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I would be interested in speaking at the session. Thanks- Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman On 4/24/09 8:22 AM, "PCC" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello everyone... > > Eric Baer (Highline Community College in Des Moines WA) and I will be > co-chairing what looks like a first time event at GSA, a topical session on > community college earth science programs. Our proposal to do this was not > only accepted by GSA, but is also sponsored by both NAGT and GSA GED. > Furthermore, the NSF GEO Diversity and Education program is interested helping > this session go forward by providing funds that would subsidize presenter > travel and expenses. Many community college geoscience instructors don't > attend conferences like GSA due to lack of funds. The two caveats that come > with this offer are that the presenters and advocates meet with NSF to discuss > what they can do to aid community college earth science and that we include a > list of potential speakers for the event. It is because of this second caveat > that I am writing this to all of you. I am looking to put together in the > next three weeks a list of community college instructors and university > faculty involved in community college / university collaborations who would be > interested in speaking at the session. See below for a description of the > session. If you have recommendations of community college or university > faculty that you think would be interested in speaking and have experience in > addressing the questions listed in the description, please forward me their > names or have them contact me directly. If NSF accepts the proposal from my > college (Portland Community College) then we would pay for travel and > conference expenses for the presenter and a student of their choosing. > > Feel free to contact me if you need additional information. > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Frank D. Granshaw > Earth Science Instructor > Portland Community College > Sylvania Campus > Portland, OR > 503-977-8236 > --------------------------------------------- > Session #T104: Geoscience Programs at Community Colleges: Models for Success > and Innovation > Conveners > Frank D. Granshaw Portland Community College, Portland Oregon > Eric M. Baer Highline Community College, Seattle Washington > > Description for publication: > Community College programs are diverse and multifaceted. This session will > highlight a variety of programs and how they successfully achieve their goals. > Rationale: > Community College Geoscience programs are a critical part of the geoscience > education system. Because they serve more than 10 million students currently > enrolled in these institutions, they play a critical role in educating the > general public and future graduates of colleges, training future K-12 > educators and recruiting geoscience majors from a diverse and variable pool. > This session will look at the questions that community college geoscientists > face in fulfilling this mission. Chief among these are following: > · What makes for a strong community college earth science program? > > · Given the student population of most community colleges, what is the > focus of these programs, career training, geoscience literacy, or both? > > · What strategies are useful for helping students become geoscience > literate? > > · How do community college earth science department successfully > encourage and prepare geoscience majors? > > · What role does university - community college and high school-community > college collaborations play in making a strong program? > > · How do community college geoscience programs relate the vocational > programs in their own institutions? > > · What role do community college geoscience courses have in providing > science background for future teachers? > > · How do professional networks enhance the mission of community college > geoscience program? > > · Given the large number of adjunct faculty teaching community college > earth science courses, how do science departments mentor these faculty to help > them address these questions? > > > > > > > > > > Elizabeth Shadman, Ph.D. Natural Sciences Division, E210D Pasadena City College 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91106 Chair, GSA Geoscience Education Division office: 626-585-3369 fax: 626-585-7978