April 20, 2003                  

Multicultural Pathways for Ocean Science Education:
Finding Successful Strategies through a charrette design

Where: Avery Research Center/Charleston, SC
When: May 21, 22, & 23, 2003

Sponsors:
   • SouthEast COSEE
   • Avery Research Center/College of Charleston
   • SC Sea Grant Consortium
   • Savannah State University

"That could be me"

Description:

"Multicultural Pathways to Ocean Science Education," is a charrette, designed to bring experience, passion and expertise together for a common purpose. The major goal is to assist SouthEast COSEE meet its objective to increase access of ocean sciences and ocean sciences education to underrepresented groups.

The format is to invite participants (20-30) who fit into a number of roles:

a. academic experience with past programs/projects for underrepresented groups in science in precollege programs;
b. academic experience with programs/projects for the undergraduate/graduate minority population;
c. precollege teaching experience in multicultural classrooms; and
d. personal experience of what worked for you.

With the aid of a facilitator, this group will to pull common threads of workable strategies --successful projects, students and programs. Then, we will brainstorm to develop innovative or "tried and true" projects/programs to recommend for SouthEast COSEE and Florida COSEE to initiate, partner or promote.

Also we want to highlight and recognize existing, state, regional, and national programs as models across the three-state region--NC, SC, and GA, plus FL.

This effort is not a workshop in the traditional sense. It is the base preparation for future workshops and programs. The objective is to identify at least 2-3 real ideas/projects for SouthEast COSEE to promote in 2003-2005.

Coordinators:
Karen A. Chandler, Ph.D.
Director, Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
125 Bull Street
Charleston, SC 29424
P: 843.953.7609
F: 843.953.7607
E: chandlerk@cofc.edu
Web: www.cofc.edu/~averyrc

Lundie Spence, Ph.D.
SouthEast COSEE Director
S.C. Sea Grant Consortium
287 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
P: 843.953.2078
F: 843.953.2080
E: lundie.spence@scseagrant.org

Matt Gilligan, Ph.D.
Department of Marine Biology
Savannah State University
Savannah, GA
P: 912.356.2809, 2808 fax
gillganm@tigerpaw.savstate.edu

Facilitator: Dr. Vivian Williamson, Houston, TX

Preparation

• Matt Gilligan has generously volunteered to develop a FACT Book on pertinent articles and initiatives.
• Please bring with you or send to Lundie Spence by May 10th articles that you have written or activities you have participated in, which should be included in our discussions.

Pertinent WEB sites:

• NOAA Expanding Your Opportunities—Web Site
  http://epp.noaa.gov/famu/
• Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) http://epp.noaa.gov/
• NAML WEB http://hermes.mbl.edu/labs/NAML/MR.html
• Minority striving to pursue higher degrees of success--
  http://msphds.eas.gatech.edu/
• Closing the Achievement Gap:
  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/closingthegap/gap_conf.html
• The Science House, NCSU
  http://www.sciencehouse.org/student/imhotep/index.html#anchorGOALS
  
• What other sites would you recommend?

Anticipated Products from the Charrette

1. Workable ideas for projects with 2003-2005, SouthEast COSEE to promote with partners
2. Publication from the discussion of Commonalities and Best of the Best initiatives in the past, process, ideas with rationale and the prioritization process. These would be published and placed on the SouthEast COSEE web site. It would provide authorship for participating faculty.
3. Ideas:
   Ernest Just Scholarship for SouthEast COSEE Partner Institutions
   Multicultural Ocean Science Poster for the South Atlantic Bight
   
   What other ideas would you recommend?
   

Charrette Discussion Points for participants

Promoting Terminal Degrees in Higher Education in the Ocean Sciences --
Objective: To develop a profile of the successful ocean sciences graduate

• What are the demographics of this population? MSPHD
• How are these successful graduates influencing other underrepresented students.
• What brought them into science, marine science or a related field?
• What was their original interest, and what has sustained their interest?
• What opportunities are they considering for a career?
• What support or mentoring already exists? What kind of support/mentoring did the successful graduates receive?
  

Precollege Education Faculty
Observations and what strategies work in what situations to keep students in the pipeline and taking math and science courses in high school.
What cultural sensitivities should teachers consider?

Science Education Research Faculty
What does research say about multicultural strategies and successful programs

Professional Development Recruitment of Minority Teachers
What strategies can be used to attract minority teachers to professional development opportunities in ocean sciences?

Successful People—
Testimonials -- what is their story. Common threads

April 20, 2003
Working Agenda
Location: Avery Research Center,
125 Bull Street, Charleston, SC

Wednesday 21
   10–11am
   Classroom Orientation and Tour

   11–12pm
   Goals and Processing 2-3 Presentations

   Noon – Catered Lunch

   1–3pm
   3 groups to analyze, manipulate and pull commonalities

   3-4pm
   Reporting and Synthesis

   Dinner/Evening
   Readings

Thursday 22
   10-11am
   Testimonials

   11am–12pm
   2-3 Presentations

   Noon–1pm
   Catered Lunch

   1–4pm
   a. Facilitated set of commonalities
   b. Facilitated set of ideas and programs to promote

   4–5pm
   Pull together a couple of strong examples

   6:30–7:00pm
   Cash Bar and Appitizers

   7–8:30pm
   Catered Dinner and Keynote Address

Friday, 23
   9-10:30am
   3 groups to ID their best ways of promoting the objectives

   10:30am–12pm
   Presentations and comments

   Noon-1pm
   Catered Lunch

   1–2:30pm
   Prioritization Recruitment
   Funding/Partners
   Time/Place

   2:30–3:00pm
   Wrap-up and manuscript expectations

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