+ Why Are We Here? Introduction by Yvonne Pelham IEEE Educational Activities October 2009 Teacher In Service Program

+ 2 Outline The Organization: IEEE IEEE’s Educational Activities Challenges to the profession What do we plan to do in this workshop? What are the long term benefits and expectations?

+ 3 The Organization – IEEE An international professional association dedicated to the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering as well as computer science, the allied branches of engineering, and related arts and sciences Established 125 years ago Operating in 160 countries Has approximately 380,000 members The largest technical professional association in the world $350M annual budget Headquarter in New York City, NY, USA Employs approximately 1000 staff members

+ 4 IEEE volunteers Key to IEEE success About 40,000 individuals who give at least 4 hours a week to the organization Local Section Chair Associate editor of a Journal Member of the Financial Committee of the Technical Activities Board Chair of a committee that develops a Standard The organization is run by volunteers From the President and CEO to the local Section Chair major decisions are made by volunteers An attempt to quantify the work done by volunteers estimated $2bn-$3bn

+ 5 IEEE’s principal activities (1) Organizing the professional community Based on geographic distribution and areas of interest Publishing technical and scientific literature on the State of the Art Organizing conferences on relevant technical and scientific matters

+ 6 IEEE’s principal activities (2) Developing technical standards Approximately 1300 standards and projects under development Developing educational activities for professionals and for the public Including students and teachers in the pre-university system Improving understanding of engineering technology and computing by the public Recognizing the leaders of the profession Awards and membership grades

+ 7 Sample Activities: Regional Organizations IEEE organizes professionals in its fields of interest into local Sections There are 329 local Sections worldwide including Pittsburgh Section – Pittsburgh, PA Upper Monongahela Subsection - Morgantown, W. VA. Johnstown Section- Johnstown, PA Youngstown Section- Youngstown, OH

+ 8 Why is IEEE interested in pre-university engineering education Because it is in our stated and un-stated mission Because in many IEEE Sections there is marked decline in the interest of young people in Engineering This is bad for the future of these communities and would have a negative impact on their standard of living Because we do not believe the problem is going to be tackled effectively without us

+ 9 What is the Challenge? Flat or declining engineering enrollments in most developed nations Women & minority students conspicuously under-represented

+ 10 BS Degrees Awarded Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics

+ 11 Percentage of Science Degrees Awarded Science degrees include life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer sciences, engineering, manufacturing, and building Source: Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development

+ 12 Pre-University Education Overall objective: To increase the propensity of young people to select engineering, computing and technology as a program of study and career path Sample activities: Teacher In-Service Program The on-line portal

+ Teacher In Service Program An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

+ 14 The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers Based on approved lesson plans Prepared/reviewed by IEEE volunteers Tested in classrooms Aligned with Education Standards Designed to highlight engineering design principles Emphasis on volunteer-teacher interaction as opposed to volunteer-student interaction 2001 Inception – Florida West Coast Section in conjunction with the University of South Florida College of Engineering

+ 15 The Teacher In Service Program Train volunteers IEEE Section Members IEEE Student Members Teachers and Instructors …using approved lesson plans on engineering and engineering design IEEE members will develop and conduct in-service training sessions with Teachers Teachers will incorporate the lessons in their classroom instruction for Students IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students

+ 16 The Basic Approach – Lesson Plans IEEE volunteers and consultants develop lesson plans that highlight an engineering design topic How to build a balanced mobile (rotational equilibrium) How to design a sail for a ship (aerodynamic design) The lesson plans are geared toward pre- university students and are tested in the classroom Materials for a 30-student class cost no more than $100

+ 17 How does it work? Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training With teachers and school administrators Volunteers spread the program in their school districts Volunteers work with the school district to organize TISP professional development/in- service presentations

+ 18 Teacher In-Service Program Presentations Since 2005, 18 training workshops completed Over 1450 volunteers from Regions 1-10 have been trained To date, these trained volunteers have made over 125 TISP presentations to teachers TISP presentations have reached over 2980 pre-university educators This reach represents more than 325,000 students each year IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students

+ 19 TISP presentations by volunteers Survey Results 1399 respondents(teachers)

+ 20 TISP presentations by volunteers Survey Results 1399 respondents(teachers)

+ TryEngineering.org An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

+ 22

IEEE’s pre-university education portal about engineering, computing and technology For teachers, school counselors, parents, and students A joint project of IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of Science Non-IEEE investment of approximately $2.5M English version was launched on June 2006 Target: US and Canada

+ 24 Languages 中文 Chinese DeutschGerman EspañolSpanish FrançaisFrench 邦人 Japanese PortuguêsPortuguese русскийRussian

University search By location, program, environment 26 countries, 1,848 universities Explore Engineering – Discipline Descriptions, Day in the Life of an Engineer, Preparation Tips Virtual Games71 lesson plans for teaching engineering design Student opportunities – summer camps, fellowships, etc. E-Newsletters Frequently Asked Questions – Ask an Engineer, Ask a Student A portal for school counselors, teachers, parents and students

+ 26 Most Requested Lesson Plans Build Your Own Robot Arm Series and Parallel Circuits Pulleys and Force Cracking the Code (bar codes) Electric Messages Adaptive Devices

+ 27 TryEngineering Progress Statistics (as of 1 Oct 2009) Since 2006, the portal received 11.0 million page hits, 2.5 MILLION HITS IN 2007 … 4.5 MILLION HITS IN 2008… 3.5 MILLION HITS so far in ,760 = average # of visitors per month 89,586 = highest number of total unique visitors (Sept 09) 274,511 = average # of page hits per month 51 mins = average time spent on the site 9947 = average number of university searches per month 14,763 = average lesson plan downloads per month Visitors come from the US, China, Canada, India, Germany and scores of other countries

+ What are we going to do here today and tomorrow? IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students

+ 29 Volunteer Training Key questions to be discussed in training: How to conduct a training sessions for teachers using the TISP lesson plans? How to approach the school system to engage teachers? How to align a lesson plan with local education criteria? Teachers and officials from the education establishment participate in the training sessions

+ 30 After The Training… Volunteers work with the school system to conduct training sessions for teachers Teachers use the training sessions and the lesson plans to educate their students IEEE participates in paying for the program In the first year, EAB will pay the materials and supplies expenses for TISP teacher sessions organized by IEEE Sections In subsequent years, funding is the responsibility of the IEEE Section Volunteers Teachers Students

+ 31 What are we going to do here? Demonstrate two (2) lesson plans: Building and testing an windmill Building and testing a robotic arm Discuss how to develop and use the TISP in local school systems Have Fun!

+ 32 Expectations from IEEE Volunteers Organize TISP sessions in the pre-university education system in your section Communicate with IEEE for guidance, information exchange, and funding Organize a task force within the local IEEE Section to make TISP a permanent program of the Section Arrange for budgeting through the Region, and IEEE Boards

+ 33 Expectations from Teachers Use the TISP approach in your classroom Work with the local volunteers to organize TISP training sessions for teachers Report to the IEEE Section what lessons have been learned from the program Indicate what lesson plans were or were not successful, and what additional lesson plans would be beneficial

+ 34 Unique Opportunity for NETL and IEEE Exploit shared interest to influence next generation of technical professionals Collaborate to develop and demonstrate technical content for teachers to use in pre-university schools

+ 35 Our Overall TISP Goals Empower IEEE Section “champions” to develop collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre- university educators Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

+ 36 Questions or Comments?