GLOBE Partner and Diversity Training Workshops

全球学习和观察有益于环境（地球仪）计划是一个合作的国际科学计划，让学生参与科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学习，重点是环境过程和学生研究。现在，在其第20个年头，地球仪继续通过在全球超过115个国家的业务，从事科学家，教育工作者和学生的充满活力的社区。 地球仪的基本方法是为学生提供基于调查的，真实的科学研究经验，这些经验通常与当地相关，建立在广泛的STEM教育研究基础上，这些研究基础涉及让学生学习STEM概念和追求STEM职业的有效方法。 参与地球仪的全球社区的文化多样性，以及与多样化社区互动的能力，将地球仪定位为一个引人注目的平台，以证明所有学生都有参与并成功参与STEM活动的潜力。 该奖项的主要重点是建设利用地球仪资源的能力，以提高学生在STEM领域的参与度和多样性。该奖项为UCAR的地球仪实施办公室提供支持，为约40个现有和新的地球仪合作伙伴举办两次全面的培训研讨会。传统上，地球仪合作伙伴一直在对当地教育工作者进行地球仪协议的培训，但没有足够的资源来吸引许多新的合作伙伴-特别是在STEM教育服务不足的地区-或提高现有合作伙伴使用该计划可用的新工具的能力。 自上一次提供大规模、全面的美国合作伙伴研讨会以来的五年里，有40名新合作伙伴加入了该计划，他们只接受了简短的一对一培训。 为了解决地球仪计划中与扩大传统上代表性不足的学生在STEM中的参与有关的新优先事项，这些培训研讨会旨在模拟和传播在少数民族人口特别多的社区实施地球仪的最佳实践。 在研讨会期间，将使用专业学习沉浸模式（SIMPL）专业发展战略，以提供有关地球仪计划资源的内容，并提供合作伙伴如何改进当地社区地球仪教育工作者的教学培训的例子。 这些研讨会将于2016年4月和5月举行，其中一个研讨会将在新墨西哥州为来自地球仪西部3个地区的合作伙伴举办，另一个研讨会将在北卡罗来纳州为来自地球仪东部3个地区的合作伙伴举办。 在培训讲习班之后的12至16个月内，预期参加者将在其社区举办关于通过地球仪扩大参与的地方讲习班，从而扩大讲习班的影响。

The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is a cooperative international science program that engages students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning, with a focus on environmental processes and student research. Now in its 20th year, GLOBE continues to engage a vibrant community of scientists, educators, and students through operations in more than 115 countries worldwide. GLOBE's fundamental approach of providing students with inquiry-based, authentic scientific research experiences that are often locally-relevant builds on an extensive STEM education research base regarding effective approaches for engaging students in learning STEM concepts and pursuing careers in STEM. The cultural diversity of the global community engaged in GLOBE, and the ability to interact with that diverse community, positions GLOBE as a compelling platform for demonstrating that ALL students have the potential for participating in and succeeding in STEM activities. Building capacity to leverage GLOBE resources, with the goal of increasing student engagement and diversity in STEM, is a major focus of this award.This award provides support to the GLOBE Implementation Office at UCAR to conduct two comprehensive training workshops for ~40 existing and new GLOBE Partners. Training of local educators on GLOBE protocols has traditionally been undertaken by the GLOBE Partners, but the resources have not been available to bring on many new Partners - especially in areas that are underserved in STEM education - or enhance the abilities of existing Partners in the use of new tools that have become available to the program. In the five years since the last large-scale, comprehensive U.S. Partner workshop was offered, 40 new partners have joined the program and they have only received abbreviated one-on-one training. To address new priorities within the GLOBE program related to broadening participation of traditionally underrepresented students in STEM, these training workshops are being designed to model and disseminate best practices for implementing GLOBE within especially high minority population communities. The SCALE Immersion Model for Professional Learning (SIMPL) professional development strategy is being used during the workshops to both deliver content regarding GLOBE program resources and provide an example of how Partners might improve the pedagogical training of GLOBE educators in their local communities. The workshops are being held in April and May 2016, with one workshop being held in New Mexico for Partners from the 3 western GLOBE regions and the other being held in North Carolina for Partners from the 3 eastern GLOBE regions. Within 12-16 months following the training workshops, the participants are expected to convene local workshops on broadening participation through GLOBE in their communities, thereby amplifying the impact of the workshops.