Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship 2011-2012

1. Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship 2011-2012 Reinventing Education for the 21st Century Robert A. “Bob” Pauley The National Science Foundation Professional Development My Capstone Project Introduction Grants & Awards During extensive travels Bob has met astronauts, senators, congressmen/ women, and many government heads. Travel has stretched from the Atlantic (Palm Beach, Virginia Beach) to the Pacific Ocean (Los Angeles, Long Beach) and many states in between. NSF projects involve interacting with grantees and their innovation from classroom manipulatives, hydrogen and hybrid automobiles, educational video games and far more that will reach the retail sales market as they become proven in laboratories. • The Washington, DC, experience began at the Industrial Innovation & Partnerships Division (IIP) of the Engineering Directorate at NSF for Cheryl Albus, Innovation Cluster: • SBIR projects & conferences • I/UCRC events & showcases • PFI grantee visits & interviews • Research panel assistantships • Filming and editing numerous videos • Creating documents & presentations • Designing/publishing brochures • Facilitating conferences • Attending/assisting workshops, functions Robert A. “Bob” Pauley, FAU ‘01, Computer Science, is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Specialist for the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida with a passion for excellence in education. The Einstein Fellowship As an award-winning educator, he was honored to be selected into the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship to serve the 2011-2012 school year in our Nation’s Capital. To slow the proliferation of high school dropouts Bob Pauley designed a program to enable NSF grant funding for SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grantees to hire potential dropouts for STEM related employment – called DROP – Dropout Rate Occupational Plan. It is currently under review by the Foundation. Team America Rocketry Challenge Industrial Innovation & Partnerships Touring the country to promote STEM Education became his passion, meeting with zero gravity teams in Houston and helping to qualify TARC students across the U.S. designing rockets in the classroom, creating them in 3-D printers and firing them into the wild blue yonder. NSF/IIP Projects Einstein Fellows attend many functions as a group including school events that promote STEM Education. Shown below is one such showcase presentation, a DC science fair and a Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) team Bob assisted. NSF/IIP continues to unleash incredible opportunity. Below; An IIP brochure of Bob’s design, a group of wide-eyed DC middle school students in the NSF atrium and a flexible e-reader developed by an NSF grantee. An Awesome Journey The Nation’s Capital The Einstein Fellowship is an incredible ride. One could hardly imagine a more resolute and resourceful team to bring STEM education into the 21st century. Washington, DC, is home to the U.S. Capitol, the Library of Congress, both Chambers of Congress, the U.S. Department of Education, National Academy of Sciences and numerous other governmental entities. Einstein Fellows are uniquely qualified and enabled to bring education into the 21st century. Insert your text here