Michigan Rural Systemic Initiative (MiRSI) Comprehensive Regional Plan for Systemic Reform in Mathematics, Science and Technology

密歇根州农村系统倡议（MIRSI），以改善科学，数学和技术教育，旨在组织一个财团的十七个学区和两个土著美国人的学院在偏远的农村学区在北方密歇根州。密歇根州RSI正在与大学、社区学院、部落学院和其他机构合作，以促进地方进行系统改革的能力。 该倡议将通过提高教师对内容和技术流程的了解来促进基于标准的MST，以提高学生的成绩。 位于各学区的区域协调员将提供技术援助、专业发展活动和一个基于网络的技术场所，以增加获得数学、科学和技术教育方面的信息和创新的机会。基于网络的技术将使农村教育工作者、学生、家长和利益相关者能够参与学习社区的调查、交流、合作和出版。 RSI将协助地区重新调整和利用资源，并制定必要的政策变化，真正的系统性变化。该提案的目标是：（1）通过在农村地区、密歇根州立大学、中北部地区教育实验室和其他机构或机构之间建立新的区域和全州合作，加强对农村学校改革议程发展的支持;（2）增加社区和企业对学校的参与，以支持数学、科学和技术方面的农村议程;（3）通过自我研究收集基线数据，加强对农村社区和文化的了解，这些数据审查了社区内的背景变量，并支持改革议程;（4）为数学、科学和技术教育的系统性改革制定一项全面和可持续的实施计划，该计划应超越各个层次，着眼于地方和区域的愿景，寻求政策承诺，财政和教学改革、方案优缺点的比较、促进变革的可靠资源水平以及通过国家和地方政策变革加快改革。 这一建议符合密歇根州学校改善计划。

Michigan Rural Systemic InitiativeAbstractThe Michigan Rural Systemic Initiative (MIRSI) to Improve Science, Mathematics and Technical Education seeks to organize a consortium of seventeen school districts and two Native American academies in isolated rural school districts in northern Michigan. The Michigan RSI is working collaboratively with universities, community colleges, Tribal Colleges and other agencies to promote local capacity for systemic reform. The initiative will promote standards-base MST by enhancing teacher knowledge of content and technology processes to increase student achievement. Regional coordinators located in the school districts will make available technical assistance, professional development activities and a web-based technology venue to increase access to information and innovations in mathematics, science, and technology education. Web-based technologies will allow rural educators, students, parents, and stakeholders to participate in learning communities for investigations, communications, collaborations, and publications. The RSI will assist districts in the re-alignment and leveraging of resources and to institute the policy changes necessary for true systemic change.The goals of the proposal are to: (1) improve support for the development of a reform agenda for rural schools by forming new regional and statewide collaborations among the rural districts, Michigan State University, North Central Regional Education Laboratory, and other institutions or agencies; (2) to increase community and business involvement in the schools to support the rural agenda in mathematics, science and technology; (3) enhance the understanding of the rural communities and cultures by gathering base-line data from self-studies that examine the contextual variables within the communities and that support the reform agenda; (4) to generate a comprehensive and sustainable implementation plan for systemic reform in mathematics, science, and technology education that transcends levels, and addresses a local and regional vision, seeks a commitment to policy, fiscal and instructional reform, a comparison of programmatic strengths and weaknesses, a secure level of resources to promote change and an expedited reform through state and local policy changes. This proposal aligns with the Michigan School Improvement Plan.