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GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Paper No. 104-14
Presentation Time: 11:40 AM

ON THE CUTTING EDGE: PERSPECTIVES FROM NSF DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION GEOSCIENCE PROGRAM OFFICERS (Invited Presentation)


SVERDRUP, Keith A., National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 22230, SINGER, Jill, Earth Sciences, SUNY-Buffalo State, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, RYAN, Jeffrey, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620, MATTY, David J., College of Science, Weber State University, 2501 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408 and LEA, Peter D., Department of Earth & Oceanographic Science, Bowdoin College, 6800 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, ksverdru@nsf.gov

The On the Cutting Edge Faculty Professional Development program for Geoscience Faculty (Cutting Edge) has enjoyed a longevity (15 years) that distinguishes it from most other NSF-supported education and professional development programs. The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) recommended the first award for Cutting Edge in 2002. Since then, additional awards were made to support the Cutting Edge program as it widened its scope and impact. Cutting Edge has offered a comprehensive program of face-to-face and virtual workshops and supported the creation of a rich collection of digital resources to support teaching and curriculum development, as well as faculty professional development at all career stages. The duration and significance of this program is reflected both in the number of DUE geoscience program officers who had Cutting Edge in their portfolio of funded projects, as well as the different funding programs through which this funding was obtained: initially supported through the National Dissemination track of the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program, Cutting Edge was later funded through the Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM (TUES), and Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE). We offer our perspectives about the impact of the Cutting Edge program and how it has been a catalyst for transformative change in undergraduate education within the geosciences community.

Session No. 104

T122. On the Cutting Edge: Fifteen Years of Impacts on Geoscience Education
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 2A (Washington State Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-299046
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