The mission of the CSU STEM Center is to facilitate collaboration and coordination among Colorado State University’s science, engineering, mathematics departments, and the teacher preparation and development programs. To do so, the CSU STEM Center supports and collaborates with faculty, staff, and students who focus on STEM research and education and serves as an organizing point for large-scale projects on campus. The goals of the Center are three-fold: 1) to facilitate or collaborate on STEM education- based program, research, or evaluation grants on and off campus; 2) to host a clearinghouse in the form of the CSU STEM Center website for on and off campus STEM education-based projects; and 3) to serve as a liaison between CSU and off-campus organizations for PK-20 STEM education. Goal 1: Facilitate and collaborate on PK-20 STEM education-based program, research, or evaluation grants on and off campus The CSU STEM Center will assist and collaborate with faculty involved with STEM education-based research and programming designing and carrying out research or evaluation as appropriate. This includes, but is not limited to, contributing to the intellectual merit of STEM education-based research proposals, developing and carrying out research plans, developing research questions, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students participating in research through funded proposals, and connecting with faculty across campus to bolster STEM education-based research proposals. In the case of program evaluation, the CSU STEM Center will develop evaluation plans and serve as internal evaluator for CSU faculty and staff as funding allows. The CSU STEM Center will also serve as external evaluator for STEM-education related projects funded to other universities and off-campus organizations. If CSU faculty and staff need an external evaluator, the CSU STEM Center will make every effort to connect them with reputable outside evaluators. Goal 2: Host a clearinghouse in the form of the CSU STEM Center website for on and off campus STEM education-based projects The CSU STEM Center will coordinate campus-wide STEM education-related activities through a website that will house information on active projects and faculty engaged in STEM education-related projects. This includes enabling users to search using specific terms, providing information to users who may be interested in participation or collaboration, highlighting faculty engaged in STEM education-related activities for the purpose of fostering collaboration within and outside CSU, and highlighting the contributions of individual colleges to STEM education and outreach research and programming. Goal 3: Serve as a PK-20 STEM education liaison between CSU and off-campus organizations The CSU STEM Center will serve as an entry point for questions concerning STEM education-related initiatives and activities, prospective collaboration within and outside of the CSU, and possible participation in STEM-education related activities on campus. In addition, the CSU STEM Center will represent CSU at the local and state levels in activities concerning STEM education and outreach.

SoE/STEM Center Collaboration on Evaluations with Len Albright 2013/ / /2016 CMMAP EvaluationData collection, analysis, & report writing for 3 studies + collaborative grant writing + manuscript writing Data collection, analysis, & report writing for 2 studies + collaborative grant writing + manuscript writing Data collection, analysis, & report writing for 1 study + collaborative grant writing Rutgers VCTAL Evaluation Rutgers IMB EvaluationInstrument development, teacher interviews, on-sight observation, data analysis, and report writing Rutgers Sustainability Evaluation Goal 1: Facilitate and collaborate on PK-20 STEM education-based program, research, or evaluation grants on and off campus ONGOING EXAMPLE 1

Goal 1: Facilitate and collaborate on PK-20 STEM education-based program, research, or evaluation grants on and off campus ONGOING Grant writing with University Faculty 2012/ /2014 NSF CAREER (Schutt – CNR) Sample McMeeking - Evaluator Wrote evaluation plan for submission in a CAREER grant NSF DR K-12 (Teaching Strand) Sample McMeeking – Co-PI Collaborated with faculty in CHHS and CoE to develop, write, and submit a grant for teacher professional development research Reconceptualizing the professional development model, making edits suggested in reviews, and resubmitting NSF DR K-12 (Assessment Strand) Sample McMeeking – Co-PI Collaborated with faculty in CHHS and CoE to develop, write, and submit a grant for Middle School Assessment research NSF MSP Kennedy - PI Developed with partners from CDE, 3 HEI’s, and districts on the Western Slope a proposal to recruit, retain, and improve the quality of STEM 6-12 teachers in Colorado NSF AISL Co-PI Sample McMeeking – Co-PI Significantly adapted and resubmitted a previous AISL proposal in collaboration with Wings Over the Rockies and Len Albright (CHHS) NASA ROSES Sample McMeeking – Co-PI Developing, writing, and will be submitting a proposal to improve professional development of middle school teachers using NASA data HHMI Sustaining ExcellenceAttending meetings and providing research/evaluation design and implementation expertise EXAMPLE 2

Update and Maintain the Website Research Associate updates and maintains programming information, dates, and calendar 7/8/ Ongoing Functioning CSU STEM Website Public access to CSU STEM Website7/8/2013 Input Website Data Student technology worker to input data onto website5/29/2013 – 7/8/2013 Access to CSU STEM Website Communications gives STEM Center access to input data5/24/2013 Meet with Communications Discuss issues with accessing the website and adding data12/2012 & 5/2013 Collect Website Data Student worker to collect education/outreach data for each college from existing CSU website 9/2012 Get Trained on Website Data Entry Learn how to input data into the website, update links, and new pages8/2012 Meet with Communications/Website Design Meet to discuss overall “look” of the website12/2011, 3/2012, & 5/2012 Completed Task Not Completed Task Goal 2: Host a clearinghouse in the form of the CSU STEM Center website for on and off campus STEM education-based projects Task In Progress

Goal 3: Serve as a PK-20 STEM education liaison between CSU and off-campus organizations Community Liaison and Partnership 2012/ /2014 PSD STEM Leadership GroupMet to discuss how CSU STEM Center could provide assistance as several schools wrestled with what it means to be a STEM School Collaborating with Meena Balgopal (CHHS) to collect data related to student and teacher perception of “STEM” in order to inform schools currently focusing on STEM Roosevelt High School Sustainable Solutions Program Collaborated with Mary Pilgrim (CNS) to develop and organize an on-campus Algebra workshop for underperforming students and design the evaluation Meet with the principle to develop integrated STEM curriculum around sustainability, bring students to campus for project-based learning, and design the evaluation (including submitting manuscripts with Pilgrim) Preston Middle School STEM InstituteTeach elementary students about weather and collaborate with Meena Balgopal (CHHS) collect evaluation data on students and parents with the purpose of improving the program Analyze and write a report for John Howe (Vice Principal at Preston) and recommend changes for future iterations of the program Power Mountain Engineering Afterschool Gifted Program Connect faculty and students to the program, as a means of recruiting volunteers Work with the Honors Program and Noyce Program to recruit undergraduate volunteers STEM Student & Faculty ShowcaseCoordinate and host a poster session for faculty and students to showcase their STEM Education/Outreach related work

CNS & CHHS Deans Chavez Co-Director (Psychology/CNS) Chavez Co-Director (Psychology/CNS) Kennedy Co-Director (Mathematics/CNS) Kennedy Co-Director (Mathematics/CNS) Sample McMeeking Research Scientist II Sample McMeeking Research Scientist II Research Associate Graduate Research Assistants Advisory Board Current STEM Center Hierarchy Executive Board Research Team

Vice President for Research Chavez/Kennedy Co-Director (From Advisory Board/ Contracted 2 years) Chavez/Kennedy Co-Director (From Advisory Board/ Contracted 2 years) TBD Co-Director (STEM Ed Focused/ Contracted 5 years) TBD Co-Director (STEM Ed Focused/ Contracted 5 years) Sample McMeeking Associate Director Sample McMeeking Associate Director Research Associate Graduate Research Assistants Advisory Board (Rotates to Co-Director) Advisory Board (Rotates to Co-Director) Proposed STEM Center Hierarchy Executive Board Research Team