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Measures for Project Success
Success in meeting Beyond Hayden's three overarching goals will be measured by the completion, by project end, of over a dozen project deliverables, all overseen by YERC and many assisted by YERC interns:
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Successful program “graduation” of 39 intern equivalents (i.e., some interns may serve more than one three-month internship), of which we expect 25% or more to be Native Americans, ~25% to work in student educator roles, and ~50% to work in student researcher roles.
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Successful incorporation of NASA ESE data resources into a minimum of three existing Project WET curricula.
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Successful completion of three tribal workshops using the new Project WET curricula. These workshops will be focused on the home tribes of Project WET interns, with a current desire to target the Crow, Northern Cheyenne, Ft Bellknap, and Salish Kootenai tribe.
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Successful placement of three Native American students in tribal jobs associated with STEM fields.
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Successful incorporation of NASA ESE data resources into the MOSS Ways of the West (WoW) program, and then use in WoW program (currently offering ~90 classes per year).
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Successful creation of a NASA data-inclusive Ways of the West documentation to facilitate transfer of the program nationwide.
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Successful publication of one paper from Dr. Whitlock with sufficient intern input to warrant acknowledgement.
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Successful yearly NASA data product incorporation into Yellowstone National Park Interpretive Center materials, shown on their website, and including hyperlink to NASA website with description of the science behind and value of NASA ESE data source in public land management decision making.
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Successful yearly NASA data product incorporation into the Biodiversity Conservation Divisions of Turner Enterprises materials, shown on their website, and including hyperlink to NASA website with description of the science behind and value of NASA ESE data source in private land management decision making.
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Successful student educator will contribute directly to the incorporation of geospatial tools using the NASA data for water management and related natural resource issues.
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Successful student researchers will contribute directly to the development of geospatial tools using the NASA data for water management and related natural resource issues.
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Successful creation by YERC and its interns of a project website profiling interns including photos and direct words from them to be used in subsequent year’s recruitment efforts, describing education and research programs in progress and how NASA data sources are being employed, describing collaborators to project, highlighting NASA ESE data use by collaborators; providing project reports.
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Successful yearly completion by YERC of intern workshop training efforts and year-end YERC/NASA Education Workshop.
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Successful yearly program evaluation, including posting to website.
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