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Nominate New NAGT Officers by March 18, 2022!

Are you or someone you know interested in getting more involved in NAGT?

NAGT is seeking nominations for individuals wishing to serve nationally as NAGT Officers on the Executive Committee and to provide guidance and expert advice to NAGT. To uphold the Association's mission of supporting a diverse, inclusive, and thriving community of educators and education researchers to improve teaching and learning about the Earth, NAGT seeks individuals with varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds across regions, race, gender, age, and identity.

Learn more about the roles and responsibilities of NAGT officers and read the NAGT officer guidelines. (Acrobat (PDF) 71kB Mar2 22)

Nominations are open for the following positions:

• 2nd Vice President (4-year commitment)
• Councilor at Large (3-year term) - 2 full-term positions + 1 one-year position open

If you are interested or would like to nominate someone to serve on the committee, please use this nomination form. Self-nominations are welcome. Positions will start at the GSA Annual Meeting in October 2022.

Nominate by March 18

Apply for a Traveling Workshop: Customized programming to strengthen your department or courses

The NAGT Traveling Workshops Program (TWP) brings national leaders in geoscience education to your campus or regional event to help you and your colleagues with strategic planning. Designed for departments, institutions, or groups of institutions with shared interests, TWP offers workshops on strengthening geoscience departments, fostering collaboration in the development of cross-campus environmental and sustainability programs, developing strategies for supporting the success of all students, and more. Apply to bring facilitators to you for a Fall 2022 workshop by March 15, 2022 or by June 15 for Fall/Winter Workshops.

Apply for a Traveling Workshop

Application deadline for Early Career Geoscience Faculty Workshop extended to March 21, 2022

The application deadline for the Early Career Geoscience Faculty workshop, part of NAGT's On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program, has been extended to March 21. Join us for a multi-day workshop in a stimulating and resource-rich environment where you will participate in sessions on topics including effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program in a new setting, working with research students, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and time management. The Early Career Geoscience Faculty workshop is for faculty in their first three years of a tenure-track or equivalent position, with priority given to applicants entering their second or third years in their position. Participants must have a full-time faculty position at a two-year or four-year college or a university at the time of the workshop and must be in their first three years of full-time teaching or starting a full-time position in the Fall. See the overview page for more details.

• Date: June 20-24, 2022, with an optional virtual visit to NSF in Summer 2022
  University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• Apply by March 21, 2022

Nominations for Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award Due March 31, 2022

Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (OEST) awards are given for "exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth Sciences at the pre-college level." Any teacher or other K-12 educator who covers a significant amount of earth science content with their students is eligible. Ten national finalists are selected, one from each NAGT regional section. Some sections also recognize state winners. Individuals may apply themselves or nominate a colleague for the award.

• Nominate by March 31, 2022
  

Register for the eighth annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous

Registration and abstract submissions are open for the eighth annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous, taking place in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, from July 11-15, 2022! NAGT members receive $100 off registration.

• Check out the program
• Early registration discount deadline is May 3 (standard registration is open through June 30)
• Apply to participate in the Activity Review Camp by May 3
• Late poster or Share-a-thon presentation submission deadline is May 17
• Sign up to receive updates on the 2022 EER
  

Host a future Rendezvous!

Are you or someone you know interested in getting more involved with the Rendezvous?

The National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) looks forward to hosting the 2022 Earth Educators' Rendezvous at the University of Minnesota this summer, and the wheels are already in motion to begin the selection process for future Rendezvous site hosts. NAGT would like to hear from those interested in hosting the conference at their home institution. Hosting the Rendezvous is a great way to showcase your department, institution, and your geographical region. Hosting the Rendezvous offers a unique opportunity to showcase your institution to more than 350 researchers and practitioners working in all aspects of Earth education including a mix of college faculty, graduate students, and K-12 teachers from all disciplines who are interested in improving their teaching about the Earth. Rendezvous has rapidly become a highly sought-after and celebrated event for geoscientists and Earth educators. The Rendezvous site host is an important member of the planning committee and works with, and has full support from, the entire Rendezvous committee and NAGT staff. Site proposals are open year-round!

Submit a proposal

2022 Geoscience Field Camps

Summer 2022 Geoscience Field Camp Offerings

In an effort to help students and faculty find options for Summer 2022 field camp offerings, NAGT is compiling a list of field camps of all formats. This list includes programs--whether they be online, in-person, or hybrid--that have space for additional students. Are you a field camp director with space for additional enrollment in your summer 2022 course? We invite you to add your program to the list.

