NASA	
  Advisory Council

April 10, 2015

James L. Stofan

Chair, Ad Hoc Task	
  Force

on STEM	
  EducaFon
	
   	
  

	
   	
  

Task	
  Force Membership

•	 Dr. Margaret	
  Honey , President	
   and CEO, New York Hall of Science, Chair of NRC

CommiOee Toward Integrated STEM	
  EducaMon: Developing a	
  Research Agenda	
  

•	 Ms. Aimee Kennedy, Vice President	
  For EducaMon, STEM	
  Learning and

Philanthropy, BaOelle

•	 Dr. Anita	
  Krishnamurthi, Vice President, STEM	
  Policy, A>erschool Alliance,

Former NASA

•	 Dr. Michael Lach, Director of STEM	
  EducaMon and Strategic IniMaMves, University

of Chicago, Former Dept. of EducaMon STEM	
  Advisor

•	 Mr. Ray Mellado, Founder and Chairman of the Board, Great	
  Minds in STEM	
  

•	 Dr. Carl Person, Undergraduate Research Preceptor, FayeOeville State University,

Former U.S. Department	
  of EducaMon and NASA

•	 Mr. James Stofan, COO, Defenders of Wildlife, Former NASA 2 
Terms of Reference

•	 Ad hoc task force of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC)

•	 Scope includes all NASA EducaMon programs, projects,

missions and acMviMes.

•	 Meet	
  approximately three Mmes per year, in advance of

NAC meeMngs.

•	 Report	
  on progress to the NAC

3 
Charge	
  

•	 IteraMve process over the two-­‐year term of the

commiOee.

•	 IniMal Topics for Task Force ConsideraMon:

•	 PosiMon of NASA EducaMon as a leader in CoSTEM

•	 ArMculaMon of success using data	
  and story

• Structure of NASA EducaMon efforts and ability to

conduct	
  rigorous program management	
  reviews

•	 Sustainability of educaMon program over the next	
  

several years

•	 CompeMMve allocaMon of funds to elicit	
  the best	
  

projects

•	 Advice on NASA EducaMon ImplementaMon Plan 4 
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  

Cross Agency STEM	
  Goal Statement

Improve STEM	
  educaMon by implemenMng the Federal STEM	
  

Educa1on 5-­‐Year Strategic	
  Plan, announced in May 2013,

specifically:*	
  

• Improve STEM	
  instrucMon

• Increase and sustain youth and public engagement	
  in STEM	
  

• Enhance STEM	
  experience of undergraduate students

• BeOer serve groups historically under-­‐represented in STEM	
  fields

• Design graduate educaMon for tomorrow’s STEM	
  workforce

• Build new models for leveraging assets and experMse

• Build and use evidence-­‐based approaches

* From the Cross Agency Priority Goal Quarterly Progress Update on STEM	
  EducaFon FY 15 Q1
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NASA	
  Strategic Goal 2 & EducaFon ObjecFve
 

Strategic Goal	
  2

Advance understanding of Earth and develop technologies to

improve the quality of life on our home planet.

ObjecFve	
  2.4

Advance the NaMon’s STEM	
  educaMon and workforce pipeline by

working collaboraMvely with other agencies to engage students,

teachers, and faculty in NASA’s missions and unique assets.

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NASA	
  EducaFon Vision & Mission
 

NASA	
  EducaFon Vision

To advance high quality STEM	
  educaMon using NASA’s unique

capabiliMes.

NASA	
  EducaFon Mission

Align efforts to naMonal prioriMes and NASA’s mission and vision.

Involve students, educators, and insMtuMons in NASA’s missions.

Impact	
  the public using NASA’s unique content, people and faciliMes.

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NASA	
  EducaFon Success Story

•	 Nicholson Elementary in Picayune, MS, designed an

engineering soluMon to help the city with drainage with the

help	
  of NASA.

• RoboMc Storm Drain ExpediMon movie at:

hOp://www.samsung.com/us/solvefortomorrow/project/

mississippi-­‐roboMc-­‐storm-­‐drain-­‐expediMon.html

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Thank you!

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