Urban, Minority, Middle School, STS Teacher/Community Enhancement Project

这个为期38个月的项目将与亚利桑那州凤凰城市中心的80名教师一起工作。四所以少数族裔（西班牙裔、黑人和印第安人）学生为主的中学是目标群体，将成为该地区七个学区的示范学校。该项目不仅涉及学校人员，还涉及家长、社区领袖和学生志愿者。项目人员将向教师讲授与科学、技术和社会（STS）相关的问题和主题，并教授课程开发技能。将从每所示范学校选出两名教师，选出八名教师，培训他们为大师教师，以便他们协助传播课程。在三年的时间里，目标学校（包括校长和中学教师）将准备成为“示范学校-社区”，从而为目标城市核心学校和地区开展工作人员发展、社区发展和课程改革讲习班和活动。亚利桑那州立大学、盐河项目、亚利桑那科学与工业博物馆和学区本身与国家科学基金会共同为这个项目提供资金。国家科学基金的560,270美元将由上述院校提供217,489美元，约占捐款的39%。

This 38 month program will work with a total of 80 teachers in the urban core of Phoenix, Arizona. Four middle schools serving predominately minority ( Hispanic, Black and Native American ) students are the target group and will become demonstration schools for the seven school districts in this area. The project will involve in this program for change not only school personnel but also parents, community leaders and student volunteers. Project personnel will teach teachers issues and topics relating to Science, Technology and Society (STS) and will teach curriculum development skills as well. Eight teachers, two from each demonstration school, will be selected and trained as Master Teachers so that they can assist in dissemination of the curriculum. Over a three year period the target schools (including the principals and middle school teachers) will be prepared to serve as "Demonstration School-Communities" thus conducting staff development, community development and curriculum reform workshops and activities for the target urban core schools and districts. Sharing the funding for this project with the National Science Foundation are Arizona State University, the Salt River Project, the Arizona Museum of Science and Industry and the school districts themselves. The $560,270 NSF portion of funding will be matched by $217,489 from the above institutions which is approximately a 39% contribution.