Hartnell NSF STEP Grant Summary

 

 

 

 

 

NSF STEP Grant #:     0525444

Grant Title:                   Stepping Up – Improving Women and Latino Enrollment and Success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Programs

Award Start Date:        October 1, 2005

Award End Date:          September 30, 2010

Award Amount:            $902,464

 

Summary of Objectives:

1. To establish an NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) by appointing a principal investigator, co-principal investigator and project advisory committee representing the targeted disciplines and programs and by securing partnership agreements with two targeted local high schools with high identified needs.

 

2. To develop curriculum and other components for a Summer Bridge Program in partnership with two local high schools that will result in participation of 30 students per year by the end of year one of the grant; serving 150 students in total over the grant-funded period.

 

3. To implement the high school Summer Bridge Program which will result in 90% of participating students demonstrating improvement in their science and math proficiency; and 80% enrolling in a postsecondary education program upon completion of high school.

 

4. To develop and implement six new science and math supplemental instruction courses at Hartnell College that will target key math and science “gatekeeper” courses and that will result in a 70% pass rate for participating students.

 

5. To implement expanded science, technology, engineering, and math academic support activities for underrepresented students at Hartnell College that, together with other activities, will result in a 30% increase in STEM majors and a 25% increase in STEM degrees awarded by the end of the grant.

 

6. To develop and implement a new academic support course, “Women in Science,” with 20 participants in the first year and 100 participants over the grant period.

 

7. Complete partnership agreements with Cal State University Monterey Bay including new/updated articulation plans and transfer agreements.

 

8. To finalize and implement a project evaluation plan that will collect formative and summative data on 100% of participating high school and college students, and faculty and that will guide program implementation, dissemination, and institutionalization.

 

Significant Partners

• UCSC Baskin School of Engineering
• Center for Adaptive Optics
• UCSC Institute for Scientist and Engineering Educators (ISEE)
• NASA Science and Technology Institute for Minority Institutions at NASA Ames
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Salinas Union High School District
• United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
• Fremont Peak Observatory Association

 

Internal Advisory Board Members

• Dr. Allan Hoffman, Vice President of Instruction/Assistant Superintendent (Chair)
• Dr. Ignacio Pando, STEM Disciplines Counselor
• Dr. Ann Wright, Biology Faculty
• Dr. Kelly Locke, Mathematics Faculty
• Dr. Kathleen Rose, Vice President of Academic Affairs
• Ms. Leticia Contreras, Mathematics Faculty
• Mr. Andrew Newton, Planetarium Director/Development Officer
• Ms. Shannon McCann, MESA Coordinator, STEP Grant PI

 

External Advisory Board Members

• Dr. Jesse Cude, Hartnell Physics Faculty Emeritus
• Dr. Joe Hennawi, NASA Hubble Fellow, UC Berkeley
• Dr. Carolee Bull, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA Agricultural Research Service
• Mr. Philip Deutschle, Salinas High School Science Instructor
• Mrs. Joyce Wilkinson, Salinas Union High School District Science Curriculum Coordinator
• Mr. Doug Brown, President, Fremont Peak Observatory Association
• Ms. Lisa Hunter, UCSC Center for Adaptive Optics Director of Education, ISEE Director
• Ms. Adrienne Harrell, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering Director of Undergraduate Affairs

 

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