A Master's in Chemistry Program for Out-of-Field Teachers

该项目是一个全面的在职培训计划， 华盛顿州立大学，州公共事务办公室 教育，私人基金会，政府和私人 工业实验室和当地学区。 程序 是针对高中化学的校外教师， 最终获得化学硕士学位。 三十 来自西北部华盛顿、俄勒冈州、爱达荷州的教师 和蒙大拿州将被选中每年参加一个三- 为期一年的计划，其中将包括两个为期一个月的 在大学校园的指导，四个学期的 在学年期间通过卫星和 在工业实验室进行为期六周的任务， 现场指导。90名高中教师 化学将参加这个计划，赚取硕士在 化学. 卫星双向视频和音频电信 将使远距离的参与者受益于- 现场指导。这一新计划将包括以下产品， 普通化学从先进的观点，两个学期 有机和生物化学序列和物理化学 生命科学。 这些不是常规的部门产品，但 都是基于这些教师表达的需求。第三 夏天将在实验室度过，如巴特尔和其他 工业实验室该计划将为 化学教学，包括现代应用和 加强教学策略的知识基础，以及 未来化学家的职业机会。 国家科学基金会的要求是支持第一批30人 教师费用加上三年的教学费用。 的 支持其他60名教师以及 该计划的制度化将从 其他基金。 NSF的资金约占成本的20%。 整个项目。

This project is a comprehensive inservice program involving Washington State University, the State Office of Public Instruction, private foundations, government and private industrial laboratories and local schhool districts. The program is targeted at out-of-field teachers of high school chemistry and culminates in a Master of Arts Degree in Chemistry. Thirty teachers from the Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana will be selected each year to participate in a three- year program which will include two one-month periods of instruction on the University Campus, four semesters of instruction during the academic years via satellite and a capstone six-week assignment in an industrial laboratory coupled with on-site instruction. Ninety teachers of high school chemistry will participate in this program, earning an MA in Chemistry. Satellite two-way video and audio telecommunications will allow participants from long distances to benefit from on- site instruction. This new program will include offerings such as General Chemistry from an Advanced Point of View, a two semester Organic and Biochemistry Sequence and Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences. These are not regular departmental offerings, but are based on the expressed needs of these teachers. The third summer will be spent in a laboratory, such as Battelle and other industrial labs. This program will provide a firm basis for the teaching of chemistry including modern applications and an enhanced knowledge base of instructional strategies as well as career opportunities for future chemists. The NSF request is for the support of the first group of thirty teachers plus the instructional costs for all three years. The support for the sixty other teachers as well as the institutionalization of the program will be forthcoming from other funds. NSF funding is approximately 20% of the cost of the whole project.