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Informs of Nomination of NRC School Volunteers Program for 1997 Public Svc Excellence Award Program.Nomination Package Encl

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csamuru DEC 0 419961 Ms. Joan Right, Executive Director Public Employees Roundtable P.O. Box 14270 Washington, D.C. 20044-4270

Dear Ms. Right:

I am pleased to nominate the NRC School Volunteers Program, which is administered by our Office of Public Affairs, for the 1997 Public Service ,'

Excellence Awards Program. The Commission appreciates the opportunity to participate in this awards program.

Sincerely, Shirley Ann Jackson

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l The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's School Volunteers Program was  !

established 10 years ago to forge a partnership between employees and schools in an effort to improve science and math education in local schools. 1 Originally based in the agency's Rockville, Maryland, headquarters, the i program has successfully broadened to its four regional offices in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, and Texas, and involves almost 500 employees nationwide. This represents about one sixth of the total number of NRC staff.

1 The school volunteer program has been praised on many occasions for l outstanding service and for its commitment to assist schools, students, and teachers. Volunteers use a combination of agency time and their own personal time to assist students in many other aspects of their education - building confidence, self-esteem, and pride in their ability to learn math and science l

concepts, as well as to deal successfully with complex principles and ideas.

Proaram Descriotion The NRC School Volunteers Program was established in keeping with the spirit of the National Partnership in Education Program initiated by President Reagan in 1983. It represents an extension of our participation in the National Service Act of 1990 which encourages Federal employees to become involved in partnership programs with schools to improve the quality of education in America. The program is intended to improve the educational community's in-depth teaching, offering personal involvement with students to stimulate their ,

interest in science and technology. l Over the years, NRC has developed a cadre of highly trained and talented professionals who regularly volunteer in Washington Metropolitan Area schools, as well as in schools close to our four regional offices. Our volunteers have backgrounds in engineering, physics, law, geology, human resources, statistics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, journalism, biology and health sciences, as well as in administrative areas. Almost 500 employees at NRC are involved in numerous volunteer activities at about 300 schools. Our volunteers lecture in classrooms, participate in career awareness seminars, serve as science fair mentors and judges, and counsel and tutor students and teachers on specific topics. Volunteers work with students and staff ranging 1 from first grade to college level.

Although the program started as a partnership between the NRC headquarters office and Montgomery County, Maryland, it has since expanded to include Prince Georges, Howard, Anne Arundel, and Frederick Counties, as well as Washington, D.C. and Virginia area schools. We also recently established volunteer efforts at schools in communities near our four regional offices.

For example, our Arlington, Texas, office initiated a program called " HOSTS" -

Help One Student Succeed - at which NRC employees mentor local students and help with reading skills. Six NRC employees visit an elementary school to tutor students in reading for a half hour each week for the entire school l year.

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2 In addition, we have helped teachers to understand the regulation of nuclear reactors, materials, radioactive waste, and other issues involving nuclear safety. We have provided hands-on activities to demonstrate how the agency uses science, math, and technology to resolve the complex problems it faces in regulating nuclear energy and radioactive materials used in medicine and industry.

Scope NRC was originally contacted by Montgomery County Public Schools to help fill a void in science and math education that budget cuts and class size changes had created. Since then, NRC volunteers have visited classrooms over 1500 times. Our employees provide a hands-on education to students and offer them a real-life example of the types of jobs available to those who pursue science and math careers. This encourages and motivates students to learn about l issues and subjects to which they otherwise may not have given much thought in choosing a career path.

Our employees work hard to develop an interesting presentation and then actually sacrifice time at work and at home to visit schools. Two people coordinate this program agency-wide. The annual cost is less than $2,000.

The participation of NRC staff is entirely voluntary; activities such as tutoring and mentoring must be done on the employee's own time. However, activities which provide information about the agency, such as explaining NRC's functions and describing careers at NRC, are regarded as excused absences. Although employees have not formally been trained to make presentations at schools, the volunteers have performed extremely well and are frequently requested by teachers for future class presentations because of their motivation and detailed knowledge of the industry. The Office of Public Affairs has a resource library and provides hands-on classroom demonstrations, as needed, to assist the volunteers in their efforts.

We have also been instrumental in establishing the Science and Technology l Workshop for Educators in Montgomery County. The NRC, in cooperation with the Montgomery Education Connection, began chairing a Science Committee six years ago to develop a science-oriented workshop for teachers. Since then, fifteen .

local member businesses, including NRC, annually have hosted a group of 15-20 I Montgomery County teachers for one day, incorporating demonstrations, tours, and lectures featuring the latest technology and developments in their field.

The workshop has been highly successful in giving teachers a new perspective on the use of technology in the workplace and they, in turn, can provide students with a meaningful connection between classroom activities and potential careers in science and technology.

Last year, we participated in an experimental pilot program at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland, called the Technology and Research Program.

This year-long program involved the students in a real-life, problem-solving exercise -- an actual site decontamination project which NRC has already undertaken, allowing students to perform the research, calculate doses and make a final recommendation. NRC provided guidance and met with students periodically to check progress. We even had a " mock" Congressional hearing to broadly recreate the actual hearing held in 1989 which focused on contaminated

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The program, although very time-consuming for the NRC staff, was very rewarding for the students as well as for our employees. It gave the staff an ,

opportunity to observe students connecting real problems to classroom 1 learning. l Ouality of Service Judging from the positive feedback we have received, our employees have provided a much needed service to local schools. Employees who volunteer are highly motivated to help students and teachers by sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm about their specialties. We have recognized employee efforts through agency-wide publications (Enclosure 1) and letters of appreciation, as well as volunteer appreciation ceremonies and awards events with the Chairman and Commissioners of our agency.

