Puerto Rico Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education

波多黎各大学(里约热内卢皮德拉斯校区和马亚圭斯校区)与波多黎各教育部(PRDE)合作，为K-12科学和数学教师提供了45名K-12研究员作为专业发展资源，以建构主义和跨学科的方法处理符合国家标准的关键概念。该项目与波多黎各全州的系统性倡议相一致。该项目招募、培训和聘用K-12研究员作为专业发展资源，以促进波多黎各科学和数学教师对内容知识的概念性理解。K-12研究员在以下几个方面发挥作用：1)作为PRSSI改革扩大工作的专业发展资源--第二阶段，作为大学教员和带头教师团队的一部分，在2000-2002年期间将纳入基于标准的改革的另外400所学校(该岛1,538所学校中的25%)；2)在1998年第二阶段启动全校战略的200所PR-SSI学校中，作为教师的后续行动，这些学校目前正在完成专业发展方案，在有效实施基于标准的课程方面需要援助；3)支持和指导教师为未来和新手教师做准备，这些教师参加波多黎各卓越教师培训合作(PR-CETP)，在PR-SSI学校开展实习和上岗经验；4)与K-12教师合作，为K-12学生树立未来科学家、数学家和工程师的榜样。K-12研究员通过为期一年的方案为这项活动做准备，该方案包括：(1)为期四天的务虚会(夏季)，(2)一年中的两次讲习班，(3)每月会议和(4)实地经验。绩效评估与SSI和CETP计划并驾齐驱。以研究为基础的评价的主要目的是将来自多个来源的数据转化为有意义的信息，用于推动波多黎各的系统改革。

The University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras campus and Mayaguez campus) in collaboration with Puerto Rico's Department of Education (PRDE) provides 45 K-12 Fellows as professional development resources for K-12 science and mathematics teachers in a constructivist and interdisciplinary approach to key concepts in alignment with national standards. This project is aligned with Puerto Rico's statewide systemic initiative. This project recruits, trains, and engages K-12 Fellows as professional development resources in the promotion of conceptual understanding of content knowledge for science and mathematics teachers in Puerto Rico. The K-12 Fellows serve in several capacities: 1) as professional development resources in the scaling-up effort of the PRSSI reform-Phase II, as part of the team of university faculty and lead teachers reaching 400 additional schools (25% of the Island's 1,538 schools in the public system) to be inducted into the standards-based reform during 2000-2002; 2) as follow-up to teachers from among the 200 PR-SSI schools that initiated the whole school based strategy during Phase II in 1998, which are currently completing the professional development program and require assistance in the effective implementation of the standards based curriculum; 3) as support to cooperating and mentor teachers in the preparation of future and novice teachers participating in the Puerto Rico Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (PR-CETP) who are carrying out their practicum and induction experience in PR-SSI schools; 4) as co-teachers with K-12 teachers and serving as role models of future scientists, mathematicians and engineers for K-12 students. The K-12 Fellows are prepared for this activity by means of a year-long program consisting of: (1) four-day retreat (summer), (2) two workshops during the year, (3) monthly meetings and (4) Field Experiences. Performance assessment parallels the SSI and CETP programs that are in place. The main purpose of the research-based evaluation is to translate data from multiple sources into meaningful information that is used to drive the systemic reform in Puerto Rico.