Systemic Teacher Enhancement Project: Progress Toward Science Literacy -- A Planning Grant

由普利茅斯州立大学、新罕布什尔科学中心和15个参与的学区组成的一个伙伴关系正计划撰写一份提案，旨在“增加新罕布什尔中部K-8年级学生的科学内容和进一步发展科学过程技能”。拟议的规划补助金将建立一个由每个参与学区的代表组成的领导小组，根据教师从需求评估调查中获得的意见和领导小组发展的专业知识，规划一个五年的专业成长计划，建立一个评估小组和评估计划补助金和长期系统项目的程序。规划一个项目，为开展课堂研究和反思性教学研究实践提供必要的策略，发起与参与学校和普利茅斯州立学院建立电信网络的努力，建立一个行政和支持结构，以维持长期的专业发展，并准备一份完整的提案提交给国家科学基金会，以获得专业发展项目的长期资助。15个参与的行政单位为73所学校的1623名K-8教师和22,351名K-8学生提供服务。

9552846 Tomkiewicz A partnership involving Plymouth State College, The Science Center of New Hampshire and the 15 participating school districts is planning to write a proposal designed to "increase the scientific content and further the development of science process skills for teachers of students in grades K-8 in Central New Hampshire. The proposed planning grant will establish a leadership team with representation from each of the participating school districts, plan a five-year professional growth program based on teacher input from needs assessment surveys and the expertise developed by the leadership team, establish an assessment team and procedures for assessing the planning grant and the long-term systemic project, plan a program that will provide strategies necessary to conduct classroom-based research and reflective teaching research practices, initiate an effort to establish a telecommunications network with participating schools and Plymouth State College, establish an administrative and support structure to sustain professional development over time, and prepare a full proposal to submit to NSF for long-term funding of a professional development program. The 15 participating administrative Units serve 1623 K-8 teachers and 22,351 K-8 students in 73 schools.