caise

CAISE continues to learn and evolve as we are now in Year 4 of the project. The CAISE team at the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) has grown to include Margaret Glass as Communications Manager, Wendy Hancock as Project/Meeting Manager and as of April 1, Trevor Nesbit, former CAISE fellow, as Web Strategist—all working with Jamie Bell, Project Director since October 2010, and now Principal Investigator. A new CAISE Senior Advisors group includes Museum of Life and Science CEO Barry Van Deman, Science Museum of Minnesota's Chair of Museum Leadership Julie Johnson, ASTC CEO Bud Rock, Consultant for Museum Development and Science Communication  Alan Friedman, and KQED QUEST Executive Producer Sue Ellen McCann.

The current CAISE initiatives, which constitute the core work for Years 4 and 5 of the project, were developed through an iterative process with the National Science Foundation 'CAISE Working Group' of program officers. These initiatives integrate feedback and lessons learned from the 2010 PI Summit and NSF Reverse Site Visit. A brief description of each initiative can be found on the Programs (same link) page of the CAISE website. The descriptions include email contacts for the leaders of each initiative, so that you can easily request additional information.

Going forward, CAISE’s refined focus will be on supporting current and potential principal investigators of NSF ISE-funded work. We also remain committed to our role as a “listener, convener, connector and synthesizer” for the informal science education field by providing a dynamic resource and nexus point for all ISE sectors, including science centers and museums, media producers, science journalists, after- school, out-of-school-time and community-based programs, and cyber-enabled projects. In addition to the ongoing initiatives, in the coming months CAISE will be supporting  a series of small workshops on themes and topics drawn from the NSF ISE portfolio, designed to inform the 2012 CAISE Summit.