understand the content while also preparing them for commonpoints of confusion or difficulty.Curriculum Implementation, Evaluation, and RefinementUpon completion of the summer program, participating teachers will have formed a syllabus andinstructional materials for an engineering design-centric course. They are expected to implementthe resultant course or modules in their schools within one (1) academic year of programparticipation. Hk Maker Lab provides ongoing financial and pedagogical support for theseclasses. The financial support ($1000/year) is used to purchase supplies necessary for the labactivities and design work. Pedagogical support is supplied by an Hk Maker Lab program teammember, who joins the teachers in their classes as a de facto
study participants.Matrix DevelopmentThe critical topics within CEM from the literature review are used to develop a matrix to recordcourse names and course topics within each course. The course topics and school backgroundinformation were used as headers for the matrix listed below.School Background Information • School Name • School Location • Type of School • School Number • School PopulationCEM Course Topics [17] • Cost / Estimating • Equipment / Power Tools • Safety • BIM • Project Management • Scheduling • Materials & Methods • Contract DocumentsAnalysisThe analysis for the matrix is performed in two steps. Upon reviewing the school countywebsites, course planning tools (syllabus), and survey interview
reveals that students were very positive aboutthe focus on a real-life engineering design project. As institutions of higher education considermethods of engaging typically under-represented youth in engineering, this project provides auseful model as to what can be achieved by students.Appendix A - Grant Logic ModelAppendix B-- Details about Each Cohort Cohort 1 OverviewThe first cohort met at the university from mid-fall of 2013 to April of 2014. This cohort wasenrolled for transferable credit in the College of Engineering freshman design course taught by auniversity instructor who also taught this course concurrently with university freshman. Theprogram course used the same syllabus, projects and metrics as the college level course, but
education organization, astate science teacher organization, to teachers who visited the Center for class field trips, andthrough social media. Recruitment tasks were accomplished by Center education staff andpartner organizations. Interested teachers applied through an online application system during afour month submission window. To be considered complete, submitted applications had toinclude a resume, a series of short essays, and a form completed by two of their professionalreferences. Completed applications were reviewed by Center education staff, with finalacceptance decisions being made by the program manager.Participant Demographics Self-reported demographic information for the 22 teachers who have participated in theRET program is
5 3 3 2018 6 5 10 1 4 0 2019 4 9 8 5 1 1The first day experience consisted of a welcome, schedule, pre-assessment, module pretest,networking, campus tour, library workshop, and lab tour. A program syllabus and a schedulebooklet detailing daily commitments within the program were given to the teachers. The teacherswere enrolled in an online learning management platform to access handouts, notes andassignments online. For each module, a faculty mentor provided lectures to introduce theresearch and then had teachers work with the mentors to participate in