Leadership Program in Physical Sciences for Elementary Teachers and Principals

该教师增强项目旨在提高质量， Calcasieu的基础物理科学教育质量 路易斯安那州的教区学校。 该项目由两个 件. 第一个是为期一年的概念研讨会， 旨在扩大和更新物理知识的活动 为60名小学教师和12名校长提供科学培训。讲习班将 并以“探究式”的教学模式来培养基础科学的教学。 该计划的第二个组成部分是一系列的八个在职 教师和校长开展的活动， 特别是学校，他们与同事分享知识， 培训班为他们提供的专业知识。 结束时 两年后，将有一个教师/教师或教师/校长团队， 在教区的三十六所小学中， 在物理教学中提供正式和非正式的领导 科学 教区的所有校长也将参加一个 在职计划的重点是校长的作用， 科学教学中的指导者。 参与该项目的人员将有充分的机会， 从事科学活动，发展和规划适当的科学 与教区课程一致的课程和单元 学校 小学科学主管和大学工作人员将协助 参与者在他们的研究范围内实施探究科学， 教室和发展在职方案的工作人员。 将向与会者提供录像设施， 课堂教学自我评价与服务 程序. PI已制定了一个完善的评估模型，以评估 项目的影响。 学区、家长教师团体和 麦克尼斯州立大学在资金之外支持该项目 通过NSF的资助。 PI和工作人员非常有资格开展该项目， 一段时间以来，我一直参与提高教师科学水平的活动 教育 一个咨询委员会，由 参与的赞助者将为项目提供指导， 评估其影响。

This Teacher Enhancement project is designed to improve the quantity and the quality of elementary physical science education in the Calcasieu Parish schools of Louisiana. The project is comprised of two components. The first is a year long workshop in concepts and activities designed to broaden and update the knowledge of physical science for 60 elementary teachers and 12 principals. The workshop will also foster the teaching of elementary science in an "inquiry" mode. The second component of the program is a series of eight in-service activities carried out by the teachers and principals in their particular schools, whereby they share with colleagues the knowledge and teaching expertise which the workshop provided to them. At the end of two years, there will be a teacher/teacher or teacher/principal team in each of the thirty six elementary schools in the Parish which will provide both formal and informal leadership in the teaching of physical science. All principals in the Parish will also participate in an inservice program focused on the role of the principal as an instructional leader in the teaching of science. Participants in the project will have ample opportunities to actively engage in science activities and develop and plan appropriate science lessons and units which are consistent with the curriculum in the Parish schools. Elementary science supervisors and college staff will assist the participants in both implementation of inquiry science within their classrooms and the development of the inservice programs for the staff. Videotaping facilities will be available to participants for self-evaluation of their classroom instruction and their inservice programs. The PI has developed a sound evaluation model to assess the impact of the project. The school districts, parent-teacher groups and McNeese State University are supporting the project beyond the funding provided through the NSF grant. The PI and staff are eminently qualified to conduct this project, having been involved for some time in teacher enhancement activities in science education. An Advisory Committee comprised of representatives of the constituencies involved will provide direction to the project and assist in the assessment of its impact.