As a final touch to their year-long effort helping students work on science projects, NRC employees participate as judges in the Montgomery Area Science Fair, the largest and most prestigious fair in the county. Six students receive an NRC Special Award for their projects which must be somehow related to the mission of the NRC. The winning students are then invited to share their projects with our top policymakers, the Commissioners, and the rest of the NRC staff. The judges are also recognized and receive an award for their efforts throughout the year. The students and their families are then invited to join the judges in an award luncheon afterwards. First place winning students also receive a one-year subscription to the science magazine of their choice.

The volunteer program offers students and teachers interesting and innovative projects to help explain nuclear science and the role of NRC in nuclear I safety. Three years ago, we began offering " packaged" classroom activities  !

(Enclosure 2). These are boxes of organized, hands-on activities that l volunteers can perform with students in the school. They cover diverse subjects such as radiation, nuclear power, energy, transportation, and math problems. We also have a portable reactor model, which can be taken apart to demonstrate the inner workings of a nuclear reactor. These activities supplement other resources (e.g., materials, slides, overheads, and equipment) that the NRC makes available to volunteers. Many volunteers also develop their own activities that capture student interest, which makes them eager to learn more.

Effectiveness Measures This year NRC received an award from the Montgomery County Alliance for Educational Excellence for its partnership with Montgomery County schools for '

the science and technology workshop. This workshop incorporates demonstrations, tours, and lectures featuring the latest technology at NRC and focuses on skills students will need when they enter the workforce. Fifteen businesses in the County participate in the week-long workshop, which many veteran teachers consider the most valuable in-service course they have ever taken (Enclosure 3). The workshop helps Montgomery County teachers develop a science and technology curriculum used throughout high schools in the county.

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4 i Dr. Paul Vance, Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent, is very i supportive of this effort and regards it as one of the few opportunities provided for teacher development and in-service credit (Enclosure 4). NRC helps give teachers the opportunity to learn first-hand about science and technology applications in the current workplace and allow them to actively participate in " hands-on" activities, tours, and demonstrations. Clearly this demonstrates the importance we attach to improving education while giving i something valuable back to the community.

1 We also received an award from the Montgomery Education Connection for our  !

efforts in helping out in the classroom. Our many letters of thanks, support, jl and appreciation from teachers and students who look forward to NRC's j involvement each year are a testament to the success of the program (Enclosure 5).

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1. Article in " News, Reviews & Comment" about NRC volunteers 1 2. Flier distributed to employees about classroom activities

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4. Letter of thanks from Superintendent Paul L. Vance

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g they fo,trid teachers who might bej ust alittle better prepared to tell them what to ex pect Heather Astwood and flernard White of whee tMy leave the classroom -- and how what the students are learning in the the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety classroou relates to the rest of the world. These are the students whose teachers and Safeguard demonstrated two participated in tlus > car's Science and Technology Program for Educators, sponsored potential classroom activities which they by the Science Committee of the Montgomery County Education Connection. entitled //and/e with Care and Site I/p l and Listen!

l Fifteen area businesses and government agencies each hosted a group of fifteen to l twenty teachers for one day, and, once agam, NRC Headquarters at White Flint was After the lunch break, Joseph DiCicco i

talked to the teachers about radioactivity l a popular choice of the educators, in everyday objects The day's activities j

i The teachers who came to NRC heard and saw Rick Hasselberg of the Office for concluded with the always popular tour of l Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Dats give a demonstration of a classroom the Operations Center in Two White Fhnt North.

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! In her letter io the participating organizations, she noted that the workshops has e been school teachers focused on busmess and

" highly successful in giving teachers a new perspective on the use of technology in other apphtations that could be more the workplace and they, in turn, can provide a meamngful connection between readily adapted to suit their students cla:,sroom activities and future jobs '

As Mmdy noted, not only does the Among the businesses participatmg were Martm Manetta Laboratones TRW program gise teachers a first-hand Systems integration Group, Potomac Electric Pow er Company, Hew lett Packard Bell opportunity to learn about science l Atlantic Corporation, Fusion Systems, and Shady Grose Adventist Hospital i ederal apphcations m the current workplace, 1

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after a daylong presentation at Hewlett.Packard Hockvt!!e. "It gives us an insight, and [studentsj c Uttridgesaid. Ship j By ANDREW D. BEADLE see a real correlation. They have to have a reason the pr. mon plans ofessionals shetomet invite som to her

ournal m" ="wr The next tirne a student asks Shelia Shipmon. learn it.- classroom. ., ..a r One of the thmgs teachers were taught was to L "It's going to make the' classroom "When will I ever need to use th#" the teacher can more teamwork among students in the classron so much better,"s J quickly respond, "When you get mto the bustness Hewlett-Packard rebes on teams of people, not in

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" Working in groups takes longer, but yua make spent the first week of the sununer break vtsituig busi- better dertsto.is." Cage said "fletter ideas wdl result nesses m the county. They learned not only what lead-ers expect from their new employees but also new h om that chsrussion it s worth the effort t echruques to use m the classt o im "I'm so eu ited about it.' Nopmon said s esterda)

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