Inspire the Next Generation of Earth Explorers

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Inspire the Next Generation of Earth Explorers
ESSE 21 Steering Committee Meeting February 3-5,
2004
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Office of the Administrator
Sean OKeefe, Administrator Frederick D.
Gregory, Deputy Administrator John D. Schumacher,
Chief of Staff James L. Jennings, Associate
Deputy Administrator for Institutions and Asset
Management Michael A. Greenfield, Associate
Deputy Administrator for Technical Programs
Patrick A. Ciganer, Program Executive Officer
for Integrated Financial Management J.T.
Jezierski, White House Liaison John M. Grunsfeld,
Chief Scientist
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
NASA Advisory Council
Inspector General (W) Robert W. Cobb
Human Resources (F) Vicki A. Novak Assistant
Administrator
General Counsel (G) Paul G. Pastorek General
Counsel
Procurement (H) Thomas S. Luedtke Assistant
Administrator
External Relations (I) Michael F.
OBrien Assistant Administrator

Chief Financial Officer (B) Gwendolyn Brown Chief
Financial Officer
Equal Opportunity Programs (E) Dorothy
Hayden-Watkins Assistant Administrator
Chief Engineer (D) Theron Bradley Chief Engineer
Chief Information Officer (V) Patricia L.
Dunnington Chief Information Officer
Health and Medical Systems (Z) Richard S.
Williams Chief Health and Medical Officer
Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(K) Ralph C. Thomas II Assistant Administrator
Security Management and Safeguards (X) David A.
Saleeba Assistant Administrator
Institutional Corporate Management (O) Jeffrey
E. Sutton Assistant Administrator
Public Affairs (P) Glenn Mahone Assistant
Administrator
Legislative Affairs (L) D. Lee Forsgren Assistant
Administrator
Education (N) Adena Williams Loston Associate
Administrator
Aeronautics (R) J. Victor Lebacqz Associate
Administrator
Space Flight (M) William F. Readdy Associate
Administrator
Exploration Systems (T) Craig E.
Steidle Associate Administrator
Safety Mission Assurance (Q) Bryan D.
OConnor Associate Administrator
Biological and Physical Research (U) Mary E.
Kicza Associate Administrator
Space Science (S) Edward J. Weiler Associate
Administrator
Earth Science (Y) Ghassem R. Asrar Associate
Administrator

• Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
• Jefferson D. Howell, Jr.
• John F. Kennedy
• Space Center
• James W. Kennedy
• George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
• David A. King
• John C. Stennis
• Space Center
• Thomas Q. Donaldson V

• Ames Research Center
• G. Scott Hubbard
• Dryden Flight Research Center
• Kevin Petersen
• Langley Research Center
• Roy D. Bridges
• John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field
• Julian M. Earls

• Goddard Space

Flight Center Alphonso V. Diaz
January 15, 2004
JPL is a contractor-operated facility.
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Earth Science Applications Division (Code YO)
Code Y Interfaces
NASA HQ Interfaces Code G D.
Gayle Code H C. Webber Code I D. Carroll
P. Maliga Code L M. Broadwell Code P D.
Steitz Code R R. Norwood Code S J.
Garvin DoD Liaison N. Weinberg
Earth Science Applications Division
M.Cleave M. Shepherd G. Williams
YF D. McCuistion G. Paules
Adm. Assistants
Director R. Birk
R.Stevenson
YB T. Coleman A. Crouch C.
Miller D. Santa
Dep.Director M. Frederick
C. Thomas
NIMA Liaison
YS J. Kaye P. Decola
J. LaBrecque T. Lee D.
Wickland
T. Hennig
National Applications
Cross Cutting Solutions
Outreach
Education
Lead M. Frederick (acting)
Lead Ming-Ying Wei (Code N)
Lead K. Andersen
Lead L. Friedl
J. Collier
S. Ambrose
D. Schweizer (IPA)
P. Meister
J. Entin
P. Coble (IPA)
OR
J. Haynes
E. Sheffner
W. Turner (Code YS)
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CS
R. Venezia
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ESE Code YO Funded Programs Centers
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CS
OR
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CS
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CS
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CS
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CS
ED
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OR
SSC
GSFC
LaRC
MSFC
JPL
ARC
J. Arnold
D. Carstens (interim)
G. Stover
L. Beck
D. Tralli
M. Bambacus
K.Yuen
S. Habib
R. J. Birk___(on file)___________________
January 2004
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Enterprise Organization
Office of Education ? Code N Associate
Administrator Deputy Associate Administrator
Executive Officer Secretary
Education Advisory Committee
Liaisons Astronaut Public Affairs
Legislative Affairs Legal Equal
Opportunity Human Resources
Senior Policy Advisor
AAA for Org Effectiveness and Accountability
DAA for Education Programs
Center Education Programs
Space Flight Projects Office
Technology Products Office
Elementary Secondary Education Division
Higher Education Division
Education Support (Informal) Education Division
Minority University Programs
Biological Physical Research Education Programs
Space Flight Education Programs
Aerospace Technology Education Programs
Earth Science Education Programs
Space Science Education Programs
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Education Enterprise Strategy
www.education.nasa.gov
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NASA Education

