Collaborative Project: Collaborations for Building Michigan Geology Talent

OEDG计划拨款将用于在密歇根州建立合作关系，以提高高中地球科学课程的数量和质量，并在地球科学领域建立更多的双招生课程。该项目的更广泛目标是提高地球科学的地位，并有可能吸引新一代学生，增加选择地球科学职业的学生人数，并扩大劳动力的多样性。该奖项将开始概述密歇根州各地教师的培训策略，以教授由Mattox和Bolhuis开发的12年级高中高级地质学（HSAG）课程。计划阶段的预期结果包括：1)一个大学联盟，该联盟同意对参加HSAG课程的学生给予大学学分，这些学生由经过培训的教师指导，并通过由参与大学的教师评分的认可测试；2)高中地球科学教师与大学地质系不同学生和教师之间的途径；3)吸引不同学生群体的营销和招聘策略。

This OEDG Planning Grant award is being used to establish collaborations across the state of Michigan as part of an effort to increase the number and quality of rigorous high school geoscience courses and the establishment of more dual-enrollment courses in the geosciences. The broader goals of this project are to elevate the stature of the geosciences and potentially reach a new generation of students, increase the number of students selecting geoscience careers, and broaden diversity within the workforce. This award will begin to outline a strategy for training teachers from throughout Michigan to teach the 12th grade High School Advanced Geology (HSAG) course developed by Mattox and Bolhuis. Expected outcomes of the planning phase include: 1) a consortium of universities that agree to give college credit to students who take the HSAG course from a trained instructor and who pass an approved test that will be graded by faculty at the participating universities; 2)pathways between Earth science teachers from high schools with diverse students and faculty in university geology departments; and, 3) marketing and recruitment strategies that engage diverse student populations.