1. Proposed EarthConnections Alliance Regional Alliance Opportunity
Cathy Manduca
Donna Charlevoix
Margie Turrin
Kevin Bonine
Kristin Grimes

2. Vision
We seek to create a world in which all students in our country can make use of pathways that weave together geoscience learning with opportunities to use that knowledge to serve their local community.

3. Vision
We seek to create a world in which all students in our country can make use of pathways that weave together geoscience learning with opportunities to use that knowledge to serve their local community. Individually these pathways strengthen and diversify the geoscience workforce and the geoscientific capacity of the communities.

4. Vision
We seek to create a world in which all students in our country can make use of pathways that weave together geoscience learning with opportunities to use that knowledge to serve their local community. Individually these pathways strengthen and diversify the geoscience workforce and the geoscientific capacity of the communities. Collectively, the participants create a force for global sustainability and resilience.

5. Growing Geoscience Capacity to Address Local Issues
Learn geoscience in the context of compelling local issues
Use geoscience to address local challenges
Explore geoscience career pathways
At multiple levels in the path from middle school to the workforce
Relevance and empowerment through immediate use
Focus of our research effort

6. Earth Connection Alliance
Regional Alliances
Program Partners
Community of Practice
Consulting Corps

7. A Collective Impact Alliance
Common Agenda
Shared Measurement Systems
Mutually Reinforcing Activities
Continuous Communication
Backbone Support Organization
*Stanford Social Innovation Review: Kania and Kramer, 2011, Collective Impact:

8. What is a Regional Alliance?
A local group creating pathways that weave together opportunities for geoscience learning with opportunities to use that knowledge to serve their local community.
Grounded in existing learning opportunities
Grounded in community and existing efforts to address local issues of importance

9. EarthConnections Pathways:
1) Are embedded in the local community
2) Use geoscience to address a local need or problem
3) Connect learning opportunities at multiple educational levels
4) Couple opportunities for classroom learning with opportunities to use knowledge in community service at each level
5) Use mentoring and signposting to support students in recognizing and navigating the pathway.

10. Leveraging Existing Academic Relationships and Programs
Local Issue:
Earthquake readiness
Community partners:
High Schools
Colleges and Universities
Professional Groups
Activities:
Planning Meetings
Field trip for geology clubs
Teaching practices workshop
Leveraging existing academic relationships and programs

11. Supporting Regional Alliance and Pathway Design and Development
Financial support for local backbone activities
Consultant team to assist with alliance development, pathway design and connection to program partners
Participation in a cohort based pathway design and development process
Financial support for collaboration with program partners
Participation in the national Earth Connections community of practice
Examples from Margie of partner/regional alliance interactions
Examples from Donna of consulting corps experience
Examples from Kevin or Cathy of community of practice activities
Discussion of pathway design and development process with Ellen

12. Regional Alliances Commit To
The projects shared vision of using regional alliances to create EarthConnections pathways
Working with consultant team and participating fully in the cohort based design and development process
Participating fully in the COP
Collecting evidence of progress and impact at the regional level and participating in EC evaluation and research
Being a good EC citizen: communicating, responding, sharing and attribution, inclusive manners, representing the collective work to others

13. To Participate in the Proposal
Express interest by March 5 :

14. To be considered for funding in year 1
Beginning
Funds for local backbone support (up to 20K for 2 years)
no less than 3 committed founding members for your regional alliance.
1 page case for
your capacity to create a viable regional alliance and pathway
description of the local issue(s) that the pathway will address and why this is an important issue for the region.

15. To be considered for funding in year 1
Intermediate or Advanced
Pathway map that shows your current status
description of how you would like to grow and strengthen your existing programming to make it a more robust pathway.
Specific request for implementation funds
Optional request for back bone support

16. Selection of First Set of Regional Alliances
Beginning: We will be looking for strength of commitment, prior history of working together, and capacity for success.
Intermediate/Advanced: We will be looking for an understanding of what is currently working on the ground and a viable strategy for strengthening these efforts through collaboration both regionally and with program partners
Collectively the initial set will need to span a range of local issues, are geographically distributed, and address the issues of diversity that underpin the INCLUDES program.
Everyone can be in the COP and is eligible to apply to be a Regional Alliance in later years.

17. Implementation Funds
Build lasting local capacity (e.g. through professional development for those engaged in pathway implementation)
Support adaptation or implementation of tested materials and models including those developed by the program partners or by other regional alliances.
Are part of a plan leading to long term sustainability of the regional alliance and pathway (e.g. transitional funding for teacher participation to enable development of long term local funding)
Test missing pieces that will link together existing pathway elements
Majority of funds will be used to build capacity through work with national partners

18. More questions Contact any of us
All information on the meeting website: including a link to the express information form

19. Extra Slides

20. A Process for Pathway Development
Regular Checkpoint Reporting
Facilitated Group Discussion
Progress Measured

21. Alliance Value Learning from each other Emergent ideas
Broader use of resources and programs
Increased prestige and recognition for all

22. Building into Existing Community Activities
Local Issue:
Water quality and quantity
Community partners
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Proctor Creek Stewardship Council
Clark Atlanta University
Morehouse College
Chattahoochee Riverkeepers
Activities
Planning Meetings
STEM in Our Park for 8th grade
Building onto existing community activities

23. Building into Existing Community Activities
Local Issue:
Water quality and quantity
Community partners
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Proctor Creek Stewardship Council
Clark Atlanta University
Morehouse College
Chattahoochee Riverkeepers
Activities
Planning Meetings
STEM in Our Park for 8th grade
Building onto existing community activities