National Expansion of Summer Industrial Internships for Teachers

这是一个为期两年的项目，将为高中教师开发12个暑期产业奖学金项目。该项目由三角科技教育联盟赞助，其基础是旧金山湾区科学与数学教育产业促进会（IISME）运营的一个类似的成功项目。在底特律地区也开始了类似的试点项目，并被证明是成功的。这项提案的目的是在全国范围内传播该计划。这笔资金将支持全国12个拟议地点的研讨会，其中8个在NASA设施内。印度管理学院的顾问将帮助规划当地的奖学金项目，并为每个地点培训教育协调员，以便将奖学金经验转化为课堂贡献。其结果是，240名科学教师将被安排为工业实习生，并将直接实践基于科学的技术。实习生回到教室后，将有最新的信息来教授学校的学生。美国国家科学基金会在该项目中的份额为159,490美元。实习生所在行业的贡献将与之相匹配。这笔捐款将达到329,100美元，是国家科学基金会提供的资金的两倍多。

This a two year program which will develop 12 summer industrial fellowship programs for high school teachers. Sponsored by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education it is based upon a similar successful program operated by the Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (IISME) in the San Francisco Bay area. A similar program was started in the Detroit area as a pilot project and has proven to be successful. The intent of this proposal is to disseminate the program on a national scale. The funding will support workshops at 12 proposed sites throughout the country, 8 of which are at NASA facilities. Consultants from IISME will help to plan the local fellowship program and will train educational coordinators for each site so that the fellowship experience can be translated into classroom contributions. The result will be that 240 science teachers will be placed as industrial interns and will have direct hands-on experience with science based technology. The interns upon returning to the classroom will have up-to-date information to teach students in the schools. The NSF share of this project is $159,490. It will be matched by contributions from the industries where the interns will be placed. This match will amount to $329,100, more than double the funds provided by NSF.