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Call for Proposals to Offer Local Workshops Exploring Best Practices for Preparing and Advancing Two-year College Students for Geoscience Careers

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Recruiting and supporting geoscience students at two-year colleges (2YCs) is critical to increasing both the number and diversity of geoscience professionals. Many 2YC students are place-based – that is, they are likely to transfer to a nearby 4-year institution to major in geoscience or to, upon receiving an associates degree, enter the geoscience workforce near their home. SAGE 2YC offers you the opportunity to disseminate information about best practices for improving the career preparation of geoscience students to faculty in your area. Our project seeks teams of two geoscience faculty members to conduct half-day or one-day workshops for at least 10 people in 2012 or 2013.
The goals of these workshops should include:

The SAGE 2YC project will provide some financial support for the workshop and offer assistance with workshop design and logistics.

Why lead a workshop?

Designing and conducting a professional development workshop can be an exciting, enriching and rewarding experience. Interaction with other professionals in planning the workshop, and with participants during the workshop, expands one's network of colleagues who can be called on for help and support. Leading a workshop can be enjoyable and intellectually stimulating. A workshop leader need not be an expert on the topic – only a facilitator to organize and conduct the activity. Finally, a workshop can increase the visibility and support for the geosciences within your college and the community. By leading a workshop you can establish closer ties with your administration, nearby 4-year institutions, and local geoscience employers, and help improve the preparation of 2YC students for geoscience degrees and careers.

How will SAGE 2YC support the local workshop?

Design and logistics support

The leaders of SAGE 2YC will provide support in planning and conducting your workshop. On the Cutting Edge has Resources for Workshop Leaders that will help you design the workshop and develop a timeline for planning and conducting a workshop. Working with a colleague will allow you to share tasks and responsibilities. SAGE 2YC staff will coordinate with the Geo2YC Division of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers to provide the names and contact information of 2YC geoscience faculty in your area. The SAGE 2YC Project will also provide online templates for workshop registration and evaluation.

Financial support

To help facilitate the workshop, the SAGE 2YC Project will reimburse the team for up to $500 workshop expenses, such as non-alcoholic drinks and snacks for participants, office supplies, mailing expenses and room-use/audiovisual fees. Upon completion of the workshop and submission of the workshop report, each of the two team leaders will receive a stipend of $500.

Interested? Here are the steps:

  1. Find a colleague to work with.
  2. Submit a proposal to the SAGE 2YC team by January 18, 2013
  3. Plan workshop and recruit participants with help from the SAGE 2YC team
  4. Create a website for your workshop (we will help you with this)
  5. Run the workshop
  6. After the workshop submit a final report of the accomplishments and lessons learned from the workshop, along with receipts and other documentation for reimbursement.


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