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Aerospace Education Leaders Serving Their Communities

Aerospace Education Leaders Serving Their Communities. Dr. Jeff Montgomery Susan Mallett Angie St. John. AE Leaders Serving Their Communities. Overview Learning lab goal AE mission Organizational structure AE programs On the horizon AE issues (Q & A) AE hands-on activities.

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Aerospace Education Leaders Serving Their Communities

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  1. Aerospace Education Leaders Serving Their Communities Dr. Jeff Montgomery Susan Mallett Angie St. John “Citizens Serving Communities”

  2. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • Overview • Learning lab goal • AE mission • Organizational structure • AE programs • On the horizon • AE issues (Q & A) • AE hands-on activities

  3. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • Learning lab goal: to provide information that will help you better understand our aerospace mission and accomplish the duties and responsibilities of a DAE or AEO in CAP.

  4. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • AE mission: -- to educate both Civil Air Patrol members and the general public on the important role aviation and space have played and will continue to play in America’s future. -- to encourage our nation’s youth to consider aerospace careers and to promote civil aviation to local communities.

  5. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • HQ AE organizational structure

  6. AE LeadersServing Their Communities AE Programs • AE texts – Dimensions & The Journey • Model Rocketry • Aerospace Education Excellence (AEX) • AFA Grants • Aerospace Education Members (AEMs) • Fly-A-Teacher • Satellite Tool Kit (STK)

  7. AE LeadersServing Their Communities AE Programs • AEPSM Program • Yeager test • 215 test • Awards • Events • Partners • School Enrichment Program (SEP)

  8. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • Aerospace Dimensions -- basic intro; 6 modules • Aerospace: The Journey of Flight -- comprehensive text; 640 pages -- 2nd edition – Oct-Nov • Other curriculum -- AE for the Very Young -- Famous Fliers Famous Flights

  9. AE LeadersServing Their Communities Model Rocketry • 3 stages • Written phase • Hands-on phase • Official witness log • Progressively more challenging

  10. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • Aerospace Education Excellence (AEX) • AEX I (vols I & II) – K-5 • AEX II (vols I & II) – 6-12 • AEX for Senior Members • 6 activities; AE Day; final report • Individual certificates; unit/school plaques

  11. AE LeadersServing Their Communities AFA Grants • 80 grants a year • 4 cycles ($20,000) • summer & winter – CAP units • spring & fall – AEMs • $250 • Deadlines – Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31

  12. AE LeadersServing Their Communities Aerospace Education Members (AEMs) • Special membership category • Individual or organization that promotes AE • Mostly school teachers • Critical to meeting our external mission

  13. AE LeadersServing Their Communities Fly A Teacher • Teacher orientation flight • Must be AEM • Aerospace workshop optional • Need wing POC & AE involvement • Use WMIRS • Reimburse wing flying $

  14. AE LeadersServing Their Communities Satellite Tool Kit (STK) • Leading satellite software • AE has free STK disks • Requires license to use • Obtain license through AE • Lessons on AE and AGI websites • Unlimited potential • Seminar tomorrow

  15. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • AEPSM Program • 5 parts -- Yeager test -- AE specialty training track (215) & test -- Leadership -- Continuing Education -- Outreach

  16. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • Awards • A. Scott Crossfield AE Master Education • Crown Circle for AE Leadership (NCASE) • A. Scott Crossfield Teacher of the Year • Brewer Awards • AE Mission Awards

  17. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • Events • National Conference on Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) -- Oct 2008, Wash DC • AEO School -- Jun 2008, Pensacola, FL -- regional schools

  18. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • Partners • AFA • AGI • Adams State College • Embry-Riddle University

  19. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • School Enrichment Program

  20. AE LeadersServing Their Communities On the Horizon • Aerospace Careers Thematic Unit • STK Thematic Unit • More AEX volumes • The Journey 2nd edition • AEO School – June 2008 • NCASE – Oct 2008

  21. AE LeadersServing Their Communities • Q & A • Hands-on activities

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