate Industry

天气、水和气候几乎影响到经济的每一个部门。在未来几年，大气科学领域的工作岗位预计将以高于平均水平的速度增长，私营行业的就业前景最好。然而，传统的大气科学课程往往不能培养学生在私营部门就业所需的技能。通过强调针对行业和社会需求的培训内容，该项目将编写教育材料，以改变大气科学工作人员的指导，并促进一批大气科学毕业生，他们准备好满足社会不断变化的需求，具备处理私营部门工作类型的技能。该项目的总体目标是开发在线和课堂培训材料，使大学生接触到私营部门的天气、水和气候企业的职业，并允许他们在现实世界的行业情景中应用相关技能。该项目是大学大气研究公司、国家大气研究中心研究应用实验室、私营行业主题专家和大气科学教师共同参与的努力。该项目的预期成果是解决大气科学工作人员最关键的技能差距和需求，并促进在提供在线积极学习机会方面更多地使用和采用基于情景的教学方法。针对大气科学/气象学专业的学生开发入门级课程材料将涵盖：1)每个行业主要履行的职能(S)及其服务的重要性；2)天气、水和气候信息在这些职能中的一般使用方式；3)这些职能中最常见的职位是什么；以及4)哪些额外的技术和能力技能使员工能够成功地履行这些职能。介绍性课程材料将包括专题专家介绍私营部门多样性的视频片段。将开发一种学习资源，供高水平的本科生在现实世界的行业场景中应用相关的技术和动力技能。较高级别的材料将包括选择一个对许多行业产生广泛影响的天气事件作为案例研究，学生可以在其中扮演几个行业专业人士中的一个。情景课堂练习的材料可以包括但不限于：1)用于事件气象分析的典型天气案例数据包，2)包含服务交付任务提示的4至8个多媒体行业情景，3)每个情景的补充性行业特定数据包，4)每个情景的一套行业主题专家服务交付经验和解释，以及5)教师指南，其中包括说明以及课程整合和适应提示。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Weather, water, and climate impact nearly every sector of the economy. In the coming years, jobs in the atmospheric sciences are expected to grow at a faster rate than average and the best job prospects are expected to be in private industry. However, the traditional curriculum in atmospheric science often falls short of developing in students the skillsets necessary for private sector employment. By emphasizing training content specific to industry and societal needs, this project will produce educational materials to transform the instruction of the atmospheric science workforce and promote a cohort of atmospheric science graduates prepared to meet the evolving needs of society with the skills to address the types of work in the private sector. The overall goal of this project is to develop online and classroom training materials that expose university students to careers in the private sector of the weather, water, and climate enterprise and allow them to apply relevant skills within real-world industry scenarios. The project is a collaborative effort involving the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Research Application Lab, private industry subject matter experts, and atmospheric science faculty. The expected outcomes of this project are to address the most critical skill gaps and needs of the atmospheric science workforce and promote greater use and adoption of scenario-based pedagogical approaches in providing online, active learning opportunities. Development of introductory level course material aimed toward students entering the atmospheric sciences/meteorology major will cover: 1) what function(s) each industry primarily performs and the importance of their services, 2) how weather, water and climate information are generally used in these functions, 3) what the most common positions in these functions are responsible for performing and 4) what additional technical and power skills enable staff to succeed at these functions. The introductory course material will include video vignettes from subject matter experts representing the diversity of the private sector. A learning resource for upper-level undergraduate students to apply associated technical and power skills within a real-world industry scenario will be developed. The upper-level material will involve selection of a weather event that broadly impacted many industries to serve as a case study in which students can assume the role of one of several industry professionals. Materials for the scenarios classroom exercise may include, but are not limited to: 1) a package of typical weather case data for meteorological analysis of the event, 2) four to eight multimedia industry scenarios that contain service delivery task prompts, 3) a package of complementary industry-specific data for each scenario, 4) a set of industry subject matter expert service-delivery experiences and explanations for each scenario, and 5) an instructor’s guide with instructions and course integration and adaptation tips.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.