• The Education Strategy
• Embeds education in all NASA research and program
  activities
• Unifies all NASA-sponsored educational activities
• Scientific and Technical Enterprises
• 10 NASA Field Centers
• Supports national and state education goals and
  objectives
• Seeks to increase the supply and diversity of
  high achieving STEM graduates for . . .
• NASA
• Industry
• University partners

www.education.nasa.gov
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NASA Education Approach

• Approach
• Integrate student programs into a seamless
  pipeline and encourage continued student
  affiliation with NASA
• Community building Integration with broader ESS
  community
• Careers other NASA opportunities

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NASA Education Approach

• Approach
• Integrate student programs into a seamless
  pipeline and encourage continued student
  affiliation with NASA
• Community building Integration with broader ESS
  community
• Careers other NASA opportunities
• Expand the pool of human capital to meet NASA
  human resources needs
• Embed education into every NASA flight and
  research mission to inspire increasing numbers of
  students

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NASA Education Approach

• Approach
• Integrate student programs into a seamless
  pipeline and encourage continued student
  affiliation with NASA
• ESSE 21 community building
• Integration with broader ESS community
• Expand the pool of human capital to meet NASA
  human resources needs
• Embed education into every NASA flight and
  research mission to inspire increasing numbers of
  students
• Achieve Program Excellence Education Operating
  Principles
• Development, implementation and evaluation

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NASA Education
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Operating Principles Customer Focus (94)

• Proposed Program Adjustments
• Chartering of the ESSE 21 Steering Committee
• Measures of Success

Success will be measured by the continued growth
and substantive involvement in the program from
undergraduate educators as proposers, associate
(unfunded members), users and developers of ESSE
21 content Continued community growth without
funding for individual schools
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Operating Principles Content (90)

• Proposed Program Adjustments
• ESSE 21 will highlight its commitment to
  supporting content that extends NASAs investment
  in Earth observation, research and modeling, all
  of which are founded on the underlying STEM
  disciplines.
• Measures of Success
• Success measured by the continued
  development, publication, and use, of shared high
  quality Earth system science learning resources
  in professional education journals and by digital
  libraries
• Use of resources by non-funded schools (ESSEA)

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Operating Principles Pipeline (80)

• Proposed Program Adjustments
• ESSE 21 will build community and broker
  partnerships by actively seeking and recommending
  opportunities for ESSE participants and their
  students to become involved in other STEM
  education programs.
• Encourage faculty to emphasize career pathways.
• Measures of Success
• Statistics on course content, numbers of
  courses, students enrollments, majors, degree
  programs, demographic indicators, and other NASA
  involvement will be assembled, building a history
  of Program impact on students being served.
• Statistics on communities served through
  outreach activities
• Student Tracking

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Operating Principles Diversity (87)

• Proposed Program Adjustments
• Active outreach to underrepresented groups,
  e.g. partnerships between larger research
  institutions and smaller minority institutions
  community colleges tribal colleges, etc.
• Measures of Success
• Demographics of students in ESSE 21
  courses
• Growth of ESS programs at institutions
  with large underrepresented /
  underserved populations
• CIPA / ESSE 21 partnerships encouraged
  and used as a measure of
• the success of collaboration.

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Operating Principles Evaluation (83)

• Proposed Program Adjustment
• Evaluator tasked to provide leadership for
  overall program evaluation
• SC shares recommendations with the community
  based upon individual team evaluations and the
  efforts of the ESSE 21 Evaluator and Working
  Groups.
• ESSE 21 will actively report results via
  Agency-level reporting mechanisms
• Measures of Success
• Baseline of current ESSE 21 activities will
  be established.
• Team evaluation plans measure faculty and
  institutional progress (e.g. systemic change in
  the way interdisciplinary Earth system science is
  taught within the institution, course
  enrollments, career paths, outside
  collaborations, etc)

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Operating Principles Partnerships /
Sustainability (88)

• Proposed Program Adjustments
• Nearly every course initiated with ESSE
  funding at 45 institutions continues to be taught
  with frequent adoption as part of a departments
  core curriculum
• Challenge continued growth w/o funding for new
  schools
• Measures of Success
• Sustainability measured by documenting
  course offerings
• which continue beyond funding period and by
  integrating
• schools w/o funding into program
• Identify what partnerships have been formed, how
  they interact, and what the secondary impact of
  ESSE 21 support has been

