1. Geo-Needs
An NSF funded project to explore barriers and opportunities for enhancing geoscience instruction at two-year colleges and minority-serving institutions.
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. DUE (Petcovic), DUE (Turner & LaDue), DUE (Cartwright), and DUE (Mogk). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

2. PROJECT GOALS Geo-Needs Our goals:
Identify and clarify barriers and opportunities for better use of existing instructional resources that engage underrepresented students in the geosciences at 2YCs/MSIs
Explore with stakeholders what an “ideal” model of resources, professional development, and ongoing support for faculty and institutions might look like
Geo-Needs
Welcome - overview for the evening (goals, introductions, more about what we’ll be doing, logistics)
Set a collegial tone - we are here to learn and listen from your successes and frustrations.
We want to send you home with things that are useful.
Mostly we wont’ be talking (except tonight), we’ll be listening.
Start with our motivations and the source of this project (history) – four of the PIs met at an NSF-sponsored “Ideas Lab” that was intended to foster innovative ideas about the persistent problem of minority underrepresentation in the geosciences. We came together around the idea that substantial work has been focused over the past few decades on creating instructional materials and programs to support broader participation in the geosciences. What can we do to leverage all of this work?

3. DAY 3 BASIC AGENDA Geo-Needs
Morning Session – Applying the Ideal Model
8:30 Welcome & Logistics
9:00 Your role in the Ideal Model
10:15 Morning Break
10:30 Getting practical - taking the model home
12:00-1:00 Lunch at the Conference Center
Afternoon Session – Individual Action Plans
1:00 Reflective thinking and action plans
2:00 Wrap up & Exit survey
3:00 Departures
Geo-Needs

4. Geo-Needs
An NSF funded project to explore barriers and opportunities for enhancing geoscience instruction at two-year colleges and minority-serving institutions.
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. DUE (Petcovic), DUE (Turner & LaDue), DUE (Cartwright), and DUE (Mogk). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.