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Thomas Nelson CC students working on a plate tectonics lab exercise

Provenance: Peter Berquist, TNCC
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Geoscience in Two-Year Colleges (Geo2YC)

Teaching Resources and Perspectives

Materials that are directly applicable to teaching at two-year colleges have been developed by participants in various projects. This page organizes these materials around several important and relevant themes: Teaching Introductory Courses, Mathematics Preparation, Teaching in the Field, Undergraduate Research, Ready-to-go Lessons and Activities, and Perspectives.

Announcements

Provided by NAGT's Geo2YC Division

• InTeGrate Fall 2016 Webinar Series Continues
  

  Free and open to the public, this series will incorporate InTeGrate pedagogies into teaching practices, provide resources available for adoption, and create a forum for participants to learn and share teaching strategies.

  The Importance of Diversity and Equity in Supporting the Whole Student
  Thursday, September 22
  Registration deadline is September 20.
• InTeGrate Events at GSA 2016
  The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting is being held in Denver, CO September 25-28, 2016. The GSA program is full of workshops and sessions on topics of high interest to the InTeGrate community. Read on for further details.
• InTeGrate is Pleased to Announce the Publication of New Teaching Materials
  Check out the newest materials in the InTeGrate collection: Mapping the Environment with Sensory Perception and Carbon, Climate, and Energy Resources.
• 2016 Geo2YC Officer Elections
  It is time to vote for Geo2YC: Two-Year College Division of NAGT. The ballot includes Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, and Webmaster. Voting begins on May 24 and ends on July 1, 2016.
• New 2015 Geo2YC Officers
  The fall 2015 officer election has concluded. Please join with us in congratulating your new NAGT officers for the 2015-16 academic year!

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Workforce Development

The SAGE 2YC project has begun working on ways to help students at two-year colleges be successful in the geoscience workforce as well as providing them with information on the kinds of opportunities that are out there for people with geoscience degrees.

Faculty Careers in Two-year Colleges

Those interested in learning more about teaching at a two-year college can read career profiles of faculty at two-year colleges and and find out more about the faculty job search process and interviews at community colleges. Also, not only can two-year colleges prepare students for work in industry, they can also be the first step along the path for teaching at two-year colleges or four-year colleges or universities.

Workshops, Events, and Programs

As information for workshops, events, and programs associated with this project becomes available, we will post it here. Be sure to check out the Announcements to the right for opportunities and events from other sources. These workshops and other events offer great opportunities to meet and network with fellow two-year college faculty and can help decrease the sense of isolation that is common among many 2YC faculty teaching geoscience.

Contributing Projects

Join the Discussion

If you have questions or want to discuss aspects of teaching geoscience at two-year colleges, you can make use of the Discussion Board. Post a thread or respond to someone else's and generate a conversation about the issues facing 2YC education.

There is also an email list for this effort where members can get announcements and discuss issues surrounding geoscience education at two-year colleges. Just sign up and you'll be better connected to the Geo2YC community.

This work is supported by the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE 1122592, 1122640, 1122660, 1122737), the
National Science Foundation Geosciences Directorate (GEO 0939671) and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (consider becoming a member).

Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.