Reach for the Stars participants Michelle Paulsen (Program Director) and Ami LeFevre contributed to the writing of “The Power of Partnerships: A Guide from the NSF GK-12 Program”. This guide, compiled by the National Science Foundation, provides effective practices for creating STEM based projects and programs. K-12 teachers and administrators will be able to turn to this guide as a reference point for creating their own GK-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs.

The National Science Foundation gathers information from across the country to capture the knowledge and experiences from more than 10,000 graduate students, 1,000 principal investigators (university faculty), 300 project evaluators, and 12,000 K–12 teachers.

Michelle Paulsen co-authored Chapter 9, entitled “Evaluating Projects”. Ami LeFevre contributed to Chapter 3, entitled “Effective Recruitment and Selection Strategies for GK-12 Fellows and Teachers”. Additionally, a featured item on Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky’s visit to Northwestern’s appears in Chapter 10.

The complete guide is available online.