Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship 2011-2012Reinventing Education for the 21st Century

Robert A. “Bob” Pauley

Introduction

An Awesome Journey

Industrial Innovation& Partnerships

Professional Development My Capstone ProjectThe National ScienceFoundation

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 Nation’s Capital

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/IIP Projects

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.

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.

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.

The Einstein Fellowship

Team AmericaRocketry Challenge

Grants & Awards

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

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.

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.

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.

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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 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.