North Louisiana Science Improvement Proposal: A Certification/Inservice Project

这个为期一年的项目将为一些未获得认证的中学/高中化学教师提供再培训的机会。该项目将利用大师教师的技能，包括从路易斯安那州北部15个学校系统中选出的一名或多名国家科学基金会总统奖获得者。在1988-89学年期间，高级教师将与化学系和科学教育系的教员一起，计划、开发并实地测试一本旨在帮助所有化学教师的资源手册。1989年夏天将为15个系统的20名化学教师提供化学课程。被选中的参与者将使用临时证书或在其认证领域之外进行教学。化学课程将包括两个，四个星期的课程。每个为期四周的课程将包括每天上午的班级会议和每周两次下午的实验室会议。参与者将获得化学背景知识，同时积累材料、思想和经验，提高他们作为化学教师的技能。1989年秋，在路易斯安那理工大学化学家的协助下，硕士教师将担任系统级化学顾问。以该手册为基础，将在北路易斯安那州的五个地点提供三个在职项目。每位参与者将获得6小时的讲座学分和2小时的实验学分，成功完成课程的入门化学学分总计为8小时。该项目提供了研究集中接触化学教学对未认证教师的影响的机会，路易斯安那理工大学贡献的金额相当于国家科学基金会奖的41%。

This one-year project will offer re-training opportunities for a number of uncertified middle school/high school chemistry teachers. The project will utilize the skills of Master Teachers, including one or more National Science Foundation Presidential Awardees, selected from 15 school systems in Northern Louisiana. During the academic year 1988-89, the Master Teachers, in conjunction with faculty from the Departments of Chemistry, and Science Education, will plan, develop, and field-test a resource handbook designed to aid all teachers of chemistry. During the summer of 1989 chemistry course-work will be provided for 20 chemistry teachers in the fifteen systems. The selected participants will be teaching with temporary certificates or outside their area of certification. The chemistry course will consist of two, four week sessions. Each four week session will involve daily class-meetings in the morning and two afternoon laboratory meetings each week. Participants will obtain a background in chemistry while at the same time accumulating materials, ideas, and experience that will enhance their skills as chemistry teachers. During the fall of 1989 the Master Teachers, with the assistance of chemists from Louisiana Tech University, will serve as system level chemistry consultants. Using the handbook as a base, three in-service programs will be offered in five sites in North Louisiana. Each participant will earn a total credits of 6 hours for lecture and 2 hours for laboratory, adding up to a total of eight credit hours of introductory chemistry for successful completion of the course. This project offers the opportunity of studying the impact of a concentrated exposure to chemistry instruction on uncertified teachers Louisiana Tech University has contributed an amount equal to 41% of the National Science Foundation award.