Broadenting STEM Leadership at Tribal Colleges and Universities

少数民族优质教育(QEM)网络正在请求支持，以使其能够实施第二个领导力发展学院(LDI)，该学院将支持和鼓励美洲原住民和阿拉斯加原住民教职员工更广泛地参与努力，加强其所在机构的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育。基于吸取的经验教训和第一个领导力发展学院的总体成功，第二个学院将扩大到包括通过第二个LDI的申请和审查程序挑选出来的夏威夷土著教职员工。这一总体目标和一系列具体目标将通过一个由三个部分组成的领导力发展学院和。拟议的由三部分组成的研究所将包括：2008年8月为期五天的研究所(第一届会议)；2009年2月为期两天的研究所(第二届会议)；以及2009年8月为期五天的研究所(第三届会议)。该计划的参与者必须目前受雇于部落学院或大学(TCU)、阿拉斯加原住民服务机构或夏威夷原住民服务机构，并且必须是联邦承认的部落/实体的登记或附属成员，或已证明长期致力于并参与TCU、阿拉斯加原住民服务机构或夏威夷原住民服务机构的STEM教育。将通过视频会议、Listserv和一个专门的网站与会议期间的参与者进行交流和互动。

The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network is requesting support to enable it to implement a second Leadership Development Institute (LDI) that will support and encourage broader participation by Native American and Alaska Native faculty and staff in efforts to enhance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at their home institutions. Based upon the lessons learned and the overall success of the first Leadership Development Institute, the second Institute will be expanded to include Native Hawaiian faculty/staff selected through the application and review process for the second LDI.This overall goal and a set of specific objectives will be achieved through a Program consisting of a three-part Leadership Development Institute and. The proposed three-part Institute will consist of a five-day Institute (Session I) in August 2008; a two-day Institute (Session II) in February 2009; and a five-day Institute (Session III) in August 2009. Participants in the Program must be currently employed at a Tribal College or University (TCU), an Alaska Native-serving institution, or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution and must be an enrolled or affiliated member of a federally recognized tribe/entity or have a demonstrated long-term commitment to and involvement in STEM education at TCUs, Alaska Native-serving Institutions, or Native Hawaiian-serving institutions. Communication and interaction with participants in between sessions will be through videoconferencing, Listserv, and a dedicated web site.