ESE: IM Extension Services in Engineering: Improving Instruction and Mentoring to Retain Undergraduate Women

史蒂文斯理工学院将与WEPAN和其他合作伙伴一起提供一个扩展服务项目，该项目将包括培训、材料、技术援助和微型赠款，以改善工程教学和教师指导技能，使用基于研究的战略，加强对所有种族和民族的本科生女性的留住。该项目将在五年内为30所工程学院提供服务。智力上的功绩。利用培训员培训模式，该项目汇集了一支国家认可的专家培训师团队，他们开发和测试了该项目中使用的基于研究的战略，包括：？在工程和STEM入门课程中使用相关和有吸引力的应用程序？通过活动提高学生的空间可视化技能？培养教师的知识和技能，指导学生。专家将培训3-5人的大学团队担任推广代理。工程师将与从业者(教授一年级和二年级工程学和STEM Gateway课程的教师)一起培训和工作，以使用新的知识和实践。总体目标是提高工程学院留住工程专业本科生的能力。将实施选定的战略和活动，以支持总体目标。预期的项目成果是：？所有30所参与的大学都将就这三种以研究为基础的战略进行培训。？所有30所参与的大学都将在其课程中整合相关应用程序。？至少95%的参与大学将空间可视化技能整合到他们的课程中。？超过50%的一年级和二年级工程课程和STEM Gateway课程的教职员工将参加导师培训。？超过50%的一年级和二年级工程课程和STEM Gateway课程的教职员工将在他们的课程中整合相关应用程序。更广泛的影响。该项目将直接影响美国30所工程学校的多达150名特工。然后，这些代理将影响其所在机构的工程学教师的行为，改善学生的教学体验。该项目的资源，包括在线手册、存档的网络研讨会和在虚拟学习社区下开发的工具，将在项目网站上广泛提供，并通过工程教育和妇女在科学网站上的链接获得。有了这些资源，感兴趣的教员可以更换他们自己的班级。有关该项目、其资源、战略和有效性的信息将通过传统方法广泛传播，但也将使用最有可能接触到感兴趣的年轻教职员工的方法，包括在Facebook上建立群组，并在科学和工程教育博客上发布。

The Stevens Institute of Technology along with WEPAN and other partners will deliver an Extension Service project that will include training, materials, technical assistance, and mini-grants to improve instruction in engineering and faculty mentoring skills, using research-based strategies to enhance retention of undergraduate women of all races and ethnicities. The project will serve 30 engineering colleges over a five year period. Intellectual Merit. Using a train-the-trainer model, the project brings together a team of nationally recognized, expert trainers who developed and tested the research-based strategies being used in this project, including: ? Using relevant and engaging applications in engineering and STEM gateway courses ? Using activities to improve student spatial visualization skills ? Building faculty knowledge and skill to mentor students. Experts will train three-five person, university-based teams to serve as Extension Agents. Agents will train and work with Practitioners?faculty who teach 1st and 2nd year engineering and STEM Gateway Courses?to use new knowledge and practices. The overarching goal is to increase the capacity of engineering colleges to retain undergraduate women in engineering. Selected strategies and activities will be implemented in support of the overall goal. Desired project outcomes are: ? All 30 participating universities will conduct training in the three research-based strategies. ? All 30 participating universities will integrate relevant applications in their courses. ? At least 95% of the participating universities will integrate spatial visualization skills into their curriculum. ? More than 50% of the faculty in 1st and 2nd year engineering courses and STEM Gateway courses will participate in mentor training. ? More than 50% of the faculty in 1st and 2nd year engineering courses and STEM Gateway courses will integrate relevant applications in their courses. Broader Impact. The project will directly impact up to 150 Agents at 30 US engineering schools. These Agents will then impact the behavior of engineering faculty at their institutions, improving students' instructional experience. The resources of the project including an on-line manual, archived webinars and tools developed under the Virtual Learning Community will be widely available on the project website and through links from engineering education and women in science websites. With these resources, interested faculty can change their own classes. Information about the project, its resources, strategies and effectiveness will be widely communicated using traditional methods but also using methods most likely to reach those interested young faculty including establishing groups on Facebook and posting on science and engineering education blogs.