Planning Activities for a COSEE-Florida Upward Bound Partnership

该奖项被用来召开为期两天半的规划研讨会，以建立位于佛罗里达的海洋科学教育卓越中心（COSEE佛罗里达）和向上跳跃计划之间的新伙伴关系的基础。 COSEE佛罗里达旨在通过专业发展活动使佛罗里达的海洋科学家参与教育和外联活动，而“向上发展”的目标是提高参与者完成中学教育、进入中学后教育机构并从中学后教育机构毕业的比率。 该项目的最终目标是制定和实施有效的战略和计划，将海洋科学界的榜样与每年参与向上发展的1000名大学生联系起来。 通过与向上的约束计划，有机会支持来自服务不足社区的学生，因为他们从中学到中学后教育的关键过渡。 对于规划工作，一个由来自科学和教育界的6名专业人士组成的指导委员会将从海洋科学学术界、向上拓展计划、少数民族本科生和研究生群体以及专注于多样性工作的高等教育行政官员中选出20名代表参加研讨会，并帮助制定前进的道路。 该项目服务于NSF和GEO理事会的目标，即扩大STEM领域的参与，特别是地球科学。

This award is being used to convene a two-and-a-half-day planning workshop to establish the foundations of a new partnership between the Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence located in Florida (COSEE Florida) and the Upward Bound program. COSEE Florida is designed to engage Florida's ocean scientists in education and outreach through professional development activities, while Upward Bound's goals are to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from post-secondary institutions. The ultimate goal of this project is to develop and implement effective strategies and programs for connecting role models from the ocean sciences community with 1000 college-bound students involved with Upward Bound each year. By working with the Upward Bound program, there is an opportunity to support students from underserved communities as they make the critical transition from secondary to post-secondary education. For the planning effort, a steering committee of 6 professionals from the scientific and education communities will select 20 representatives from the ocean sciences academic community, Upward Bound program, minority undergraduate and graduate student populations, and higher education administration officials focused on diversity efforts, to participate in the workshop and help to develop a path forward. This project serves the NSF and GEO Directorate goals of broadening participation in STEM fields, in general, and in the geosciences, specifically.