# Presentation: 379430

## AEROSPACE EDUCATION  IN  

**AEROSPACE EDUCATION  IN  **
**  ****CIVIL AIR PATROL**

## Aerospace Education

** ****Overview**
**Brief history of AEO School**
**Course Goal/Objectives**
**Organizational Structure**
**New Developments**
**AE Mission**
**Member AE (Internal)**
**Outreach AE (External)**

## Aerospace Education

**Course Goal:**
**     ****After completing this course, each student will understand and be able to accomplish the duties and responsibilities of a DAE or AEO in CAP.**

## Aerospace Education

** ****Course Objectives:**
**To educate our CAP AE leaders in their job requirements and the resources available to them.**
**To share experiences and ideals to make AE better.**
**To increase communication between wings, regions, and HQ.    **

## Aerospace Education

**Organizational Structure**
**    **
**HQ Reorganization**
**    ****- New directorate – Missions**
**    ****- includes all three CAP missions:**
**      ****AE, CP, & Ops**
**    **
**    **

## Organization forAE, CP, PD

## Aerospace Education

**New Developments **
**CAPR 280-2**
**AEX for Senior Members**
**AEX I, Vol II**
**AE for the Very Young**
**Satellite Tool Kit**
**Journey of Flight – 2****nd**** Edition**
**Level 1, SLS, CLC, Leadership**

## Aerospace Education

**Defined**

**AEROSPACE EDUCATION . . . . . . . .**
**. . . . . . . . that branch of general education concerned with communicating knowledge, skills, and attitudes about aerospace activities and the total impact of air and space vehicles upon society.**
**AEROSPACE EDUCATION** **supports science, math, and technology education while providing teachers with the tools to teach the required curriculum in an extraordinary way.**

## Aerospace Education

**Aerospace Education**
**Mission**

**CIVIL AIR PATROL’S **
**        ****AEROSPACE EDUCATION MISSION:**
**To educate both Civil Air Patrol members and           the general public on the important role aviation             and space has played and will continue to play in America’s future.**
**2.  To encourage our nation’s youth to consider aerospace careers and to promote civil aviation in local communities.**

## Aerospace Education

**Member AE (Internal)    **
**Overview**
**Practical Exercises**
**    ****- References**
**    ****- Squadron**
**    ****- Group**
**    ****- Wing**
**    ****- Region**

##  Aerospace DimensionsCadet Program

**  ****Six Learning Modules**
**       ****- Introduction To Aerospace**
**       ****- Aircraft Systems, Airports, and Airways**
**       ****- Air Environment**
**       ****- Rockets**
**       ****- Space Environment**
**       ****- Spacecraft**
-   Interactive, hands-on, group-based
-   Provide basic foundational knowledge

## Aerospace:The Journey of FlightCadet Program

**   ****Comprehensive aerospace textbook**
-        **History of Airpower**
**       ****Principles of Flight and Navigation**
**       ****The Aerospace Community**
**       ****Air Environment**
**       ****Rockets**
**       ****Space**
**   ****Teacher’s Guide****  **
**       ****National Standards**
**        ****Lesson plans and objectives**
**        ****Sample tests**

## Aerospace Education

**Cadet Program**
**    ****AEX**
**AEX I - K-5 & AEX II - 6-12 **
**6 activities – 1 year**
**AE day**
**Individual certificates**
**Unit plaque**
**MORE COMING**

## Aerospace Education

**Cadet Program**
**Model Rocketry Program**
**   ****- 3 stages**
**   ****- written phase**
**   ****- hands-on phase**
**   ****- official witness log**

## Aerospace Education

**Cadet Program**
**   ****Grants**
**AFA unit grants**
**Summer & winter cycles - $5,000 each cycle**
**$250 per unit**
**Application deadlines**
**    ****- Summer – June 30****th**** **
**    ****- Winter – December 31****st**** **

## Aerospace Education

**Senior Program**
**AEPSM – 5 parts**
**Yeager**
**215**
**Regs**
**Awards**

## AEROSPACE EDUCATIONPROGRAM FOR SENIOR MEMBERS

**AEPSM  (Yeager Test)**
-   **- based on study of *****AEROSPACE:  The Journey of  Flight***
**  ****- test may be closed-book or open book**
**  ****- required for all Aerospace Education Officers**
**  ****- Yeager Test can be taken on-line**

## Aerospace Education

**YEAGER AWARD**** . . . . . . . .**
**- earned for successful completion of Yeager test**
**- award consists of a ribbon and a certificate**

## Aerospace Education

**   ****AEROSPACE EDUCATION SPECIALTY TRAINING TRACK --- 215 T / 215 S / 215 M**
**-  Experience requirements**
**-  Knowledge requirements**
**-  Test at each level  (on-line) **
**-  Must hold a leadership position**
**-  Can work through the rating levels in one year**
**-  If your primary assignment is as Aerospace Education Officer and you do not hold a master level rating, regulations require you to be training in this specialty track**

## Aerospace Education

**A. SCOTT CROSSFIELD AEROSPACE**
**EDUCATION MASTER EDUCATION AWARD**
**-   honors aviation pioneer A. Scott Crossfield**
**-   award is a ribbon and a certificate**
**-   certificate issued by National Headquarters**

## Aerospace Education

**NATIONAL CONFERENCE CROWN CIRCLE FOR AEROSPACE EDUCATION LEADERSHIP (NCASE)**
**-  Established in 1979, the Crown Circle is the highest award of the National Conference.**
**-   Induction into Crown Circle [always as part of the National Conference program] is one of the most prestigious honors bestowed worldwide in the field of aerospace education.**
**-   Nomination packages are sent to National Headquarters and must be postmarked by 1 January. **

##  Aerospace Education 

**A. SCOTT CROSSFIELD AEROSPACE EDUCATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR . . . . . . . .**
- -  Established in 1986 by aviation pioneer A. Scott Crossfield, this award recognizes and honors classroom teachers for their outstanding accomplishments in aerospace education and for their dedication to the students they teach.
- -  Presented as part of the NCASE program.
- -  Nomination packages must reach National                          Headquarters no later than 1 February.

