Lexington Area Systemic Education Reform of Mathematics and Science (LASER-M/S)

9819450泰勒该奖项是为一个为期五年的地方系统性变化（LSC）项目的发展规划活动的一年，涉及列克星敦，肯塔基州地区的972 K-8教师。 LASER-M/S项目是费耶特县公立学区和肯塔基州大学之间的合作项目。 该计划将包括利用以下NSF支持的方案为数学和科学教师提供专业发展机会：数字，数据和空间调查;全选项科学系统（FOSS）;科学课程改进研究;和公共教育计划的科学教育（SEPUP）。 对这一规划的支持将包括与来自肯塔基州大学和教育发展中心的项目工作人员合作的顾问。 规划工作还将允许开发试点地点，这些地点以后将作为其他学校的样板。 最后，项目工作人员将收集、开发和实地测试评估教师对数学和科学的理解、他们对数学和科学的态度、他们的教学效率以及学生对数学和科学的学习情况的工具。 这些工具以后将用于系统性举措。

9819450TAYLORThis award is for a year of planning activity for the development of a five-year Local Systemic Change (LSC) project involving 972 K-8 teachers in the Lexington, Kentucky area. The LASER-M/S project is a partnership between the Fayette County Public School District and the University of Kentucky. The planning will include the development of professional development opportunities for teachers in mathematics and science using the following NSF-supported programs: Investigations in Number, Data, and Space; the Full Option Science System(FOSS); Science Curriculum Improvement Study; and Science Education for Public Education Program (SEPUP). Support for this planning will include consultants working with project staff from the University of Kentucky and the Education Development Center. The planning effort will also allow for the development of pilot sites that will later serve as models for other schools. Finally, project staff will gather, develop, and field-test instruments that assess teachers' understanding of mathematics and science, their attitudes toward mathematics and science, their teaching effectiveness, and their students' learning of mathematics and science. These instruments will later be used in the systemic initiative.