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CfAO Education & Human Resources UCSC Oversight Committee Meeting September 14, 2005. Lisa Hunter Associate Director Education & Human Resources (EHR) Center for Adaptive Optics. Overview. Overall CfAO EHR program Impact of Internships Professional Development Workshop - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CfAO Education & Human Resources
UCSC Oversight Committee MeetingSeptember 14, 2005
Lisa Hunter
Associate Director
Education & Human Resources (EHR)
Center for Adaptive Optics
2/19
Overview
• Overall CfAO EHR program
• Impact of Internships
• Professional Development Workshop
• Planning for the future
3/19
CfAO Education & Human Resources
Stars, Sight and Science (high school)
Internships (college)
Hawaii Partnerships (college)
Professional Development Workshop & Teaching Labs
(grad & postdoc)
Education 286 (grad student)
Short Courses (college)
4/19
• Inquiry teaching skills
• Stronger overall teaching skills
CfAO Teaching Workshop
Graduate students
Postdocs
Educ Partners
ENHANCED TEACHING
CfAO Education: An integrated set of programs
High school students
College students
COSMOS, Internships, Short Courses
• Advancement of well-prepared students
• New courses; new curricula
• Partnerships
BROADER PARTICIPATION
“Teaching Labs”
• Practical Experience• Pilot curricula
Integrate new curricula into
college courses
5/19
Mainland Internship Program
Technical Presentation:
CfAO Summer School
Research:
University, National Lab
Preparation: Short Course
at UCSC
Guidance, mentoring, support: formal and informal
Partners & Participants:LLNL, Rochester, Houston, UCB, UCLA, UCSC, Indiana, JPL, Hartnell CC, Hispanic Assoc. of Colleges & Universities
10-15 students/summer
Targeted students
Advance in
science and tech
1 week 7 weeks
6/19
Mainland Internship Program: Student Advancement
• At least 86% (37 of 43) of interns in the program are on track, remaining enrolled in a STEM program of study or entering the STEM workforce (4 students’ status unconfirmed)
• 10 interns have now entered STEM graduate programs, and 6 of these are from underrepresented minority groups– 3 are in UCSC School of Engineering (1 working at the LAO)
7/19
• Inquiry teaching skills
• Stronger overall teaching skills
CfAO Teaching Workshop
Graduate students
Postdocs
Educ Partners
ENHANCED TEACHING
CfAO Education: An integrated set of programs
High school students
College students
COSMOS, Internships, Short Courses
• Advancement of well-prepared students
• New courses; new curricula
• Partnerships
BROADER PARTICIPATION
“Teaching Labs”
• Practical Experience• Pilot curricula
Integrate new curricula into
college courses
8/19
Professional Development Workshop
• Training workshop for teaching scientific inquiry skills, and teaching in general
• Held for 5 days each spring on Maui
• ~40 participants each year: grads, postdocs, ed partners
• Major focus on instructional design
• Includes Maui partnership building activities
• PDW is an ongoing cycle that builds “community of practice”
Collaborators:
CfAO
Exploratorium
UCSC Ed
CILS
9/19
The PDW cycle
CfAO EHR
Partners
CfAO Grads & Postdocs
Affiliated Grads
CfAO
Partner Institutions
& Orgs.
Workshop Design Team
Reflection Practice
Community of
Practice
10/19
PDW Roles for Returning Participants
• Inquiry facilitators: take an instructional role replacing a staff member
• Inquiry shadowers: watch an experienced facilitator
• Discussion Leaders: lead a small group discussion
• Design team leaders: Lead a group who will design a new activity
• Working Groups: Develop new activities (e.g. connecting theory and practice)
11/19
PDW Design Task
Design an activity that teaches content through scientific inquiry processes
Activity can focus on one or more sample “processes”
• Posing research questions
• Formulating hypotheses
• Designing investigations
• Making observations, gathering and analyzing data
• Building or revising scientific models or theories
• Evaluating, testing, or verifying models
• Explaining results
12/19
Conclusions from “America’s Lab Report”
Laboratory experiences should:
• Designed with clear outcomes in mind
• Thoughtfully sequenced into the flow of classroom science instruction
• Designed to integrate the learning of science content with learning about the processes of science
• Incorporate ongoing student reflection and discussion
National Research Council (2005). America’s Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
13/19
Impact of PDW: People
• 20 (of 40 total) UCSC graduate students attended 2005 PDW
• 34 of 40 (85%) of 2005 participants will have taught an “inquiry-based” activity (integrating science content and processes)
• 2 UCSC graduate students were awarded NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships, incorporating the PDW to develop short courses
14/19
Impacts of PDW: Courses & Instructional Units
• PDW participants have developed 4 short courses with significant inquiry lab components:– Two courses are offered for
credit at CC’s– One course led to the Hartnell
President’s Partnership Award
• At least 18 new instructional “lab” units have been designed
15/19
Impacts of PDW: Courses & Instructional Units (in progress)
• A new Astronomy Lab course has been developed using PDW and CfAO short course models (in curriculum review at Maui CC)
• The UCSC Science Teaching Methods course (for students in credential program) is being revised by a PDW participant and Education faculty member
• Astronomy 5 (non-majors course) will be re-designed by PDW participant
16/19
Planning for the future
• We now have a model for training science educators AND developing new curricula
• Growth pressure for increased participation:– PDW is selective– Campus community interested in incorporating more
students (e.g. new IGERT proposal, EPC, etc.)– Interest in Hawaii is growing; new spin-off projects
might include a Hawaii-based “PDW”
• How do we align ourselves with campus and participant needs?
17/19
• Inquiry teaching skills
• Stronger overall teaching skills
CfAO Teaching Workshop
Graduate students
Postdocs
Educ Partners
ENHANCED TEACHING
Identified Need: Recognition of skills & experience gained at PDW
High school students
College students
Summer research programs: courses & internships
• Advancement of well-prepared students
• New courses; new curricula
• Partnerships
BROADER PARTICIPATION
“Teaching Labs”
• Practical Experience• Pilot curricula
Integrate new curricula into
college courses
Recognition
of skills & experience:
“Certificate”
Pull best aspects from
CILS and CfAO
18/19
• Inquiry teaching skills
• Stronger overall teaching skills
CfAO Teaching Workshop
Graduate students
Postdocs
Educ Partners
ENHANCED TEACHING
High school students
College students
Summer research programs: courses & internships
• Advancement of well-prepared students
• New courses; new curricula
• Partnerships
BROADER PARTICIPATION
“Teaching Labs”
• Practical Experience• Pilot curricula
Integrate new curricula into
college courses
Possible Future Directions for CfAO Education:
Expanding focus to include Pre-Service Teachers
19/19
CfAO Teaching Workshop
Graduate students
Postdocs
Educ Partners
Teaching “certificate”
and/or
Other recognition of skills gained
Possible Future Directions for CfAO Education:
Expanding focus to include Pre-Service Teachers
UCSC STEM majors interested in teaching
Recruitment Activities
New Instructional Units & Courses
Instructional Design Workshops
Pre-Service Science Teachers:
Recruitment, Retention, Training
20/19
Summary
• Internships are advancing students from underrepresented minority groups into graduate programs
• Successful model for training science educators and developing new curricula
• Efforts in Hawaii well-established on Maui and Big Island
• Strong potential for PDW to align with UCSC campus needs