ONR K-16 Engineering Pipeline: Engineering Success in STEM Project
Abstract
The K-16 Engineering Pipeline: Engineering Success in STEM (K-16) project is a one-year project funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop an engineering pathway of high school courses and requirements within the Hawai'i Department of Education (HIDOE) that leads directly to acceptance into the College of Engineering, University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM) or other STEM-related technical training in Hawai'i. This project addresses the need for a rigorous statewide Engineering Pathway of core courses and requisite teacher training support services within the HIDOE to increase the number of "home grown" engineers and technicians who will remain in Hawai'i for employment at Pearl Harbor, NAFAC, SPAWAR, and other non-DoD STEM-based companies. A process evaluation examined the capacity of the K-16 to meet objectives and outcomes that establish and institutionalize an engineering pathway between the HI DOE and the UHM. The K-16 also provided additional supports in the final year of the Engineering Success in Stem (ESS) project to high school teachers in six complex areas: Castle, Kaimuki , Kealakehe, Leilehua,Moanalua, and Pearl City high schools. This report summarizes the K-16 project's progress toward meeting the objectives and outcomes at the end of Year 1.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 19, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1033472
Entities
People
- Katherine T Kawaguchi
Organizations
- Chaminade University of Honolulu