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

9731306 Czerniak托莱多大学(UT)和保龄格林州立大学(BGSU)将与两个公立学区合作，实施地方系统改革项目，以实现学校K-6科学教育的全系统全面改革。来自托莱多公立学校(TPS)和郊区斯普林菲尔德地方学校(SLS)的32名支持教师将获得全职解聘，并将接受超过200小时的培训。将精心挑选对科学内容有深入了解的支持教师，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暑期班，暑期班将在两所大学举行。每年夏天将开设八个研究所，由德克萨斯大学和北卡罗来纳州立大学的科学家和科学教育工作者组成，每个研究所将招收约45名教师。在本学年，科学家还将参与课堂活动和每月与教师的会议。在该项目的五年中，教师将获得至少100小时以上的专业发展，以加强两个学区选定的自由/开源软件和STC教材的实施。校长们将参加为期一天的静修活动，并在全年进行后续培训。俄亥俄州的能力测试将被用来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。每所学校都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.