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NASA Education Goals Objectives
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ESE Strategy Documents
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Earth Science Enterprise Education Program
The ESE Education Program systematically extends
NASAs results in Earth system science and the
development of remote sensing and geo-spatial
technologies to support national priorities for
STEM education and to support lifelong learning.
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ESE Education Program
The ESE Education Program participates in the
activities of international organizations
committed to global sustainable development.
Following the Summit, an international ad hoc
Group on Earth Observations (GEO) began work on a
10-year implementation plan for a comprehensive
Earth observation system
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NASA ESE Education Program
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Context NASA
NASA Earth Science Enterprise Strategy
The mission of the Earth Science Enterprise is to
understand and protect our home planet by using
our view from space to study the Earth system and
improve prediction of Earth system change.
Framework for delivering science to society
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Delivering Science to Society
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Context Earth Science Community
Geoscience Education A Recommended Strategy
enthusiastically embraces NSFs increased
emphasis on education, endorses the principle
that research and education should be well
integrated, and seeks to provide guidance for
developing a strong education program for the
geosciences.
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Earth Science Enterprise Education

• As only NASA can
• Knowledge of Earth system processes acquired
  through science and technology programs provide
  stimulating and challenging content in support of
  STEM education.
• Facilities and Tools provide hands-on
  opportunities and include world-class
  ground-based, airborne and in-orbit laboratories,
  advanced technologies, observational data sets,
  and Earth system and sub-system models.
• Earth System Science Professionals, including
  NASA employees and NASA-sponsored scientists,
  technical and engineering experts, are role and
  career models for Earth system science and
  related fields.

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NASA Education Goals Objectives

• NASA Goal 6. -- Inspire and motivate students to
  pursue STEM careers
• ESE Education Program Contribution Inspire and
  motivate students to pursue STEM careers by
  providing stimulating and challenging content
  using the results of Earth system science and
  Earth science applications.

NASA Objective 6.3 (Underrepresented /
Underserved) Increase the number diversity of
students, teachers, faculty researchers from
under-represented and underserved communities in
NASA related STEM fields. ESE Contribution
Inspire and support underrepresented and/or
underserved communities through each sponsored
education program.
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Approach
Embedded Activities
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Observations to Knowledge
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ESE Information Infrastructures

• ?REASoN NASA EOS Higher-Education Alliance
  Mobilization of NASA EOS Data and Information
  Through Web Services and Knowledge Management
  Technologies for Higher-Education Teaching and
  Research
• NASAs Strategic Evolution of ESE Data Systems
  (SEEDS)
• Geospatial One Stop (http//www.geodata.gov) and
  the Federal Enterprise Architecture
• NSF-led planning and development activities for
  cyberinfrastructure
• Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)

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Partnerships Alliances

• Meet customer needs leverage program impact
• Federal Agencies Alignment with national STEM
  priorities
• State-based Alliances Alignment with state
  agendas
• School districts educational Associations
  Knowledgeable about curricula and standards
• Business Industry Workforce Needs
• Informal Education Organizations comprehensive
  missions of museums, science centers, and
  community-based groups

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Solutions for ESS Education
Scalable enable benefits to audiences beyond the
initial recipientSustainable extend capacity
beyond initial funding periodSystemic lead to
lasting change in how STEM education is
approached and perceived
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Earth Science Education
Diane SchweizerProgram Scientist for Earth
Science Education(202) 358-1582diane.schweizer_at_n
asa.gov
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Outcomes
NASA Education Higher Education
Student Pipeline By 2008, attain a statistically
significant increase in the number and diversity
of NASA-supported students graduating in
NASA-related fields Faculty Competitiveness By
2008, attain a statistically significant
increase in the number of faculty in higher
education institutions involved with NASA
research and development opportunities Preservice
Education By 2008, increase by 20 the number
of higher education institutions that align their
NASA research and development activities with
STEM teacher preparation to improve STEM teacher
quality Student Research By 2008, increase by
10 the number and diversity of students
conducting NASA-relevant research
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Outcomes
NASA Education Higher Education
Student Pipeline By 2008, attain a statistically
significant increase in the number and diversity
of NASA-supported students graduating in
NASA-related fields APG Establish a
NASA-wide baseline of the number and diversity
of NASA-supported students Faculty
Competitiveness By 2008, attain a statistically
significant increase in the number of faculty in
higher education institutions involved with NASA
research and development opportunities Preservice
Education By 2008, increase by 20 the number
of higher education institutions that align their
NASA research and development activities with
STEM teacher preparation to improve STEM teacher
quality Student Research By 2008, increase by
10 the number and diversity of students
conducting NASA-relevant research