Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE Mentoring System, Phase I Opportunity for NSF ATE Grant Preparation Assistance (Updated September 2013)

Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE Mentoring System, Phase I

Opportunity for NSF ATE Grant Preparation Assistance (Updated September 2013)

Introduction to Mentor-Connect

Why Mentor-Connect?

+ Two-thirds of community colleges have never had NSF funding

+ NSF ATE no longer accepts preliminary proposals

+ Complexity of “grantsmanship”

Why Mentor-Connect?

+Need for highly skilled technicians

+ATE Community’s willingness to share

+Wealth of ATE resources

+Experienced PIs willing to assist first-time applicants

Why Mentor-Connect?

To help you compete for NSF ATE $ to:+ Strengthen technician education to meet STEM

workforce needs+ Develop STEM faculty leadership in technician

education

Mentor-Connect initially offers:Proposal development assistance for Small Grants for Institutions New to ATE

Mentor-Connect will also offer:Guidance and resources for funded PIs.

Who is Eligible?

Eligible Institutions and Faculty

+Two-year technical or community colleges that have not received NSF ATE grant funding in the past 10 years

+STEM faculty who prepare technicians for the American workforce

Especially encouraged to participate:

+Rural colleges

+Faculty from populations underrepresented in STEM

Mentor-Connect Goals

+Increase the number and diversity of successful first-time grant applicants to the NSF ATE program

+Enable new applicants to benefit from mentoring by experienced ATE principal investigators

+Strengthen leadership skills among faculty in advanced technological education

Project Activities

+A three-day workshop in January 2014 (with $ support for travel)

+An ATE-experienced mentor to work with each team during the workshop and for an additional ~36 hours of consulting assistance thereafter

Teams of 2 STEM faculty members from 20 selected colleges will receive the following support to develop ATE proposals for the October 2014 submission:

Teamwork Encouraged

And…Participating colleges may send a grant writer or other supporting administrator to the January 2014 workshop with a faculty team (by paying registration fee and travel expenses for the additional participant)

Mentor-Connect Mentors

Mentors will:+ Assist potential grantees during the three-day workshop

+ Provide additional ~36 hrs. customized mentoring/consulting

+ Provide feedback on grant proposal topics

+ Help proposal team refine ideas and strategies

+ Provide links to ATE resources

+Work with potential grantees to ensure that proposals address NSF and ATE requirements

Project Resources

+A wide range of online resources designed specifically to support proposal development and grant management

+www.Mentor-Connect.org website coming soon!

Mentor-Connect support includes…

Leadership Development for the Improvement of Technician Education: Mentoring System for the ATE Program

*iterative evaluation feedback loops throughout

**with required level of "buy in" and preparation

Mentors* Experienced PIs Former PIs MentorLinks Mentors

Recruitment & Selection for assigned mentoring

Facilitated Volunteer Service for online & one-to-many mentoring

Mentor Preparation

Mentor Assigned

Mentor/PIs Expand leadership skills Control work load Refine online resources

Community of Practice Best practices Program

improvement

Mentoring Intro Opportunities Responsibilities Guidelines

ATE Grantees* New to ATE New Center PIs Challenged PIs Referred PIs

Intro to ATE Mentoring

Resource referral—on-line, phone, FAQ’s

Application & needs assessment for 1-1 mentoring

Customized, "as-needed" PI support provided

Mentor Assigned

Mentoring need addressed

Mentors/PIs gain experience build leadership skills mentor pool

expanded

Potential Grantees* MentorLinks faculty Outreach workshops Targeted recruitment Self referral NSF Program Officer referrals

Referral to on-line resources

Self Assessment: Do you understand ATE program solicitation?

New "how to" lessons & ATE resources for proposal development

Mentor assigned and provides proposal feedback**

ATE Proposal Submitted

Application for Mentor

Intro to ATE workshops

Connect with Mentor-Connect

+email [email protected] to receive an invitation

+First event for 2014: webinar Wednesday, September 10, 2013 +Orientation to the NSF Advanced Technological

Education (ATE) Program+Orientation to the Mentor-Connect Opportunity+How to access application+Selection criteria and process

Connect with Mentor-Connect

+Follow us on Twitter! @Mentor_Connect https://twitter.com/Mentor_Connect

+Like us on Facebook! ATEmentorconnect https://www.facebook.com/ATEmentorconnect

+Become a Mentor! email [email protected] for information about opportunities

+For other resources, www.TeachingTechnicians.org “Help for New ATE PIs”

Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE NSF DUE # 1204463

Elaine Craft, Principal Investigator Charlotte Forrest, Project ManagerSC ATE Center of Excellence

Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, SC 29501-0548

[email protected]