GK-12 Formal Proposal

莱斯大学和休斯顿大学的两个校区正在加入休斯顿独立学区，以创建一个创新的计划，团队的硕士和新手中学教师与SMET本科生和研究生，指定为GK-12研究员。 七个四人小组在十五个月的奖学金期内共同工作，交流内容知识和教学法。该计划包括以下主要特点：* 研究员通过参加参与大学的教师增强计划来介绍K-12教育。在与他们的教师队友一起度过了整整一个学年之后，GK-12研究员在他们的研究金的最后三个月内担任这些相同教师增强计划的讲师。 小组设计一个两学期的项目，涉及参与教师的中学生。 项目集中在三个主题之一：课程开发，学习过程，或教学技术整合到K-12科学和数学课程。 除了他们在K-12校园的时间，研究员参加每周一次的学前科学和数学教育改革研讨会。 研究员为中学生提供指导帮助，成为他们的榜样。我们的大学与当地学区密切合作，以满足确定的需求，有着悠久的历史。该计划加强和扩大了参与机构之间已经建立的关系，为K-12教师提供了特殊的专业发展机会，并为学生提供了丰富的科学和数学教学，同时为研究生和本科生做好准备，以支持K-12教育在他们未来的职业生涯。

Rice University and two University of Houston campuses are joining the Houston Independent School District to create an innovative program that teams master and novice middle school teachers with SMET undergraduate and graduate students, designated as GK-12 Fellows. Seven four-member teams are working together over a fifteen month fellowship period in an exchange of content knowledge and pedagogy.The program includes the following major features:* Fellows are introduced to K-12 education by participating in teacher enhancement programs at the participating universities. After spending an entire academic year working with their teacher team-mates, GK-12 Fellows serve as instructors in these same teacher enhancement programs during the last three months of their fellowship.* Teams design a two-semester project that involves the middle school students of the participating teachers. Projects focus on one of three themes: curriculum development, learning processes, or integration of instructional technology into the K-12 science and mathematics curriculum.* In addition to their time on K-12 campuses, Fellows participate in a weekly seminar on precollege science and mathematics educational reform.* Fellows serve as role models for middle school students as they provide instructional assistance to their teacher teammates.Our universities have a long history of working closely with the local school district to meet identified needs. This program strengthens and expands the already established relationships among the participating institutions, provides K-12 teachers with an exceptional professional development opportunity and their students with enriched instruction in science and mathematics, at the same time preparing graduate and undergraduate students to support K-12 education in their future careers.