2011 Performance Summary: Enhancing Science and Engineering Education

This section provides a summary of the results for the 2011 National Instruments corporate responsibility commitments. To learn more about the company’s performance and commitments, visit the sections linked from this summary. A letter from the company’s CEO, Dr. James Truchard, also summarizes the company’s efforts in 2011.

To locate a specific Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicator in this report, refer to the GRI Index.

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Area	2011 Commitment	2011 Performance	Status
Mentoring Young Minds	Increase number of robotics mentors in underserved schools by 10%.	Increased the number of robotics mentors in underserved locations 65% during the 2010–2011 school year.
	Retain at least 60% of robotics mentors at headquarters.	Retained 62.5% percent of robotics mentors at headquarters.
	Expand robotics mentorship programs to five branch offices.	Expanded robotics mentorship programs to branch offices in Costa Rica and India.
	Create additional training and resources for robotics mentors.	Created web-based trainings and seminars for FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition mentors and participants. Developed advanced training content for elementary school mentors to be distributed in 2012.
Empower the Innovators of Tomorrow	Offer complete curriculum solutions for educators to teach key engineering and science objectives	Launched NI courseware portal and complete teaching solutions for RF/communications.
Empower the Innovators of Tomorrow	Promote new student programs to give students the ability to amplify their engineering expertise.	Expanded LabVIEW Student Ambassador program from seven to 31 ambassadors and launched LabVIEW 101.
Corporate Philanthropy and Advocacy	Dedicate 70% of corporate philanthropy to STEM-related efforts.	Dedicated over 70% of corporate philanthropy to STEM-related efforts.
Dedicated over 70% of corporate philanthropy to STEM-related efforts.	Supplement and develop lesson plans for elementary school LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT robotics programs to make it easier for educators to implement.	Developed new LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT activities and packaged existing lessons together to share with educators implementing new robotics programs.
	Develop a resource kit for parents that can help them become advocates for starting robotics programs in schools.	Developed a resource kit for parents and educators to help them start LEGO robotics programs in elementary schools.