## Aerospace EducationBrewer Awards

**CATEGORY I / CATEGORY II --- CADETS / SENIORS **
- -  MUST be written for accomplishments in the previous calendar year ONLY
**CATEGORY III --- INDIVIDUAL or ORGANIZATION (NON-CAP) **
- -   for accomplishments over a continuous period of up to ten years
**CATEGORY IV --- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT**
- -   for accomplishments over a period of more than twenty years
- Nominations due to Wing Headquarters by 1 February
- Region selections to National by 1 March
- National Awards presented at summer National Board

## AEROSPACE EDUCATION      MISSION AWARDS

**RECOGNIZES Top Three Wings in the Nation **
**RECOGNIZES The Top Wing in each Region**
**    ****- selection based on evaluation of Wing Activity **
**      ****Report **
-  Wing staff training
-  Yeager awards
-  Internal program support
-  External program support
-  Workshops and training courses
-  Participation in the Excellence Award Program
-  Submission of award nominations
**Activity Reports to DCS/AE and National                                 Headquarters not later than 15 March**
**      **

## AEROSPACE EDUCATION

**ACTIVITY REPORT**
**-   overview of all aspects of the Wing Aerospace Education program**
**-   determines recognition for mission awards**
**-   submit copies to DCS/AE and National Headquarters**
**-   due at National Headquarters no later than 15 March each year**
**-   documentation must be included**

## Aerospace Education

**AEO Survival Kit**
**Wing Website info**
**AE Mission, Specialty Track, AEO Handbook**
**AEX Award Program**
**Aerospace Education Member (AEM)**
**Wing Conference info**
**NCASE**
**Wing AE POA**
**Squadron AE POA**
**AE Activity Report**
**AE Staff Visit Forms**
**Sq AEO info – AEPSM & Track 215**

## Aerospace Education

**Plan of Action**
**Yearly plan for conducting AE**
**Developed by – region, wing, group, squadron**
**Covers all aspects of AE program**
**Documents record of planned accomplishments**
**Signed by appropriate AE person & CC at that level**

## Aerospace Education

**Subordinate Unit Inspection**
**Review of a unit’s management, mission**
**    ****accomplishment & regulatory compliance programs**
**Graded evaluation**
**Use checklist as a guide**
**   **

## Aerospace Education

-   **Staff Assistance Visits**
** ****Region or Wing visit to help prepare for CI **
** ****a non-graded evaluation**
-  **ensure compliance with all required elements**
** ****have files in good order, ready for inspection**
** ****be conversant about aerospace programs and activities ****	****in ****	****your wing **
** ****have your materials prepared in advance**
** ****be prepared to answer questions regarding your**
**    ****programs**

## Aerospace Education

**Compliance Inspection**
**Assessment program of a unit’s management, mission accomplishment & regulatory guidance**
**Includes graded & non-graded evaluations**
**Measures unit effectiveness**
**Use checklists**
**Document everything**

## Aerospace Education

- CAP AE Website
- _[http://www.cap.gov](http://www.cap.gov/)__  or __[www.cap.gov/ae](http://www.cap.gov/ae)__ _
- Easy to navigate and to find information on . . . . . . . . . . .
-  tools and resources
-  Aerospace Education classroom materials
-  Newsletters
-  Grant and Award information
-  Links

## Aerospace Education

**Outreach AE (External) **
**Aerospace Education Members (AEMs)**
**Fly A Teacher**
**NCASE**
**    **

## Aerospace Education

**Fly A Teacher**
**Must be an AEM**
**Includes workshop & flight**
**Unit is reimbursed gas expenses**

## Aerospace Education

**National Conference on Aviation and Space Education (NCASE)**
**Educators, Aerospace Industry leaders & CAP members**
**Dynamic presentations & seminars**
**Restructured for 2006**

## Aerospace Education

- AEMS
-  $35 per year membership fee
-  Members receive:
-  Membership card
-  Membership certificate
-  Aerospace Educator pin
-  Subscription to Civil Air Patrol News
-  Special newsletters prepared especially for educators
-  Special curriculum materials prepared for classroom use
-  Access to “Members Only” materials on our website

## Aerospace Education

**AEX**
**Hands-on, interactive program designed to support teaching science, math and technology concepts in the classroom**
**Six activities, chosen by teacher & AE day**
**At completion, students earn certificates, classroom receives plaque**
**Activity book, K-5 & 6-12 offers wide variety of lessons that meet National Standards**

## Aerospace Education

**Outreach AE (External)**
**Interfacing with homeschool groups**
**Interfacing with AFA and other groups**
**Conducting workshops**
**Providing training opportunities**

## Aerospace Education

**INTERNAL AEROSPACE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS**
-   provide training Aerospace Education Officers
-   can be held at local unit, Wing Headquarters
-   support programs
-   provide networking opportunities
**EXTERNAL AEROSPACE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS**
-   provide training for educators, local community as well as members
-   Wing / Region
-   support programs
-   provide networking opportunities
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## Aerospace Education

**Wrap Up**
**Q & A**
**Evaluations and Certificates**
**Saturday Field Trips**
**    ****Navy Museum, IMAX,**
**     ****& Flight on Deck**

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