Supporting Teacher-Centered Reform: The Exploratorium Teacher Institute

小行星9454382 这个为期三年的区域和国家教师增强项目为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，来自旧金山弗朗西斯科联合学区和圣马特奥学区的700名教师以及其他20名教师都被纳入其中;在全国范围内，该项目将50名TE研讨会提供者作为教师领导者参加该项目。 该项目的四个综合层面是： * 一个100小时的入门教师学院， 接受科学内容的指导， 探究式学习导论， * 一个90小时的高级主题研究所与后续行动 教师们努力解决主题问题的会议- 基于教学和实施标准的系统 改革， * 教师领导者领导力发展计划 设计和实施专业发展的人 在海湾地区和全国各地的研讨会， * 所有领域的后续讲习班加上一名教师 网络计划，以提供一个外向的社区， 支持. 每年的项目4-教师谁是教师学院的校友将离开他们的教室1年，成为教师在EXPLORATORIUM住宿。 这些驻校教师将长期与探索中心合作，以维持教师学院的发展。

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.