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See Learning in a Whole New Light

See Learning in a Whole New Light. Diane D. DeTroye Acting Manager, Space Grant & EPSCOR Higher Education Division October 2003. Agenda. Office of Education Organization Chart Update on Pathfinder Initiatives Office of Education Program Review (April 2003)

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See Learning in a Whole New Light

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  1. See Learning in a Whole New Light Diane D. DeTroye Acting Manager, Space Grant & EPSCOR Higher Education Division October 2003

  2. Agenda • Office of Education Organization Chart • Update on Pathfinder Initiatives • Office of Education Program Review (April 2003) • Space Grant and EPSCoR results and implications • Dr. Loston’s visits to the field

  3. Enterprise Organization Annette Moore Executive Officer Kimberly Allen Secretary Office of Education: Code N TBN Dr. Adena Williams Loston Education Advisory Council Associate Administrator Angela Phillips Diaz Deputy Associate Administrator Frank C. Owens Liaisons Senior Policy Advisor Astronaut Public Affairs Legislative Affairs Diane Bray (Acting) Equal Opportunity Dr. Clifford Houston AAA for Human Resources Organizational Effectiveness Legal Affairs Deputy Associate Administrator & Accountability Center Education DAA for Education Programs Directors Dr. Shelley Canright Debbie Brown Biggs (Acting) Technology & Products Office Flight Projects Office James Stofan TBN TBN Dr. Carl Person Elem. & Secondary Informal Higher Minority Education Division Education Division Education Division University Programs Bonnie McClain William Anderson Dr. Ming Ying Wei Dr. Jeffrey Rosendhal Melvin DeGree Biological &Physical Aerospace Technology Earth Science Education Space Science Education Space Flight Education Research Education Education

  4. Pathfinder Initiative: Educator Astronaut (Pipeline) • Recruitment Results • Over 8881 nominations, produced over 4801 nominees • Recruitment efforts resulted in over 1685 resume submissions • Earth Crew: • Over 1,600 Teams include over 28,000 members • Over 1,121 Earth Crew mission submissions • What’s Next? • Continue with Educator Astronaut selection process • Shift program focus from recruitment to engaging the next generation of explorers via the Earth Crew

  5. Pathfinder Initiative:NASA Explorer Schools (Pipeline) • Provide opportunities to students to explore STEM and geography • Provide sustained professional development and access to NASA tools and application • Build strong family involvement components

  6. Pathfinder Initiative:NASA Explorer Schools (Pipeline) Program Elements • Customized professional development over 3 years incorporates NASA education programs • 50 teams selected, representing primarily underserved populations • Each NES team will develop an action plan targeting high need STEM areas. $10K per school for implementation. • Summer ’03 workshops at each of the 10 NASA Centers for the NES teams. • On-line presence of student investigative opportunities, mathematics problem solving and engineering design challenges. Announcement of opportunity for 50 new Explorer Schools was released 9/15/03

  7. Pathfinder InitiativesUnder Development • NASA Explorer Institutes: Pipeline • Informal Education Division Director will lead the development of this effort • NASA Science and Technology Scholarship Program: Workforce development • Awaiting final legislative language

  8. EVALUATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS April 2003

  9. OMB Budget Language • “Develop a means for measuring the impact of the Education initiative on the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) student pipeline and a benchmark for measuring success.” • “Undertake a comprehensive review and restructuring of its Education Base and Minority University Research and Education Programs.”

  10. NASA’s Approach • Strategic Realignment • Develop Goals 6 & 7 in NASA’s Strategic Plan • Goal 6: Inspire and motivate students to pursue careers in STEM • Goal 7: Engage the public in shaping and sharing the experience of exploration and discovery • Address target areas of the NASA Pipeline • Align programs to Education Enterprise Initiatives • Portfolio Management Implementation • Evaluation Reviews • Performance Metrics • Analysis and Redistribution

  11. Exemplary Program Criteria • Customer-Focused: Responsiveness to a need identified by the education community, customers or customer group (4 subcriteria) • Content: Use of NASA content, people or facilities to involve students and/or the public in NASA science, engineering, or technology (4 subcriteria) • Pipeline: Contribution to attracting diverse students to NASA careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (3 subcriteria) • Diversity: Outreach to identified targeted groups (5 subcriteria) • Evaluation: Development of goals expressed in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form (5 subcriteria) • Partnerships and Sustainability: Use of programs/ products by local, regional, or national partners (7 subcriteria)

