An Advanced Elementary Science Leadership Institute

小行星9353237 梅萨，亚利桑那州公立学区是一个全国性的领导者，在促进使用动手探究为基础的科学教学在小学。 基础科学的梅萨方法是国家科学资源中心在国家科学基金会支持的领导研究所使用的模型之一，来自126个学区的团队参加了该研究所。 这些地区以及其他正在实施受梅萨模式启发的变革的地区，在组织变革方面遇到了许多相同的障碍，在课堂上遇到了与科学材料有关的相同的后勤问题，在教师和学校管理人员的专业发展方面遇到了相同的问题。 出于这个原因，梅萨教育基金会将为来自正在实施基础科学变革工作的地区的团队举办为期三天的高级领导力会议。 陶氏化学和惠普公司支持这些地区的变革努力，两家公司都将为会议做出贡献。 会议将集中在三个方面：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）由示范区的工作人员进行高级培训，2）在正在实施变革的地区之间分享想法和战略，以及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。拟议的会议有一个极好的形式，一个杰出的领导团队，以及一个传播会议成果的坚实计划。 这次会议的潜在影响超出了将派代表出席的地区。 该项目的成本分摊占NSF捐款的125%。 ***

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. ***