NASA	
  Advisory Council

Taskforce on STEM	
  EducaKon MeeKng

April 3, 2015

Donald G. James

Associate Administrator

for NASA	
  EducaKon
	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
  	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
  	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

Hello, NAC STEM Education Task Force
 

PrioriKes as AA	
  

•	 Develop and implement	
  NASA's educaOon programs that	
  strengthen student	
  involvement	
  

and public awareness about	
  NASA’s scienOfic goals and missions

•	 Communicate NASA’s unique posiOon and capabiliOes in STEM	
  educaOon

•	 Lead the EducaOon CoordinaOng Council

•	 Co-­‐chair the subcommiQee on Federal CoordinaOon-­‐STEM	
  (FC-­‐STEM)

Previous	
  Experience	
  

•	 Director of the Strategic CommunicaOons and EducaOon Directorate at	
  NASA's Ames

Research Center in Mountain View, California	
  

•	 Began NASA career in 1982 as a	
  PresidenOal Management	
  Intern at	
  the Goddard Space Flight	
  

Center in Greenbelt, Maryland

•	 Served NASA for more than 30 years in numerous capaciOes, including public affairs, human

capital management	
  and strategic communicaOons.

•	 Senior advisor and execuOve officer for the NASA EducaOon Enterprise at	
  NASA Headquarters

in 2002-­‐2003
	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
  

	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
  

NASA	
  EducaKon Components

 Office of	
  EducaKon, Headquarters	
  

• Associate Administrator for EducaKon

• Deputy Associate Administrator for EducaKon

• Funding Source Managers

• Sr. Advisors

• Four Lines of Business Directors

• Contractor	
  Support Staff

 Mission Directorates (MD)

• AeronauKcs Research MD

• Human ExploraKon and OperaKons MD

• Science MD

• Space Technology MD

 Centers	
  Offices of	
  EducaKon

• 10 NASA	
  Centers across the country

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NASA	
  EducaKon’s Focus Areas

 Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

 STEM	
  EducaKon and Accountability Projects CompeKKon

 The NaKonal Science and Technology Council (NSTC) CommiMee on STEM	
  EducaKon or

(CoSTEM)

Co-­‐STEM	
  PrioriKes

•	 Improving K-­‐12 STEM	
  teacher educaOon

•	 Increasing and sustaining engagement	
  in STEM	
  

•	 Enhancing the STEM	
  experience of undergraduate students

•	 BeQer serving groups tradiOonally underrepresented in STEM	
  fields

•	 Designing graduate educaOon for tomorrow’s STEM	
  workforce
	
   	
   	
   	
  	
  

	
  	
  

	
   	
  

NASA	
  EducaKon’s Focus Areas

 Interagency Working Groups (IWGs)

• STEM	
  Engagement	
  

• P-­‐12 STEM	
  InstrucOon

• Undergraduate STEM	
  EducaOon

• Graduate STEM	
  EducaOon

• Broadening ParOcipaOon

 Staffing

• Available posiOons
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

	
   	
  

What do the	
  numbers	
  show?...Office	
  of	
  EducaKon Performance	
  

Measurement

The Office of EducaKon Performance Management (OEPM) provides the OE with a	
  centralized

system for EducaOon acOvity data	
  collecOon and reporOng.

Add Value

• Standardized and controlled data	
  collecOon and reporOng capability

• Business intelligence reports that	
  have reduced reporOng response Omes from weeks to hours

OEPM	
  Sample Data

FY 2013 OEPM	
  AnalyKcal Dashboard

The number of affiliates 1,591

The total number of NASA student	
  parOcipants who 5,108

received direct	
  awards

The total number of NASA student	
  parOcipants that	
   3,399

received significant	
  direct	
  awards

The total number of educators (pre-­‐service and in-­‐ 305,936

service k-­‐12, informal educators, and higher educaOon

faculty) that	
  parOcipate in NASA-­‐supported professional

development, research and internships

The number of elementary and secondary students 1,024,449

that	
  parOcipate in NASA STEM	
  engagement	
  acOviOes
NASA	
  EducaKon Success Story

•	 Nicholson Elementary in Picayune, MS, designed an engineering soluOon

to help the city with drainage with the help of NASA.

•	 RoboOc Storm Drain ExpediOon movie at:

hQp://www.samsung.com/us/solvefortomorrow/project/mississippi-­‐roboOc-­‐

storm-­‐drain-­‐expediOon.html

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Thank	
  you!

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