Aerospace Education Leaders Serving Their Communities

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Aerospace Education Leaders Serving Their
Communities

• Dr. Jeff Montgomery
• Susan Mallett
• Angie St. John

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Overview
• Learning lab goal
• AE mission
• Organizational structure
• AE programs
• On the horizon
• AE issues (Q A)
• AE hands-on activities

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Learning lab goal to provide information that
  will help you better understand our aerospace
  mission and accomplish the duties and
  responsibilities of a DAE or AEO in CAP.

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• AE mission
• -- to educate both Civil Air Patrol members
  and the general public on the important role
  aviation and space have played and will continue
  to play in Americas future.
• -- to encourage our nations youth to consider
  aerospace careers and to promote civil aviation
  to local communities.

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• HQ AE organizational structure

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• AE Programs
• AE texts Dimensions The Journey
• Model Rocketry
• Aerospace Education Excellence (AEX)
• AFA Grants
• Aerospace Education Members
• (AEMs)
• Fly-A-Teacher
• Satellite Tool Kit (STK)

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• AE Programs
• AEPSM Program
• Yeager test
• 215 test
• Awards
• Events
• Partners
• School Enrichment Program (SEP)

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Aerospace Dimensions
• -- basic intro 6 modules
• Aerospace The Journey of Flight
• -- comprehensive text 640 pages
• -- 2nd edition Oct-Nov
• Other curriculum
• -- AE for the Very Young
• -- Famous Fliers Famous Flights

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Model Rocketry
• 3 stages
• Written phase
• Hands-on phase
• Official witness log
• Progressively more
• challenging

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Aerospace Education Excellence (AEX)
• AEX I (vols I II) K-5
• AEX II (vols I II) 6-12
• AEX for Senior Members
• 6 activities AE Day final report
• Individual certificates unit/school plaques

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• AFA Grants
• 80 grants a year
• 4 cycles (20,000)
• summer winter CAP units
• spring fall AEMs
• 250
• Deadlines Mar 31, Jun 30,
• Sep 30, Dec 31

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Aerospace Education Members (AEMs)
• Special membership category
• Individual or organization that promotes AE
• Mostly school teachers
• Critical to meeting our external mission

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Fly A Teacher
• Teacher orientation flight
• Must be AEM
• Aerospace workshop optional
• Need wing POC AE involvement
• Use WMIRS
• Reimburse wing flying

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Satellite Tool Kit (STK)
• Leading satellite software
• AE has free STK disks
• Requires license to use
• Obtain license through AE
• Lessons on AE and AGI websites
• Unlimited potential
• Seminar tomorrow

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• AEPSM Program
• 5 parts
• -- Yeager test
• -- AE specialty training track (215) test
• -- Leadership
• -- Continuing Education
• -- Outreach

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Awards
• A. Scott Crossfield AE Master Education
• Crown Circle for AE Leadership (NCASE)
• A. Scott Crossfield Teacher of the Year
• Brewer Awards
• AE Mission Awards

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Events
• National Conference on Aviation and Space
  Education (NCASE)
• -- Oct 2008, Wash DC
• AEO School
• -- Jun 2008, Pensacola, FL
• -- regional schools

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Partners
• AFA
• AGI
• Adams State College
• Embry-Riddle University

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• School Enrichment Program

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• On the Horizon
• Aerospace Careers Thematic Unit
• STK Thematic Unit
• More AEX volumes
• The Journey 2nd edition
• AEO School June 2008
• NCASE Oct 2008

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AE LeadersServing Their Communities

• Q A
• Hands-on activities