Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center 2012-2013
ATEEC Resource Center Grant Overview April 2013 Slide 2 Advanced
Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC) ATEEC was
established in 1994 as an NSF Advanced Technology Education (ATE)
Center of Excellence to advance environmental and energy technology
education through curriculum development, professional development,
and program improvement in the nation's community colleges and
secondary schools. 2 Slide 3 3 PartnersOld & New Eastern Iowa
Community Colleges University of Northern Iowa Partnership for
Environmental Technology Education Western Kentucky University
Water Environment Federation Water Environment Federation Slide 4 4
The advancement of environmental and energy technology education
through curriculum, professional, and program development and
improvement. Mission Vision Foster a network of educational
communities, supported through public and private partnerships,
that ensures human health, safety, and global sustainability. Slide
5 5 Title: The Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center
Grantor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Advanced Technological
Education program Type of Grant: Resource Center DUE Award #:
1204958 (http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD
_ID=1204958&HistoricalAwards=false) Duration: 4 years, 10/1/12
through 9/30/16 Funding: $1.6M NSF Program Officer: David Campbell
Principal Investigator: Ellen Kabat Lensch External Evaluator: The
Sheinkopf Group Grant Basics Slide 6 Bachelor Degree Track: High
school, to.. Associates degree, to Bachelors degree Associate
Degree Track: High school, to Associates degree Short-Term
Training: Business/industry, to Certificate Resource Center
Audience: Tech Prep & Technician Levels K-12 Pipeline Slide 7 7
Key Staffing Key PersonnelRoles & Responsibilities
StaffRoleResponsibility % per year Ellen Kabat LenschPrincipal
Investigator Overall responsibility for all aspects of the project.
Oversees the planning, implementation, and evaluation of all
activities; chairs the Advisory Committee; and ensures that all
grant fiscal and program reporting requirements are fulfilled. 5%
Jeremy PickardProject Manager Works under the PI to manage the
day-to-day implementation and coordination of grant activities and
chair the Project Management Team. 65% Kirk LaflinPETE Director
Provides content expertise, coordination, management, and
evaluation of the regional PETE workshops. Subaward Melonee
DochertyInstructional Designer Coordinates and implements
professional development activities, occupational analyses
(including DACUMs), instructional design, and EERL components. 100%
Gina HowellInstructional Designer Facilitates communication,
dissemination, and professional development, activities. 30% Slide
8 8 Key PersonnelRoles & Responsibilities
StaffRoleResponsibility % per year Tony WilhelmTechnology
Specialist Maintains and updates the ATEEC Web sites, webinars, and
all multimedia technology activities. 65% Brian RitterEnvironmental
& Energy Educator Conducts K-14 outreach activities.25% Tim
HunterTechnology Specialist Develops ATEEC interactive Defining
Charts.TBD Glo HanneATEEC Coordinator Coordinates activities
associated with the grant.Y1&2: 30% Y3&4: 10% Doug
FeilConsultantAssists in planning and implementing grant
activities. TBD Key Staffing (cont.) Slide 9 Grant Objectives &
Activities Activity 1: Revise the Best Practices electronic manual.
9 Objective 1: Provide support and mentoring for institutions that
wish to start or improve educational programs in environmental and
sustainable energy technologies. Activity 2: Provide professional
development activities on the Resource Center Web site. o Webinars
o Networking forums Slide 10 Grant Objectives & Activities 10
Objective 2: Provide mentor services to ATE projects. Support NSF
ATE projects: o Encourage partnering with business and industry
for: Labor market analysis Job task analysis Advisory committee
Internships, etc. o Conduct DACUMs and task/occupational analyses o
Review proposals o Evaluate ATE projects o Serve on ATE advisory
committees o Market ATE projects and programs o Disseminate ATE
project/program materials Slide 11 Grant Objectives &
Activities (cont.) Activity 1: Conduct Defining Technology forums
and occupational /task analyses for business, industry, and
educational institutions. o New: Water & wastewater technology
o Update: Environmental technology (2008) Activity 2: Revise
Technology and Environmental Decisionmaking educational modules. 11
Objective 3: Establish and support additional industry, business,
and academic partnerships. Slide 12 Grant Objectives &
Activities (cont.) Activity 1: Create interactive career Web sites
for Defining Energy Technologies and Services, Defining Water
Technology, and Defining Environmental Technology targeted to high
school career counselors and students. 12 Objective 4: Promote
technician careers, visibility, and the public image of
environmental and sustainable energy technology. Activity 2: Update
and revise ATEECs existing online, interactive national directory
of environmental, energy, and water technology programs. Slide 13
Grant Objectives & Activities (cont.) Activity 1: Conduct
DACUMs at NSF ATE Project college sites. Colleges only pay for
ATEEC travel expenses. Activity 2: Conduct two PETE regional
conferences during each project year to address technician
knowledge, skills, and competencies in the workplace. 13 Objective
5: Address technician knowledge, skills, and competencies needed
for the evolving, converging, and emerging technical workplace.