Please share the field camp list with students who may be interested in participating in these programs.

Nominate your colleagues for NAGT Awards!

A number of NAGT award deadlines are coming up soon. We invite you to nominate yourself or colleagues to recognize outstanding work in the geosciences.

• Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award (OEST) for exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth Sciences at the pre-college level.
  • Nominations are due by March 31st
• The Excellence in JEDI Award (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)
  • Nominations are due by April 15th
• The Neil Miner Award for exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth sciences
  • Nominations are due by April 15th
• The James Shea Award for exceptional contributions in writing or editing of Earth science materials
  • Nominations are due by April 15th
• The Robert Christman Distinguished Service Award for service to the Association at the national and/or section level
  • Nominations are on a rolling basis
• Dorothy LaLonde Stout Professional Development Awards
  • Nominations are due by April 15th

Do you have good news related to your geoscience education work that you would like to share with the NAGT community? Submit to NAGT's Community Kudos!

The NAGT webinar series is free and we encourage you to invite your colleagues to attend. Check out the webinar schedule.

2022 Geoscience Field Camps

Summer 2022 Geoscience Field Camp Offerings

In an effort to help students and faculty find options for Summer 2022 field camp offerings, NAGT is compiling a list of field camps of all formats. This list includes programs--whether they be online, in-person, or hybrid--that have space for additional students. Please share the field camp list with students who may be interested in participating in these programs.

View field camp list

AGU Bridge Program Student Application is now open

The AGU Bridge Program, part of the Inclusive Graduate Education Network, is an effort to increase the participation of students from historically marginalized communities in geoscience graduate programs. The AGU Bridge program provides students an alternative pathway to graduate school admission by giving them access to a common application system. As a professional member in the geosciences, we hope that you will support this effort to by encouraging eligible students to apply from your own departments or research groups within or outside of your institution.

Submitted applications will be circulated to our AGU Bridge Partners that have committed to adopting and practicing inclusive and equity-centered practices in their departments. The student application can be accessed by visiting the AGU Bridge Program website.
Students are encouraged to complete their application by March 31, 2022.

• Apply by March 31, 2022

Earth Educators' Rendezvous Academic Career Prep Award for graduate students

Thanks to generous donations from NAGT members and donors, graduate students attending the Mon-Wed Academic Career Preparation workshop at the Earth Educators Rendezvous are eligible to apply for a limited number of stipends. Applications are due April 11, 2022.

GEO2YC Division

Geo2YC Division Faculty Development Awards

The Geo2YC Division wants to support members' efforts to promote geoscience education. Two Faculty Development awards are available to Geo2YC members: (1) Mini grants up to $500 to support an activity (workshop, field trip, etc.), which benefits faculty from multiple institutions, and (2) travel grants of $100 to help an individual attend a professional development activity.

• Apply by April 15, 2022

Nominate an Outstanding Adjunct 2YC Faculty today!

The Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award (OAFA) is an opportunity to showcase the efforts of you or one of your adjunct colleagues who is doing great work in geoscience education. Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis. See the information page for more details about the award.

• Nominate

Pacific Northwest Section

2022 NAGT Pacific Northwest Section Annual Conference

The Pacific Northwest Section is having our annual conference this year in Pendleton, Oregon on June 20-22, 2022. After a day of talks, workshops, and meetings at Blue Mountain Community College, we'll be spending two days exploring the local geology, with trips to the Tower Mountain Caldera Complex, the Columbia River Basalts, and the Mountain Home Metamorphic Complex. Abstract deadline for talks is May 1. Submit abstracts to Philip Schmitz (pschmitz@bluecc.edu). Please contact Philip Schmitz or read our Winter newsletter for more details.

Teacher Education (TED) Division

TED Earth Sciences Methods Forum - 17 March 3:00pm PT/6:00pm ET

Topic: Reviving PowerPoint from Death to Life with Advanced Animations
Presenter: Scott Brande, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Description: Are your students checking texts and TikTok during lectures? Does your static slide fail to keep students' eyes on the point? PowerPoint is equipped with a multitude of animation functions that can be triggered to keep eyes glued to the display. We'll explore examples consistent with principles of eLearning and cognitive science. Slides with animations will be available for download.