  12. Overall Evaluation Review Conclusions • Elements of the education portfolio are performing well and align with the NASA strategic plan • Most NASA education programs strongly align with and support at least five of the six exemplary program criteria • Higher Education programs rated highly for Pipeline support (82%) and for Partnerships and Sustainability (80%) • At the Elementary and Secondary Education level, the highest rated categories were Content (86%) and Customer-focused (84%) • Informal Education programs have a very strong content base (98%) and also reflect strong partnerships (85 %) • Identified a gap in current NASA educationalpipeline (first and second year undergraduate level)

  13. Higher Education Program ScoresApril 2003 Review

  14. SG & EPSCOR Review Conclusions • Space Grant was the highest rated non-minority targeted program • Space Grant and EPSCoR did well in Customer-focused and Content; Space Grant in Partnerships/Sustainability, as well • There is room for improvement, especially in the area of diversity and pipeline for both programs • We are awaiting guidance about the development of an Improvement Plan and the evolution of the Exemplary Program Criteria

  15. FY 04-07 Annual Evaluations and Adjustments Total Budget: $142.8M; estimate $26.6 million not fully aligned with education objectives Programs fully aligned with objectives; performance integrated with budget. Redirecting NASA’s Education Portfolio FY03 FY08

  16. Education PortfolioNext Steps (FY 04-08) • Continue Evaluation Process • Gap Analysis of Pipeline Programs • Identify opportunities for collaboration • Program Evaluation and Research • Longitudinal Database • Continue Portfolio Alignment and Assessment • Phase out programs that are not within target area • Phase out low-scoring and duplicative programs • Phase out programs that are non-sustainable • Enhance, expand and replicate Exemplary Programs • Reallocate funding to target areas of pipeline

  17. See Learning in a Whole New Light

  18. Future of the NASA EPSCoR Program

  19. NASA EPSCoR Goal: • Provide seed funding that will enable states to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally competitive capabilities in aerospace research

  20. NASA EPSCoR Objectives • Develop research infrastructure in areas of strategic importance to the NASA mission and goals. • Improve the capabilities of the NASA EPSCoR states to gain support from sources outside the NASA EPSCoR program. • Contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities, higher education, and economic development of the state. • Work in close coordination with the NASA Space Grant program to improve the environment for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in the state.

  21. Near-term Priorities and Actions • Fully engage the Technical Mentors in involving EPSCoR researchers in current and anticipated opportunities • Closer alignment/collaborations with: • Minority university research and education programs • Science and Technology Enterprises • Better visibility of the specific NASA research priorities through the update of the NASA Research Compendium • Continually reflects the most current research needs • Reflects the specific topics and identifies technical contacts

  22. 3rd Year Review • From original award: • Research success of individual investigators (inc. presentations, publications, new contracts/grants resulting from EPSCoR award, patents, etc.) • Evidence of systemic change (impact on state or institutional R&D structure and emphases) • Examples of successful transfer of technology to the private sector (SBIR, STTR, etc.) • Significance and success of research projects, including contributions to NASA mission (original and revised goals and milestones metrics and outcomes)

  23. 3rd Year Review • Extent to which significant, sustained collaborations among institutions and with NASA have been developed (NASA Centers, Enterprises, and minority universities) • Additional “requests”: • 6. Personnel information – numbers, gender distribution, and ethnic distribution of faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students • 7. Renewal proposal* for additional two years if applicable** • including two-year program plan and budget * Do not request a “no-cost” extension from GSFC ** Change to new project will require an original proposal subject to a re-competition review

  24. Termination of Research *If program circumstances cause the early termination of a research activity due to changes in either State, Center, and/or Enterprise research priorities, completion of the research task, lack of progress, departure of key personnel, loss of State and/or university support, or for other reasons, the State NASA EPSCoR Program Director is required to submit written notification to the NASA EPSCoR Program main office at NASA Headquarters detailing the circumstances. The State will be given the opportunity to propose to redirect the research monies.

  25. 3rd Year Review Timing of submission – 90 days prior to expiration date of current cooperative agreement Process – reviewed by Enterprise/Center technical staff

  26. One Final Note • Finding and recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board have provided NASA with a roadmap for our Return to Flight • The impact that our Return to Flight plan will have on programs across the rest of the agency is still to be determined

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