K-12 STEM Literacy Educator-Engineer Partnership Award

Purpose

To recognize collaborative activities between K-12 educators and technical professionals who are IEEE members.

1. Honor pairs of K-12 educators and engineers that, through their joint collaboration, provide learning experiences to precollege students.
2. Honor the educator-engineer collaborative partnership for successfully providing a specific project or program to the students that supports the education and curriculum requirements of the institution.
3. Honor the educator-engineer partnership for successfully providing a specific project or program to the students that promotes and increases the math, science and engineering awareness by each student participant.
4. Honor the educator-engineer partnership for successfully implementing a project or program that supports the educational goals of IEEE and IEEE-USA

Form of Recognition

Specially engraved award(s).

Frequency

One team per year.

Eligibility

The nominations for educator-engineer partnerships are open to all public, private and parochial schools and IEEE members.

No current member of the IEEE Board of Directors, the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, the IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee, or IEEE staff may be candidates, or nominate or endorse candidates for this award.

Criteria

Following are the criteria against which candidates for the award should be measured. Nominees need not meet every criterion; the following are guidelines for comparison of the pool of nominees:

1. Demonstrated partnership between the educator and engineer (required)
2. The engineer must be an active member of IEEE-USA (required)
3. Evaluation and feedback of project or program demonstrates results consistent with IEEE-USA precollege education goals (required)
4. Demonstrated commitment from the school leadership supporting the project or program
5. The project or program demonstrate vision and are linked to and integrated with the institution’s overall educational or curriculum strategy
   Application of educational methods and technology that affects the outcomes of the project or program (design and delivery, educational support, information systems, benchmarking, learning technology, etc)
6. Demonstrated and measured performance indicators for the student and educational outcomes
7. Defined contribution and support from the educational institution and the organization which the engineer represents
8. Willingness to share programs with other educational institutions and professional societies
9. The criteria is designed to provide a framework for continued collaborative relationships between the education and engineering communities.

Nominations

The nominations for educator-engineer partnerships are open to all public, private and parochial schools and IEEE members. Nominations may be for a variety of projects or programs that promote academic success, support the goals of the IEEE and improve the general image of the engineer or engineering profession. Nominations may be submitted via the online nomination portal.

Basis for Judging

The IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee will review all award nominations and provide a recommendation to the IEEE-USA Awards Committee of the final candidates. The decision of those two entities will be final, subject to the approval by the IEEE-USA Board of Directors.