NASA	
  Advisory Council

Taskforce on STEM	
  EducaKon MeeKng

April 3, 2015

Dr. Roosevelt Johnson

NASA	
  EducaKon, Deputy

Associate Administrator
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
  	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
  	
  

NASA	
  EducaKon CollaboraKons with Federal Agencies

21CCLC with Department	
  of EducaKon:

•	 The Partnership pairs the extensive reach and infrastructure of ED with NASA’s access to

world-­‐class subject	
  maQer experts.

•	 A@erschool programs in 10 states have parOcipated in design challenges that	
  build STEM	
  

skills.	
  

•	 Plans for expansion to other federal partners in FY2014-­‐15.

•	 PiloOng efforts underway modeled a@er NASA’s work by The NaOonal Parks Service and

InsOtute of Library and Museum Services

•	 AdaptaOon of the NASA evaluaOon model for assessing STEM	
  implementaOon by ED for

21CCLC sites

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NASA	
  EducaKon CollaboraKons with Federal Agencies

Undergraduate STEM	
  EducaKon Interagency Working Group (IWG)

Priority Investment Area and NaKonal Goal: Enhance STEM	
  experience of undergraduate
 

students. Graduate 1 million addiOonal students with degrees in STEM	
  fields over a	
  decade.
 

Progress Highlights:

•	 PresentaOons given by NASA representaOves to the group on NASA investments in research

and research-like experiences.

•	 Working with Department	
  of EducaOon to develop virtual communiOes of pracOce for

community colleges, with a	
  focus on geRng more research experiences for students in the

first	
  two years.

•	 Establishing common metrics for federal agencies.

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NASA	
  EducaKon CollaboraKons with Federal Agencies

Graduate STEM	
  EducaKon Interagency Working Group (IWG)

Priority Investment	
  Area	
  and NaOonal Goal: Design graduate educaOon for tomorrow’s STEM	
  

workforce. Provide graduate-­‐trained STEM	
  professionals with foundaOonal experOse in basic

research, opOons to acquire specialized skills in areas of naOonal importance and mission

agency’s needs, and ancillary skills needed for success in a	
  broad range of careers.

Progress Highlights:

•	 Work towards a	
  common portal for fellowship and traineeship opportuniOes for graduate

students, graduate program/fellowship evaluaOon.

•	 ImplementaOon of the Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP) for NSF Fellows. GRIP

informaOon available at: hQp://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505127

•	 Use of SharePoint	
  OMB MAX, a	
  system to share internal documents between agencies.

•	 Pilot	
  of collaboraOve STEM	
  webinar series highlighOng graduate level student	
  research by

four Federal agencies: NASA, NOAA, NSF, and EPA.

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NASA	
  EducaKon CollaboraKons with Federal Agencies

NASA	
  ESTEEM	
  and TrACE

NASA Earth Systems, Technology, and Energy EducaOon for MUREP (NASA ESTEEM) formerly

NASA InnovaOons in Climate EducaOon (NICE) is a	
  compeOOve project	
  that	
  promotes climate and

Earth system science literacy.

•	 The Tri-­‐Agency Climate EducaOon (TrACE) Catalog provides climate educaOon products and

resources that	
  have been developed by iniOaOves funded through NASA (NASA ESTEEM),

NOAA (Environmental Literacy Grants), and NSF (Climate Change EducaOon Partnerships).

•	 TrACE helps climate change educaOon project	
  principal invesOgators and staff to share their

work with the public, and to connect	
  with other projects and people who are working on

similar efforts.	
  	
  TrACE informaOon available at: hQp://esteem.larc.nasa.gov/ )

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NASA	
  EducaKon CollaboraKons with Federal Agencies

NaKonal InsKtute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

•	 Five-­‐year MOU is for collaboraOve educaOon, research and communicaOons acOviOes in Earth

science, agriculture, aviaOon, and aerospace.

•	 NIFA’s 4-­‐H	
  youth development	
  program engages more than 6.5 million young people every

year. 4-­‐H	
  informaOon available at: hQp://www.4-­‐h.org/

•	 Partnership aligns to CoSTEM priority area	
  to increase and sustain youth and public

engagement, broadening parOcipaOon by underrepresented underserved individuals, and

graduate and undergraduate educaOon .

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Thank	
  you!

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