Activity 3: Expand the Resource Center scope beyond environmental
and energy educators to include technician educators in other
career fields that require knowledge of environmental and energy
technology. Slide 14 Grant Objectives & Activities (cont.)
Activity 1: Update the ATEEC Resource Center Web site. o Review of
products for currency & relevancy o New product materials
solicitation o Focus groups for feedback on revision of current
ATEEC product materials o ATEEC News distribution twice a year,
with biweekly online articles 14 Objective 6: Screen, validate,
update, and broadly distribute exemplary materials, curricula, and
pedagogical practices adapted or designed by ATE Centers and
Projects and other sources. Slide 15 Grant Objectives &
Activities (cont.) Activity 2: Update the EERL (Environmental and
Energy Resources Library) Web site. 15 Objective 6 (cont.): Slide
16 16 ATEEC Staff Contact Information StaffEmailPhoneLocation* Day,
[email protected]. Diamond,
[email protected]. Docherty,
[email protected]. Feil,
[email protected]. Finn,
[email protected]. Hanne,
[email protected]. Howell,
[email protected]. Lensch, Ellen
[email protected]. Morgan,
[email protected]. Pickard,
[email protected]. Ritter,
[email protected] Wilhelm,
[email protected]. *D.O. = District Office: 306
W. River Drive Davenport, IA 52801 *M.P. = Mississippi Plaza 201 N.
Harrison St., Suite 101 Davenport, IA 52801 *Nahant Marsh Ed Center
4220 Wappelo Ave. Davenport, IA 52802 Slide 17 17 Additional
Details to be Found in Grant ATEEC Resource Center Management Plan
and Timeline.Page 12 Project Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and
Activities.....Page 5 Sustainability Plan...Page 10 Evaluation
Outcomes & Indicators for ATEEC Resource Center...Page 13 Slide
18 External Evaluation (Sheinkopf Group) Covers the period 10/1/12
6/1/13 Draft report will be sent to ATEEC for review by 5/1/13.
ATEEC will review the draft and submit final version to The
Sheinkopf Group (TSG) by 5/15/13. TSG will submit the final
evaluation report by 6/1 and ATEEC will submit it to NSF along with
their annual report. 18 ATEEC 2012-2013 Evaluation Report Slide 19
External Evaluation (cont.) Overall focus is on accomplishments and
activities toward meeting objectives stated in the proposal. NSFs
key measure of success is the impact of the program on the various
audiences served (includes students, faculty, community, etc.).
They also look for evidence of diversity in the program (inclusion
of women, minorities, etc.) and also the outlook for sustainability
of the program after NSF funding ends. 19 The External Evaluation
Slide 20 External Evaluation (cont.) Emphasis in the 2012-2013
evaluation will be on activities planned for first year of the
project (e.g., hold two professional development webinars each
year, work with Western Kentucky University and facilitate a
workshop on water and wastewater technology, update online national
map of environmental and energy technology programs). Evaluation
metrics: o Were these activities conducted? If so, what were the
results (based on data collected by ATEEC and by TSG)? If not, why?
o Do the results show they have met their targets (e.g., number of
charts disseminated, number of webinars held, usage increase of
Best Practices manual)? 20 The External Evaluation (cont.)
