Planning Grant for Snow and Ice Research Experience to Provide Professional Development with Emerging Technologies and Promote Teacher Retention

该规划方案认识到阿拉斯加学校受到地理和学校人口少的限制，同时认识到阿拉斯加在环境中学习的机会。更新部分将考虑让一群经验丰富的教师使用无处不在的阿拉斯加商品SNOW和ICE进行简短而激烈的实地体验，并考虑与此相关的问题的限制和解决方案。保留部分将考虑限制和必要的程序，让来自阿拉斯加地区的一小部分新教师参与137小时的密切指导，使用雪地和冰原工作以及适当的课程材料（国家科学基金会支持的冰川）来提供上下文学习。最后的规划活动包括通过试点工作确定春假期间1-2天的短期研讨会的后续工作是否足够，因为来自分散地区的教师可以聚集在一起。

This planning proposal recognizes the constraints imposed on Alaskan schools by geography and small school populations while at the same time recognizing Alaskan opportunities for learning in context. The Renewal component will consider the constraints on -- and solutions to -- problems associated with having a distributed cohort of experienced teachers participate in a brief but intense field experience using those ubiquitous Alaskan commodities, SNOW and ICE. The Retention portion will consider the constraints and procedures necessary to involve small populations of novice teachers from Alaskan Districts in 137 hours of close mentoring using the snow- and ice-field work along with appropriate curricular materials (NSF supported GLACIER) to provide learning in context. The final planning activities involve determining through pilot work the adequacy of follow-up work in short 1-2 day workshops during spring breaks, etc. as times when teachers from distributed districts can come together.