An Advanced Elementary Science Leadership Institute

先进基础科学领导力研究所

• 批准号: 9353237
• 负责人: Susan Sprague
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Mesa Foundation for Educational Excellence
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-08-01 至 1995-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9353237&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Advanced; Elementary; Science; Leadership; Institute

9353237 Sprague The Mesa, AZ Public School District is a national leader in promoting the use of hands-on inquiry-based science teaching in elementary schools. The Mesa approach to elementary science is one of the models used by the National Science Resources Center in the NSF-supported Leadership Institute that has been attended by teams from 126 school districts. These districts, as well as other districts that are implementing changes inspired by the Mesa model, encounter many of the same barriers to organizational change, the same logistical problems relating to science materials in the classroom, and the same questions concerning professional development of teachers and school administrators. For this reason, the Mesa Education Foundation will host a three-day Advanced Leadership Conference for teams from districts that are implementing change efforts in elementary science. Dow Chemical and Hewlett-Packard have supported the change efforts in many of these districts, and both companies will be contributors to the conference. The conference will focus on three strands: organizational change, management of science materials centers, and staff development. This conference will facilitate: 1) advanced training by staff from exemplary districts, 2) sharing of ideas and strategies among the districts that are implementing change, and 3) formulation of widely applicable change indicators and a model for technical assistance to school districts. The proposed conference has an excellent format, an outstanding leadership team, and a solid plan for disseminating the results of the meeting. The potential impact of this conference extends beyond the districts that will send representatives. Cost sharing for this project represents 125% of the NSF contribution. ***

9353237亚利桑那州梅萨斯普拉格公立学区在推动小学实践探究式科学教学方面处于全国领先地位。基础科学的MESA方法是国家科学资源中心在NSF支持的领导力研究所使用的模式之一，该研究所已有来自126个学区的团队参加。这些地区以及其他正在实施受MESA模式启发的改革的地区，在组织变革方面遇到了许多同样的障碍，在课堂上遇到了与科学材料有关的同样的后勤问题，在教师和学校管理人员的专业发展方面遇到了同样的问题。出于这个原因，梅萨教育基金会将为正在实施基础科学变革努力的地区的团队举办为期三天的高级领导力会议。陶氏化学和惠普支持了其中许多地区的变革努力，这两家公司都将成为会议的贡献者。会议将集中讨论三个方面：组织变革、科学材料中心的管理和员工发展。这次会议将促进：1)模范学区工作人员的高级培训，2)正在实施变革的地区之间分享想法和战略，3)制定广泛适用的变革指标和向学区提供技术援助的模式。拟召开的大会形式过硬，领导班子过硬，传播会议成果的方案扎实。这次会议的潜在影响超出了将派出代表的地区。该项目的费用分摊占NSF捐款的125%。***