TTOPS: Texas Regional Enhancement Program for Underprepared Physical Science Teachers

这个为期五年的项目是由德州农工大学工程实验站资助的，主要针对九年级的物理科学教师进行教师提升计划。该项目由三个部分组成。其中一个组成部分是选择24名物理科学教师，在四年的时间里为他们提供一系列为期两周的暑期讲习班。在夏季工作坊中，老师们将学习最新的策略来教授适合该年级的物理和化学内容。第二个组成部分是在德克萨斯州科学教师协会和AAPT德克萨斯州分会的年度会议上与这些领导教师开展后续讲习班。第三部分是支持该计划的首席教师开展讲习班，在项目的整个生命周期内，将有260名7-9年级的教师参加讲习班，进行超过100小时的内容/教学法指导。拥有二级教师的项目将得到项目工作人员的支持，并定期进行评估，以保持高质量并确定影响。该奖项将与当地基金匹配，金额相当于国家科学基金会奖金的40%左右。

9616840 Clark This five-year project, sponsored by Texas A&M's Engineering Experiment Station, will carry out a program of teacher enhancement for physical science teachers, primarily in grade 9. The project consists of three components. One component is to select and provide 24 physical science teachers a series of two week summer workshops over a four-year period. In the summer workshop the teachers will learn up-to-date strategies for teaching physics and chemistry content appropriate at that grade level. The second component is to carry out follow-up workshops with these lead teachers at the annual meetings of the Science Teachers' Association of Texas and the Texas section of the AAPT. The third component is to support the lead teachers in the program to carry out workshops which, over the life of the project, will involve 260 additional teachers in grades 7-9 with over 100 hours of content/pedagogy instruction. The program with the second tier teachers will be supported by project staff and periodically evaluated in order to maintain high quality and determine impact. The award is being matched with local funds in an amount equivalent to about 40% of the NSF award.