1. Geoscience Education and the Larger STEM Agenda
Cathy Manduca, SERC and NAGT
Carleton College
Earth Educators’ Rendezvous 2016

2. The Federal View: Preparing the STEM Workforce
STEM Workforce Shortage
STEM Skills important in whole workforce and lead to better employment
STEM workforce missing critical voices (particularly important in geoscience)
Another point of view: the civics case
Before the gathering storm
Caravalle
Federal STEM Ed Strategic plan

3. What is needed Research based teaching Research experiences
Removing Math as a roadblock

4. What is needed Research based teaching Research experiences
Removing Math as a roadblock

5. Strategies
DBER and communication across DBERs – including work on institutional change and professional development
Institutional Scale Reform
Networks and systems approaches
Data driven
Points of failure: Intro, Math
Role of 2YC in remedial math
Kezar report
Henderson paper

6. Strategies DBER and communication across DBERs
Institutional Scale Reform
Networks
Data driven
Points of failure: Intro, Math
Role of 2YC in remedial math
Includes
Vision and change

7. Strategies DBER and communication across DBERs
Institutional Scale Reform
Networks
Data driven
Points of failure: Intro, Math
Role of 2YC in remedial math
Includes
Vision and change

8. Strategies DBER and communication across DBERs
Institutional Scale Reform
Networks
Data driven
Points of failure: Intro, Math

9. Inclusive Excellence: Equity in Higher Education
Strategies
Research based teaching
Support for whole student
Integrate with society
Recognize 2YCs, MSIs as critical parts of system
Address pathways
Change the Climate
Reduce Bias
Build Cultural Competency

10. Learning Pathways in an Integrated Educational System—for all
Transition points and complicated pathways
In and out of school
Public Education
Graduate Education
NGSS and the Teacher Prep Feedback Loop
Equity in K-12