Supporting Teacher-Centered Reform: The Exploratorium Teacher Institute

这个为期三年的区域和国家教师提升项目为6-12年级的教师提供深入的物理科学、生命科学和数学内容。从地区来看，包括来自旧金山联合学区和圣马特奥学区的700名教师以及其他20名教师；在全国范围内，该项目邀请了50个TE-workshop提供者，以小组形式参加，作为教师领导。项目的四个综合层次是：* 100小时的导论性教师学院，教师接受科学内容的指导，以及对基于探究的学习的介绍；* 90小时的高级主题学院，包括后续会议，教师们在那里努力解决基于主题的教学问题，并实施基于标准的系统改革；一个针对教师领袖的领导力发展项目，他们在海湾地区和全国范围内设计和实施专业发展研讨会，以及在所有地区的后续研讨会，以及一个教师网络项目，以提供一个外向的社区支持。在这个项目中，每年有4名教师学院的校友将离开教室一年，成为探索博物馆的驻校教师。这些驻校教师将长期与探索博物馆合作，以维持教师学院的运作。

9454382 Doherty This three-year regional and national teacher enhancement project provides grades 6-12 teachers with in-depth physical science, life science and mathematics content. Regionally, 700 teachers from the San Francisco Unified School District and the San Mateo School District and 20 others are included; nationally the project brings 50 TE-workshop providers, attending as teams, into the program as teacher-leaders. The four integrated levels of the project are: * a 100-hour introductory Teacher Institute where teachers receive instruction science content as well as an introduction to inquiry based learning, * a 90-hour Advanced Theme Based Institute with Follow-up Sessions where teachers grapple with issues of theme- based teaching and implementing standards-based systemic reform, * a program of Leadership Development for Teacher Leaders who design and implement professional development workshops in the Bay area and around the nation, and * follow-up Workshops in all areas plus a Teacher Networking Program to provide an outgoing community of support. Each year of the project 4-teachers who are alumni of the Teacher Institute will leave their classrooms for 1-year and become Teachers-In -Residence at the EXPLORATORIUM. These teachers-In- Residence will work with the EXPLORATORIUM on a long term basis to sustain the Teacher Institutes.