2. STEM Education Centers A National Conversation September 15-16, 2013 The Drury Hotel at the Arch St. Louis, MO

3. APLU Convener and organizer Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funder

4. STEM Education Center Planning Committee Co-chairs ▫Noah Finkelstein ▫Cathryn Manduca Planning Committee ▫Steven Case ▫Laird Kramer ▫Nalini Nadkarni/ Emily Gaines-Crockett ▫Robert Matheiu ▫Ann Marie VanDerZanden APLU Staff ▫Donna Gerardi Riordan ▫Kacy Redd ▫Katherine Hazelrigg SERC CMS Staff ▫Molly Kent ▫John McDaris

5. Project/Workshop Goals and Objectives Share available evidence and best practices about the impacts of centers on STEM undergraduate teaching and learning Identify synergies among centers and STEM learning centers. Develop Language / Classification: Discuss a preliminary classification scheme for STEM Education Centers Decide and Initiate Community: planning for enhanced communication among the larger group of centers nation wide

6. Process and plans Sloan funding awarded (April) Work began; planning committee identified (May) Website and survey developed (June) Survey/profiles/invitation to participate (July) Workshop invitations and planning (August) Workshop (September) Summary prepared; next steps begin (October)

7. What the Profiles reveal To date, 53 profiles completed Approx. 25 more surveys near completion Diversity of: ▫Visions and missions ▫Sources and levels of funding ▫Size ▫Years in existence ▫Locations on campus and within campus units ▫Audiences for services

8. Centers are old and new ▫1959 to 2014 Variety of campus locales ▫Provost’s Office ▫Office of Research ▫Arts & Sciences ▫Education ▫Engineering ▫Outreach & External Affairs Expectations by campus leadership ▫Internal collaboration ▫External collaboration, incl. underrepresented groups Reach across campus ▫Stand alone ▫Colleagues across campus ▫Cross-unit collaboration FTEs ▫1 – 400 ▫Faculty scholars ▫Faculty positions – mostly part time ▫Full and part-time admin and professional staff ▫Student workers – undergrads and graduate students

9. Audiences  K-12 students and teachers through outreach  Local citizens as part of public outreach  Faculty for professional development and instructional support  Teachers -- preparation and PD  Faculty and staff for grant-seeking support  PIs for assistance with broader impact projects  Research projects with faculty from different campus units  Evaluations of internal and external project s

10. Major themes for centers include… Improving the STEM learning experience for students on campus Improving the flow of students into STEM programs Improving the the preparation of students for STEM undergraduate majors Understanding teaching and learning Broadening the impact of campus research Supporting national and regional scale improvement in STEM education

11. STEM Education Center website http://serc.carleton.edu/StemEdCenters/index. htmlhttp://serc.carleton.edu/StemEdCenters/index. html Hub/portal to gather and share information Repository of other resources, e.g., papers, research, models Capacity to gather information/data and then analyze and use it – build a classification scheme?

12. Today, launch a discussion about Utility of a classification scheme What should be included? How do we capture and represent key data? Addressing challenges: ▫dynamic nature of centers’ creation and evolution ▫balance between complete and consistent ▫more sophisticated coding system

13. Classification scheme/taxonomy? What would it do? Why would it be important? What should it include? A beginning, for discussion purposes…

14. What we look like:

15. Sec. 1: Institution/Center Identification Institution Center/Program Name Center URL Center/Program Director Name Center/Program Director Email

16. Sec.2: Institutional Characteristics (from IPEDS) Carnegie Classification 2010: Basic Sector of institution Historically Black College or University Institution size Percent admitted - total Grand total STEM degrees Percent of total enrollment that are American Indian or Alaska Native Percent of total enrollment that are Black or African American Percent of total enrollment that are Hispanic/Latino Percent of total enrollment that are Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Percent of total enrollment that are Asian Percent of total enrollment that are White Total enrollment Geographic region Degree of urbanization (Urban- centric locale)

17. Sec. 3: Center Structure Department or Administrative Unit (if applicable) Year the Center/Program was established Center’s structure and size. ▫Is it an independent unit or is it a unit within another center? ▫Is internal and/or external collaboration expected? ▫Is it run by faculty or administrators? ▫What is the size of the staff in FTE? ▫ What kinds of faculty, staff, and research positions exist?

18. Sec. 4: Vision or Goals of Center Course Transformation Student support for undergraduate and graduate students (Direct student services; Recruitment, retention; Diversity, Access) Faculty/Teacher support (Recruitment/housing; Professional development) Program support Network establishment (internal/ external to campus) Program evaluation Research on teaching and learning Communication (internal / external) Policy (internal / external) (local/state/national) Coordination of STEM-related NSF and other grants Specific curricular initiatives (K-12, undergraduate, educational technology

19. Sec. 5: Audiences Addressed Undergrad (transformation) K-12 partnerships/prep Outreach Faculty development Research Other

20. Sec. 6: Center Mechanisms Approaches to Support Goals Scholarly programs: (Seminar series; Graduate / undergraduate tracks in STEM education; Professional development workshops of students, staff, faculty) Incentives: (Fellowships / awards; Funding; Promotion / tenure; Public showcasing) Resources / services : (Funding / people for programmatic work; Evaluation of course, programs etc.; Advising / PD; Staff support; Data management / showcasing; Publicity, communication) Identity, space, language around STEM education: (Newsletters; Annual events) Networking : (Among existing people and programs doing work; Among levels of system (individual, dept, campus admin); Between system and extramural stakeholders) Session B

21. Sec. 7: Center Successes and Metrics Successful outcomes: ▫Tied to Goals / Vision (Section 4) ▫Audiences (Section 5) ▫Mechanisms (Section 6) What metrics were used

22. Sec. 8: Challenges Private answers for challenges Session C ▫Group A -- Funding ▫Group B -- Aligning Missions ▫Group C -- Structure ▫Group D -- Culture ▫Group E -- Function

23. Sec. 9: Funding Private answers for funding sources To be discussed in Session C

24. Next steps for today’s discussion: Brief Questions Session A, Part II: ▫30-40 Min: Small Group Discussion: charge: review classification scheme:  What’s missing?  What’s not necessary?  What are effective mechanism for:  Collecting data  Analyzing results ▫20-30 Min: Report outs and Collective discussions