Educational Affairs Office: Student Support

STUDENT SUPPORT

Research

INDICATOR What should the research experiences for students be like?

SUPERIOR Programs provide students with rich opportunities to participate in short- and long-term research experiences

ACCEPTABLE Programs provide students with limited opportunities to participate in short-term research experiences

NEEDS REVISION Programs provide students with few or no opportunities to participate in short-term research experiences

Interactions

INDICATOR What should the interactions be like?

SUPERIOR Provides students with access to materials and equipment that will enable them to perform experiments and demonstrations, to make observations and measurements, and draw conclusions.

ACCEPTABLE Provides students with limited access to materials and equipment that will enable them to perform experiments and demonstrations.

NEEDS REVISION Students have no access to materials and equipment that will enable them to perform experiments and demonstrations.

Opportunities

INDICATOR How wide should the involvement be of students and others?

SUPERIOR Provide opportunities to involve teachers, parents, and others as partners by capitalizing on the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of young children as they participate in the process of scientific discovery.Provides several opportunities to elicit responses from participants to improve program activities.

ACCEPTABLE Limited opportunities to involve teachers, parents, and other adults as partners by capitalizing on the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of young children as participants.Some feedback invited, some refinement of program activities.

NEEDS REVISION No opportunities to involve teachers, parents, and other adults as partners. No capitalization on the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of participants. No invitation for feedback or responses.

Materials

INDICATOR Are these materials valuable for students?

SUPERIOR Provide guides and materials for parents to provide stimulating and informative out-of-school experiences for children.

GOOD Guides and materials provide informative experiences for children

ACCEPTABLE Guides and materials are useful when used with other educational materials, instruction, or experiences

NEEDS REVISION Guides and materials are superficial, have little educational value

Alignment of Student Interests

INDICATOR Are these materials or opportunities interesting for students?

SUPERIOR Field-testing and surveys have shown this material to be of high interest to students, resulting in self-motivation and creative interaction wit the materials.

GOOD Materials have been designed using data concerning student interests and some representative student opinion of materials has been solicited

ACCEPTABLE Materials have been designed to parallel previous materials that have shown high student interest and patterned on successful formats

NEEDS REVISION Student interest was not considered in the formulation of these materials

Access Without Teacher

INDICATOR Are the materials & resources usable for students?

SUPERIOR Provide clear and easy access to interactive materials that are accessible to both parents and students and provide enrichment experiences for children

GOOD Guides and materials are available to many parents and students and provide additional experiences for children related to the educational plan

ACCEPTABLE Guides and materials are useful for enrichment but may require assistance from an education professional

NEEDS REVISION Guides and materials are difficult to access and do not articulate with the educational goals of the mission.

Underserved Groups

INDICATOR How are underserved groups involved?

SUPERIOR Is targeted at schools or institutions where underserved groups are exceptionally involved in the activity, including rural, inner-city schools or minority-serving institutions

GOOD Is targeted at schools or institutions where underserved groups are very involved in the activity

ACCEPTABLE Is targeted at schools or institutions where underserved groups are somewhat involved in the activity

NEEDS REVISION Is targeted at schools or institutions where underserved groups may or may not be involved in the activity

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INDICATOR	What should the research experiences for students be like?
SUPERIOR	Programs provide students with rich opportunities to participate in short- and long-term research experiences
ACCEPTABLE	Programs provide students with limited opportunities to participate in short-term research experiences
NEEDS REVISION	Programs provide students with few or no opportunities to participate in short-term research experiences

INDICATOR	What should the interactions be like?
SUPERIOR	Provides students with access to materials and equipment that will enable them to perform experiments and demonstrations, to make observations and measurements, and draw conclusions.
ACCEPTABLE	Provides students with limited access to materials and equipment that will enable them to perform experiments and demonstrations.
NEEDS REVISION	Students have no access to materials and equipment that will enable them to perform experiments and demonstrations.

INDICATOR	How wide should the involvement be of students and others?
SUPERIOR	Provide opportunities to involve teachers, parents, and others as partners by capitalizing on the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of young children as they participate in the process of scientific discovery.Provides several opportunities to elicit responses from participants to improve program activities.
ACCEPTABLE	Limited opportunities to involve teachers, parents, and other adults as partners by capitalizing on the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of young children as participants.Some feedback invited, some refinement of program activities.
NEEDS REVISION	No opportunities to involve teachers, parents, and other adults as partners. No capitalization on the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of participants. No invitation for feedback or responses.

INDICATOR	Are these materials valuable for students?
SUPERIOR	Provide guides and materials for parents to provide stimulating and informative out-of-school experiences for children.
GOOD	Guides and materials provide informative experiences for children
ACCEPTABLE	Guides and materials are useful when used with other educational materials, instruction, or experiences
NEEDS REVISION	Guides and materials are superficial, have little educational value

INDICATOR	Are these materials or opportunities interesting for students?
SUPERIOR	Field-testing and surveys have shown this material to be of high interest to students, resulting in self-motivation and creative interaction wit the materials.
GOOD	Materials have been designed using data concerning student interests and some representative student opinion of materials has been solicited
ACCEPTABLE	Materials have been designed to parallel previous materials that have shown high student interest and patterned on successful formats
NEEDS REVISION	Student interest was not considered in the formulation of these materials

INDICATOR	Are the materials & resources usable for students?
SUPERIOR	Provide clear and easy access to interactive materials that are accessible to both parents and students and provide enrichment experiences for children
GOOD	Guides and materials are available to many parents and students and provide additional experiences for children related to the educational plan
ACCEPTABLE	Guides and materials are useful for enrichment but may require assistance from an education professional
NEEDS REVISION	Guides and materials are difficult to access and do not articulate with the educational goals of the mission.

INDICATOR	How are underserved groups involved?
SUPERIOR	Is targeted at schools or institutions where underserved groups are exceptionally involved in the activity, including rural, inner-city schools or minority-serving institutions
GOOD	Is targeted at schools or institutions where underserved groups are very involved in the activity
ACCEPTABLE	Is targeted at schools or institutions where underserved groups are somewhat involved in the activity
NEEDS REVISION	Is targeted at schools or institutions where underserved groups may or may not be involved in the activity