GK-12 UMBC Teaching Enhancement Partnership Project

UMBC教学增强伙伴关系项目（TEPP）将组织和领导与5所当地高需求中学的大学-中学伙伴关系，以支持和加强大巴尔的摩地区代表性不足的中学青年的数学和科学教学。 25名研究生和高级本科生研究员将从UMBC招募和选拔，专业为信息系统，计算机科学，工程，数学和自然科学。 一名研究生和五名本科生将被安排在五所中学的每一所，以支持教师在课堂上和课外活动。参与教师将在教学和课堂管理方面为研究员提供领导，使他们在K-12公立学校系统中获得教学奖励。 教师还将参与持续不断的专业发展工作，旨在提高他们对数学和科学概念的理解，并通过UMBC赞助的研讨会和课程向他们介绍信息技术和基于探究的教学。重点将放在信息技术（IT）上，作为加强科学和数学教学的工具。

The UMBC Teaching Enhancement Partnership Project (TEPP) will organize and lead a university-middle school partnership with 5 local, high-needs middle schools in order to support and enhance mathematics and science instruction of underrepresented middle school youth in the greater Baltimore area. Twenty-five graduate and advanced undergraduate student Fellows with majors in information systems, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and natural sciences will be recruited and selected from UMBC. One graduate student and five undergraduate students will be placed in each of the five middle schools to support teachers in the classroom and in co-curricular activities. Participating teachers will provide leadership to Fellows in instruction and classroom management, exposing them to the rewards of teaching in the K-12 public school system. Teachers will also participate in a continuous and sustained professional development efforts designed to enhance their understanding of mathematics and science concepts, and to introduce them to IT and inquiry-based instruction through UMBC sponsored seminars and courses. An emphasis will be placed on information technology (IT) as a tool for the enhancement of teaching and learning in science and mathematics.