The Geo2YC Organizational Committee is pleased to announce
that the Geoscience at Two-Year Colleges (Geo2YC) Division has become the
first professional interest division of the National Association of Geoscience
Teachers (NAGT). The Geo2YC Division has received start-up funding from the
NAGT Executive Committee to launch its mission to:
1) serve as a forum
for exchanging information about 2YC geoscience programs
2) create a
professional network for geoscience education at two-year colleges and other
institutions with shared interests
3) sponsor NAGT 2YC activities and
make recommendations to the NAGT Council
4) support and coordinate
research on 2YC geoscience education
5) advocate for 2YC geoscience
education within NAGT and other organizations
We welcome all NAGT members,
including four-year college and university faculty with similar interests and
concerns, to join the Geo2YC Division.
For Geo2YC to
become a success we need your ideas and participation. One way to participate is
to nominate yourself or a colleague to become an officer. Below are the primary
duties and requirements for Geo2YC officers:
President - current
or former 2YC professor serves 1-year term followed by 5 years on the Nominating
and Election Committee
a. Convenes and chairs Executive Board
meetings
b. Attends NAGT Council meetings or designates an
alternate
c. Writes Division newsletter column and annual report for
NAGT
Vice-President - current or former 2YC professor serves 1
year-term before becoming President
a. Participates in Executive Board
meetings
b. Coordinates with liaisons to NAGT
sections
Secretary/treasurer - serves 3-year term
a. Takes
Executive Board meeting minutes
b. Tracks budget and maintains financial
records and bank account
Newsletter Editor - serves 3-year
term
a. Participates in Executive Board meetings
b. Edits
quarterly electronic newsletter and sends news to other
media
Webmaster - serves 3-year term
a. Participates in
Executive Board meetings
b. Maintains and updates Division website on
NAGT server
Archivist - serves 3-year term
a. Participates in
Executive Board meetings
b. Archives documents, records, and images, and
maintains membership roster
Please send the names and contact
information for officer nominations to me at this address by Thursday, September 15. Membership sign-up, election of Geo2YC
officers, and adoption of Division bylaws will occur later this month on the
NAGT website.
We'd love to have you join
Geo2YC!
Regards,
Bob Blodgett
UPDATE: Here is the URL for Geo2YC: http://nagt.org/nagt/divisions/2yc/ . The actual page is http://nagt.org/nagt/divisions/2yc/index.html but you can
access it within out adding index.html.
Showing posts with label NAGT Two-Year College Section. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NAGT Two-Year College Section. Show all posts
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
NAGT Two-Year College Section to be Proposed
From Jackie Hams of the Far Western Section....
The Executive Committee of NAGT unanimously passed a resolution in support of establishing a two-year college (2YC) section within NAGT at their October 30, 2010 meeting in Denver. Formation of a 2YC group within NAGT was a recommendation of a June 2010 NAGT/NSF sponsored workshop titled, “The Role of Two-Year Colleges in Geoscience Education and in Broadening Participation in the Geosciences: A Planning Workshop.” The workshop brought together 31 2YC geoscience instructors and representatives of agencies and funding organizations.
http://serc.carleton.edu/geo2yc/workshop2010/index.html
An organizational committee of 13 2YC faculty is developing a mission statement and structure for a 2YC section to submit to the NAGT Executive Committee in April. The 2YC committee is studying similar groups in other science professional associations and discussing how a 2YC section can work closely with regional NAGT sections. Recognition of the 2YC community by NAGT will provide a national voice for institutions which are estimated to enroll approximately 45% of the undergraduates and minority students in the country, and play an important role in the science education of pre-service and K-12 teachers as well as life-long learners. NAGT members will be asked to vote on changes to the NAGT Constitution to establish a 2YC section.
The Executive Committee of NAGT unanimously passed a resolution in support of establishing a two-year college (2YC) section within NAGT at their October 30, 2010 meeting in Denver. Formation of a 2YC group within NAGT was a recommendation of a June 2010 NAGT/NSF sponsored workshop titled, “The Role of Two-Year Colleges in Geoscience Education and in Broadening Participation in the Geosciences: A Planning Workshop.” The workshop brought together 31 2YC geoscience instructors and representatives of agencies and funding organizations.
http://serc.carleton.edu/geo2yc/workshop2010/index.html
An organizational committee of 13 2YC faculty is developing a mission statement and structure for a 2YC section to submit to the NAGT Executive Committee in April. The 2YC committee is studying similar groups in other science professional associations and discussing how a 2YC section can work closely with regional NAGT sections. Recognition of the 2YC community by NAGT will provide a national voice for institutions which are estimated to enroll approximately 45% of the undergraduates and minority students in the country, and play an important role in the science education of pre-service and K-12 teachers as well as life-long learners. NAGT members will be asked to vote on changes to the NAGT Constitution to establish a 2YC section.
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