GK-12 UMBC Teaching Enhancement Partnership Project

UMBC教学增强伙伴关系项目（TEPP）将组织和领导一个与5所当地高需求中学的大学-中学伙伴关系，以支持和加强巴尔的摩地区代表性不足的中学生的数学和科学教学。我校将招收信息系统、计算机科学、工程、数学、自然科学等专业的研究生和高级本科生25人。五所中学将分别安排一名研究生和五名本科生，在课堂和课外活动中协助教师。参与的教师将在教学和课堂管理方面为研究员提供领导，让他们在K-12公立学校系统中享受教学的回报。教师还将参与持续的专业发展工作，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IT和探究式教学。我们会把重点放在资讯科技上，作为加强科学和数学教与学的工具。

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.