1. Assessment Activities and Plans Daniel Knight July 21, 2014

2.  Targets ◦ Broader Impacts  Education: SOARS Program student feedback  Outreach: Educational media related to grant content ◦ Research Team  Processes  Communication ◦ Science  Modeling  Integration

3.  Data Collection ◦ Co-PI structured interviews ◦ Broader impacts interviews ◦ SOARS student survey  Impact of student program components  Program outcomes

4.  SOARS student survey results (n = 2 of 3) ◦ Program Components (1-5 ratings, 5 – Strongly Agree)  Interesting project = 5.00  Felt like part of overall research project = 5.00  Project structured for completion = 5.00  Felt well connected with other students in program = 4.50 “When doing surveys I rarely give a program top scores in all aspects, but the SOARS program really does deserve it. The people in charge have thought out just about everything and it's really organized and beneficial to my education. “

5.  SOARS student survey results (n = 2 of 3) ◦ Student outcomes (1-5 ratings, 5 – Strongly Agree)  Learned research methods = 5.00  Interest in career related to SOARS project = 4.50  Interest in graduate school = 4.50 “My mentors have been phenomenal. I have learned so much from them on scientific research, career opportunities, and overall leadership. My writing has improved and my confidence in myself has increased.”

6.  SOARS program: Student suggestions for improvement ◦ “Keep developing ways for graduate students to stay with SOARS and be able to work on the master's research. This was a great opportunity for me and I would love to see other students do it too.” ◦ “I think that the writing workshops could be more interactive. Possibly doing outdoor activities.” ◦ Also: Do we want new SOARS student next year?

7.  Outreach ◦ K-12 video curriculum available through science portals  UCAR Connect  Science 360 ◦ K-12 video curriculum in use in K-12 classrooms  Most downloaded is animated content ◦ Future directions  Development of higher education content  AMS Annual Meeting presentation  What would you like?

8.  Large interdisciplinary team  Sub-teams intact at end of year 3  Need to maintain good communication ◦ Importance of bi-weekly team meetings at NCAR  Understanding of technical content  Understanding of team progress  Taking care of old and new business  Need to attend/check-in ◦ Importance of report-out emails

9.  Modeling described as making good progress ◦ One model has reached grant objectives ◦ Two other models described to me ◦ No significant research hurdles described ◦ Dissemination noted; request to focus on grad student publications  Integration of research efforts ◦ Integration taking place ◦ Need to attend to integration process