A Pilot LSC Designed to Expand Delaware's Science Education Reform Initiative into High School

特拉华州科学联盟是一个系统的合作伙伴关系，由高等教育，企业，特拉华州教育部（DOE）和地方地区。 有了这个建议，他们正在继续他们的合作，以扩大他们以前的K-8努力到高中。 试点提案最初将仅限于重点改善9年级和10年级的科学课程。 十所学校（45名教师）代表全州范围内的地理分布，人口特征和学生人数将积极参与制定成功的课堂实践模式的过程。 这些学校将负责设计一个承认其特殊特点和需要的教育制度。 教学材料和教师专业发展的选择模型的共同特点是预期和经验教训，从这个试点将有助于扩大该项目，以告知一个全面的全州LSC的未来发展。

The Delaware Science Coalition is a systemic partnership consisting of higher education, businesses, the Delaware Department of Education (DOE) and local districts. With this proposal they are continuing their collaboration to expand their prior K-8 efforts into high schools. The pilot proposal will initially be limited to a focus on improving the science program in the 9th and 10th grades. Ten schools (45 teachers) representing the statewide range of geographic distribution, demographic characteristics and size of student body will be active participants in the process of developing models of successful classroom practice. These schools will be charged with the responsibility of designing an educational system that recognizes their particular characteristics and needs. Common features of models for the selection of instructional materials and teacher professional development are anticipated and lessons learned from this pilot will serve to scale up the project to inform the future development of a comprehensive statewide LSC.