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，创建一个创新的项目，将中学的硕士和新手教师与SMET的本科生和研究生组成团队，指定为GK-12研究员。七个四人小组在为期15个月的奖学金期内共同合作，交流内容、知识和教学方法。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提升计划，被介绍到K-12教育。在与他们的教师团队一起工作了一整个学年之后，GK-12研究员在他们的奖学金的最后三个月里担任这些教师提升项目的导师。*团队设计一个涉及参与教师的中学生的两个学期的项目。项目重点关注以下三个主题之一：课程开发、学习过程或将教学技术融入K-12科学和数学课程。*除了他们在K-12学校的时间，研究员们每周参加一个关于大学预科科学和数学教育改革的研讨会。*研究员作为中学生的榜样，为他们的老师队友提供教学帮助。我们的大学在与当地学区密切合作以满足明确需求方面有着悠久的历史。该项目加强和扩展了参与机构之间已经建立的关系，为K-12教师提供了一个特殊的专业发展机会，为他们的学生提供了丰富的科学和数学指导，同时为研究生和本科生在未来的职业生涯中支持K-12教育做好准备。

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.