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

该规划提案承认地理位置和学校人口少对阿拉斯加学校造成的限制，同时认识到阿拉斯加有机会在背景中学习。更新部分将考虑与使用阿拉斯加无处不在的商品、雪和冰川等无处不在的阿拉斯加商品参加短暂但紧张的实地体验相关的问题的制约因素和解决办法。保留部分将考虑必要的限制和程序，以便让来自阿拉斯加地区的少量新手教师参加137小时的近距离指导，使用冰雪实地工作以及适当的课程材料(国家科学基金会支持的冰川)在背景下提供学习。最后的规划活动包括通过试点工作确定春假期间短短1-2天的讲习班等后续工作是否足够，以确定来自不同地区的教师可以聚集在一起的时间。

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.