Toledo Area Partnership in Education: Support Teachers as Resources to Improve Elementary Science (TAPESTRIES)

托莱多大学（UT）和州立鲍灵格林大学（BGSU）将与两个公立学区合作，在一个地方系统变革项目中，实现学校K-6科学教育的全系统全面改革。来自托莱多公立学校（TPS）和郊区春田当地学校（SLS）的32名辅助教师将获得全职教学，并将接受200多小时的培训。支持教师将根据他们对科学内容的深入了解而精心挑选，他们将与科学家合作，为1476名K-6年级的课堂教师提供帮助。所有小学教师都将参加在两所大学举办的暑期研修班。每年夏天将开设8个研究所，由来自德克萨斯大学和波士顿州立大学的科学家和科学教育工作者组成，每个研究所将招收大约45名教师。在学年期间，科学家还将参与课堂活动和与教师的月度会议。在五年的计划中，教师将接受至少100小时的专业发展，以加强自由/开源软件和科学/技术中心教材的实施，这些教材是由两个地区选出的。校长们将参加为期一天的务虚会，并在全年进行跟进。俄亥俄州的能力测试将用于确定学生在科学方面的进步，并作为项目评估的一个组成部分。每所学校将制定一项涉及家长和社区的行动计划。

9731306 Czerniak The University of Toledo (UT) and Bowling Green State University (BGSU) will partner with two public school districts, in a Local Systemic Change project, to achieve a system wide comprehensive reform of K-6 science education in the schools. Thirty-two support teachers from Toledo Public School (TPS) and suburban Springfield Local Schools (SLS) will be given full time release from teaching and will receive over 200 hours of training. The Support teachers who will be carefully selected for their deep knowledge of science content will work in teams with scientists to provide assistance to the 1476 classroom teachers, grades K-6. All elementary teachers will attend summer institutes, which will be held at both universities. Eight institutes, staffed by scientists and science educators from both UT and BGSU, will be offered each summer and approximately 45 teachers will be enrolled in each one. Scientists will also be involved in classroom activities and monthly meetings with teachers, during the academic year. Over the five years of the project teachers will receive at a minimum over 100 hours of professional development to enhance the implementation of FOSS and STC instructional materials which have been selected by both districts. Principals will participate in a one-day retreat with follow up sessions throughout the year. Ohio proficiency tests will be used to determine student progress in science and as a component of project evaluation. Each school will develop an action plan that involves the parents and the community.