Establishing a Sustained Influence: Scaling up the NSF GK12 Program

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Establishing a Sustained Influence Scaling up
the NSF GK-12 Program

• Michael Kandianis
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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GK-12 Program Goals

• improved communication and teaching related
  skills for GK-12 Fellows
• content gain and professional development
  opportunities for participating K-12 teachers
• enriched learning by K-12 students, and
  strengthened partnerships between higher
  education institutions and local schools.
• -NSF DGE Brochure

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Increasing the Influence of Existing Programs
Scaling Up

• Implementing a rubric for students to
  successfully identify and solve problems
• Highlighting student achievement as a model for
  future students
• Cross Pollination of Educators

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Creation of Information Infrastructure

• Project members expanding exchanges to include
  more of the educational support community
• Utilizing available local resources
• Sharing information about funding opportunities
• Promoting educator skill refinement through
  workshops
• Development and management of data repositories

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Reassessment of GK-12 Needs
Energy Required for Progress to Occur
Transfer of Information
Case 1 Ideal Situation
Case 2 Current Scaling Model
Case 3 Reassessed Scaling Model
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Supplemental Aid Requested from NSF

• Creation and dissemination of substantive
  documentaries
• Reinforcement of program importance to school
  administration
• Merit based NSF sponsored school certification

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Projected Effects of Scaling Up Reporting the
Outcome

• Amplification of educator awareness of successful
  training methods
• Supplemental reporting of GK-12 sponsored
  advancement to state and federal agencies in
  addition to traditional quality measures