Join on Zoom

Post to the TED Division Facebook Page

Members are invited to post time-critical information on the TED Division Facebook page.

Belonging in Field Education Study

We are looking for faculty and instructors who are teaching multi-day residential field courses at field stations, marine labs, or geoscience field camps between April - September, 2022 to be involved in an NSF-funded study investigating the development of student sense of belonging in the field.

We invite you to take a 15-20 minute survey to express your interest in being part of this research study, by Friday, March 18th.

The study will include students and faculty in biology and the geosciences to understand the unique factors that build and shape a students' sense of belonging in the field. In subsequent years of the project, we will support faculty in a Community of Practice to co-create and embed practices and mindsets that increase inclusion and equity in the field sciences.

Being part of the study will be an opportunity to contribute to collective knowledge about how sense of belonging develops in field settings. In classroom settings, belonging plays an important role in students' mental health and well-being, academic achievement and motivation, institution-level retention, and is pivotal for the persistence of students underrepresented in STEM disciplines. We still have much to learn about the development of sense of belonging in field settings.

Eight or more courses will be chosen from the interest survey results, representing a range of course types, regions, disciplines, and students. We will contact all who completed the survey about their status by April 11, 2022.

Direct questions to belonginginthefield@gmail.com.

Learn more

Take survey

Networking opportunities with Global Network for Geoscience and Society

The Global Network for Geoscience and Society is a new organization that has a few opportunities for student leadership as members of our Steering Committee. You can help us by distributing the flier to students who might be interested in helping us develop fruitful connections between the geoscience community and the broader community that we serve. Read more on the recruitment flier. (Acrobat (PDF) 1.5MB Mar9 22) For questions, please contact Vince Cronin (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu).

Upcoming free workshop opportunity for educators

Supporting Marine Earth Observation Educators (online) Workshop:

There is an upcoming workshop opportunity for educators who use satellite data in their teaching, mentoring, and training. The purpose of this training workshop is to share knowledge, skills, resources and training techniques so that attendees are able to independently train others on available Earth Observation (EO) data and tools. During the course, participants will work with others to create their own (learning) artefacts. This is an interactive knowledge exchange workshop, not a technical training event. The course will be a total of about 25 hours spread across 3 weeks with different timings to accommodate different time zones.

• Date: May 30 - June 17, 2022
• Apply by April 3, 2022

Real-Time Science: Arctic Ocean Expedition

You and your learners (audiences of all ages) are encouraged to join Sarah R. Johnson, environmental education specialist at Wild Rose Education in Carbondale, Colorado and International Arctic Buoy Program PolarTREC educator alongside her Arctic Ocean expedition in late March 2022 to learn how scientists collect weather, climate, and sea ice data amidst the frigid Arctic challenges.

She will share real-time updates from the March 27-April 8 IABP AK Spring 22 Deployment off the coast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska via the PolarTREC Virtual Base Camp as well as her blog Arctic Ruminations. Everyone is encouraged to read the real-time updates and post questions and comments that Sarah will then respond to. Also, during the first week of April, everyone is invited to participate in a live-stream PolarConnect event to meet the scientists at the Arctic Ocean on the sea ice. Be sure to sign up to receive the journal and blog posts (links above) in your email to get all the details.

Collaborators include the International Arctic Buoy Programme, National Science Foundation, University of Washington Polar Science Center, Office of Naval Research International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research (ICE-PPR), University of Maryland, ARCUS PolarTREC, Float Your Boat, and Wild Rose Education

Follow Sarah's team's expedition March 27-April 8th online.

Environmental Science, Assistant (Tenure-Track) Professor, Bellevue College

Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences and Physics, Bates College

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Geochemistry, Bates College

Faculty Opening in the Earth, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Sciences, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Assistant Professor Teaching Career Track in Earth Sciences, School of the Environment, Washington State University

Assistant Professor of Practice, Texas Tech University

Assistant Professor, Geosciences, Johnson County Community College

Geology Instructor (Full-Time), Clovis Community College

Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science (oceans); Bowdoin College

Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of Texas, Arlington

Submit an opportunity to the NAGT Career Hub

Available Samples

• Crystal Models available
• Ophiolite, Tertiary sedimentary, misc metamorphic

Desired Specimens

• Deformation Microstructures

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