AISES Math/Science Teacher Enhancement Project

美国印第安人科学与工程学会和科罗拉多州科学联盟将合作实施这一为期三年的项目，旨在满足威斯康星州和密歇根州三个学区的数学/科学需求，这些学区拥有大量(90%-100%)的美国原住民人口。将促进中小学教师之间的合作；每个当地团队将由三名小学教师、一名美洲原住民教师助理和一名高中教师组成。该项目包括一年一度的为期三周的暑期讲习班、四次内部服务、为期两天的领导力研讨会以及课堂观察和访问，将解决美洲原住民学生教师在过去六年中通过AISS进行的几次需求评估确定的所陈述和确定的需求；这些措施包括实践策略的需要，增加内容知识，在数学/科学教学中更多地使用美国印第安人文化，以及更多合作和发现学习策略的培训。这项领导建议适用于教师的提升，因为它旨在提高教师的科学知识和教学水平，并培养来自特别贫困人口的教师团队的领导技能。非NSF费用分摊大约是NSF要求的金额的4%。

The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and the Colorado Alliance for Science will collaborate in the implementation of this three-year project designed to address math/science needs of three Wisconsin and three Michigan school districts which have a large (90-100%) Native American population. Collaboration between elementary and secondary teachers will be promoted; each local team will consist of three elementary teachers, a Native American teacher-aide, and one high school teacher. The project, which includes an annual three-week summer workshop, four inservices, a two-day Leadership Seminar, and classroom observations and visits, will address the stated and identified needs of teachers of Native American students as determined through several needs assessments conducted by AISES over the past six years; these include the need for hands-on strategies, increased content knowledge, more American Indian culture in teaching math/science, and more training in cooperative and discovery learning strategies. This leadership proposal is appropriate for teacher enhancement because it is designed to enhance the science knowledge and teaching, and develop leadership skills of teams of teachers from particularly needy population. Non-NSF cost-sharing is approximately 4% of the amount requested from NSF.