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Initial Publication Date: March 16, 2015

SERC has an extensive portfolio of projects that have been created, developed, and implemented in collaboration with many partners. Learn more about many of our current and past projects using the browse below.

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Changing Education Systems: Focus on how to make positive change in education systems. This includes departmental change, institutional change, as well as other systemic change across institutions and disciplines.

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C-ChanGe
The Cultural Change in Geoscience (C-ChanGe) project works toward a vision of the future where all people at each stage of their career experience academic geoscience as a safe and welcoming environment where they feel empowered to learn and contribute without stifling their identities, and the community recognizes contributions from everyone. SERC leads the professional development of 2 cohorts of faculty change agents empowered to work in their own context to make successive, incremental changes, leading to positive cultural shifts within their home departments with the support of a community of practice made up of local and national peers. The project also raises the visibility of the many other groups working towards an inclusive geoscience discipline through a web-based network to support awareness, recognition, and connectivity of national partner projects working on geoscience cultural change.
Project Focus: Changing Education Systems, Network and Community Building
SERC Role: Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Professional Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Website Hosting and Development, Project Management/Implementation
InTeGrate
InTeGrate is a STEM-Talent Expansion Program facilitating a large, diverse community of practice in learning about teaching and collaborating for a sustainable future. As the project leadership and hub, SERC organizes and leads participants in materials development, implementation programs, workshops, webinars and project leadership in support of the community of practice needs and goals.
Project Focus: Interdisciplinary Grand Challenges , Changing Education Systems, Engaging Students with Communities
SERC Role: Product Dissemination, Professional Development, Community Building/Organization, Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Evaluation, Organizational Backbone, Website Hosting and Development, Strategic Planning and Thought Partnership, Materials Development/Review, Content Expertise, Event Development/Facilitation, Education Research, Project Management/Implementation
Expanding HBCU Pathways for Geoscience Education
The GP-IMPACT: Expanding HBCU Pathways for Geoscience Education aims to identify the challenges and opportunities related to improving minority access to the geosciences across educational levels and specifically at HBCUs. SERC supported the completion of the qualitative study of geoscience efforts at participating HBCUs and developing and hosting the website which holds the results.
Project Focus: Changing Education Systems, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Evaluation, Product Dissemination
Network of STEM Education Centers
NSEC is an organization of campus-based centers and offices that serve as catalysts for educational transformation in STEM. The network allows center leadership, university and college administrators, and state and national policymakers to have a central hub for their communal efforts. SERC works with NSEC to develop a number of resources that can assist STEM Education Centers in their missions and development. The STEM Ed Center Toolkit, Research Action Clusters, Center Profiles, as well as a number of virtual and in person events such as the Transforming Institutions conferences.
Project Focus: Network and Community Building , Changing Education Systems, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, Career Support for Educators
SERC Role: Product Dissemination, Professional Development, Organizational Backbone, Community Building/Organization, Project Management/Implementation, Website Hosting and Development:Online Tool Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Website Hosting and Development
Geo-Needs
Geo-Needs was an NSF-funded project that sought to explore barriers and opportunities for enhancing geoscience instruction at 2YC and MSI institutions so that these student have greater opportunities for employment in the geosciences. SERC hosts the project website, including the final report, as well as facilitated the workshops that informed the project and report.
Project Focus: Supporting Student Success, Changing Education Systems, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Product Dissemination
Curriculum for the Bioregion
Curriculum for the Bioregion is a network of educators in Washington State who are integrating sustainability and place-based content and pedagogy in a broad array of undergraduate courses and community-based learning. SERC hosts the project website and provided tools to facilitate faculty learning community meetings.
Project Focus: Pedagogy and Teaching Approaches, Changing Education Systems, Disciplinary Skills and Habits of Mind
SERC Role: Materials Development/Review, Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Strategic Planning and Thought Partnership
SAGE 2YC
By engaging 2YC geoscience faculty in professional development, the SAGE2YC project disseminated advances in STEM education to improve teaching, support students in geoscience technical training, and help prepare geoscience majors and pre-service teachers for college transfer. This program shared successful strategies for teaching students with a range of abilities, experiences, and goals, and for preparing 2YC students for the geoscience workforce.
Project Focus: Career Support for Educators, Changing Education Systems
SERC Role: Professional Development, Evaluation, Organizational Backbone, Community Building/Organization, Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Project Management/Implementation, Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Content Expertise
EarthConnections
The EarthConnections collective impact alliance developed regionally focused, education pathways that support students in locally relevant, Earth-science. SERC is the lead on this project.
Project Focus: Network and Community Building , Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, Changing Education Systems
SERC Role: Evaluation, Community Building/Organization, Project Management/Implementation, Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Organizational Backbone, Website Hosting and Development, Content Expertise:Geoscience, Event Development/Facilitation
Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context
Supporting STEM in a Liberal Arts Context synthesized the experiences of 11 institutions striving to strengthen the undergraduate experiences in science and mathematics for all of their students. These predominantly undergraduate institutions were selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as 'Capstone Programs' and had extensive experience in strengthening students experiences in STEM programs. SERC provided support for synchronous meetings, gathering expertise, and writing and publishing the suite of program models and institutional examples that resulted from the work of the project.
Project Focus: Interdisciplinary Grand Challenges , Changing Education Systems, Disciplinary Skills and Habits of Mind:Authentic Science Experience
SERC Role: Community Building/Organization, Event Development/Facilitation, Website Hosting and Development, Strategic Planning and Thought Partnership
STEM Futures
The STEM Futures project was a week-long virtual design-studio workshop experience for faculty in STEM disciplines to collaboratively develop new programs and curriculum materials. The goal was to advance innovative visions for STEM education that go beyond the acquisition of core content knowledge to integrate mindsets and values. SERC helped design and facilitate the online workshop process hosted through our website.
Project Focus: Changing Education Systems
SERC Role: Community Building/Organization, Event Development/Facilitation, Content Expertise:Pedagogy, Website Hosting and Development