Community-Based Programs Expanding Geoscience Education Pathways

研讨会旨在继续就国家技术协会(NTA)-HBCU地球科学合作战略行动计划进行对话。这项基于社区的NTA和基于校园的HBCU-GWG(地球科学工作组)之间的合作是一项尚未开发的资源，可利用地方、地区和国家的努力扩大对STEM的参与。地球科学在转变教育和职业途径以帮助扩大对STEM的参与方面的作用建立在之前由NSF资助的九次会议、讲习班和赠款的基础上。从以前的这些合作活动中得出的一个结论是，NTA-HBCU倡议将利用这些机构广泛的STEM培训和研究经验。研讨会的目的是扩大NTA-HBCU地球科学跨学科实践社区的工作和覆盖范围，创建一个强大的虚拟基础设施，用于制作基于STEM地球科学的课程、教师和学生参与，同时利用这些著名的HBCU和NTA机构在服务、培训、毕业和整合STEM专业人员方面尚未开发的、与文化相关的和响应的能力。由于受到COVID 19大流行的影响，NTA将举办虚拟第92届年度会议，并在网上举行。会议将以来自学生和技术专家的互动远程演示为特色，并与参与者进行现场互动。尽管气候变化和COVID 19是高度优先的主题，但培养和发展未来的STEM劳动力仍然是NTA使命和议程的核心。作为NTA会议的主要组成部分，HBCU-GWG将举办两次以社区为重点的互动讲习班演示和培训课程。克拉克·亚特兰大大学将协调两个研讨会主题，一个重点是基于社区的项目，扩展地球科学教育，将以三个社区示范项目为特色，连接校园和社区，在资源不足的黑人社区提供STEM体验教育。该计划还将包括全球有益于环境的学习和观察(GLOBAL)研讨会。Global是一个由NSF、NASA、NOAA和美国国务院支持的国际科学和教育计划，为世界各地的学生和公众提供参与数据收集和科学过程的机会。多年来，工作组一直投资于教师发展培训，以加强纳入社会影响的战略，他们将与社区组织合作，将全球影响扩大到HBCU校园周围的非裔美国人社区。研讨会的具体目标是：将大学、政府和组织领导层聚集在一起，探索STEM教育的新机会(伙伴关系、招聘、课程、教学)；探索HBCU对COVID 19大流行的反应，包括研究、影响、技术和对STEM教育未来的影响；确定并确定优先战略，以实际增加STEM管道中的多样性、持久性和绩效。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The workshop seeks to continue the conversation on the National Technical Association (NTA)-HBCU Geosciences collaborative strategic action plan. This collaboration, between the community-based NTA and the campus-based HBCU-GWG (Geoscience Working Group), is an untapped resource for broadening participation in STEM leveraging local, regional and national efforts. The role of geosciences in transforming education and career pathways to help broaden participation in STEM builds on nine prior NSF-funded conferences, workshops and grants. One conclusion derived from these previous collaborative activities is that the NTA-HBCU initiative will capitalize on the extensive STEM training and research experiences of these institutions. The purpose of the workshop is to expand the work and reach of the NTA-HBCU Geosciences interdisciplinary community of practice by creating a robust virtual infrastructure for producing STEM geoscience-based curricula, faculty and student engagement while drawing upon the untapped, culturally relevant and responsive capacities of these renowned HBCU and NTA institutions in serving, training, graduating and integrating underrepresented students in STEM professions.Due to the impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic, the NTA will conduct a Virtual 92nd Annual Conference to be held online. The conference will feature interactive remote presentations from students and technical experts with live participant interaction. Although climate change and COVID 19 are high priority topics, preparing and growing the future STEM workforce remains at the core of the NTA mission and the agenda. As a major component of the NTA conference, the HBCU-GWG will hold two community focused interactive workshop demonstration and training sessions. Clark Atlanta University will coordinate two workshop topics, one focused on Community-Based Programs Expanding Geoscience Education that will feature three community demonstration projects connecting campus and community to deliver STEM experiential education in under-resourced Black communities. The program will also include a Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) workshop. GLOBE is an international science and education program supported by NSF, NASA, NOAA and the US State Department that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process. The Working Group has invested in faculty development training to reinforce strategies for incorporating societal impacts for several years, and they will engage community organizations in extending the impact of GLOBE into the African American neighborhoods that surround HBCU campuses. Specific workshop goals are to: Bring together university, government and organizational leadership to explore new opportunities for STEM education (partnerships, recruitment, curriculum, instruction); Explore HBCU responses to the COVID 19 pandemic including research, impacts, technology and implications for the future of STEM education; Identify and prioritize strategies proven to actually increase diversity in the STEM pipeline, persistence and performance.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.