EDC's USP Technical Support Project

提交该提案是为了请求支持，以便为构成剩余项目组合的城市地区提供技术援助。 教育发展中心（EDC）认识到学区各级改革的重要性，将重点关注直接影响课堂教学的工作。其目的是保持成绩，并在最脆弱的层面上推进知识。 因此，在两年期间（从2004年1月开始至2006年1月），教育发展中心将开展各种活动，旨在改善所有学生在科学和数学方面的教学。 技术援助将通过使用面对面的培训结构、在线方法和本地化咨询来提供，通过组合方法来增强影响。技术援助将集中在以下三个方面：1.支持和维持教师领导模型在科学和数学，K-12;2。维持学生对高中科学和数学的参与，同时提高他们在严格课程中的入学率;确保科学是在教室，学校和地区，K-12的“首要任务”。知识专长教育发展中心计划在研究结果的基础上，提供具体活动，组织会议，旨在提高教师质量和建立变革的领导能力。 将采用几项战略来帮助各地区实现这一变化。 首先，将针对教师领导人，帮助维持和推进他们在整个社会主义县的课堂上的工作。第二，EDC将集中精力帮助USPs继续努力在高中层面实现变革。 第三，将努力把科学更多地纳入当地改革努力的中心。 最后，EDC将试图更好地了解如何组织和实施技术援助，以便吸取的经验教训可能有助于未来的大规模改革工作。更广泛的影响多层次设计的效用将增加获得经验教训的人数，并更好地确保广泛使用最佳做法。 这些产品、资源以及科学和数学知识的进步将有助于SI和其他地区满足其他国家和州的要求，如“不让一个孩子掉队”。

This proposal was submitted to request support to provide Technical Assistance (TA) for urban districts that comprised the remaining portfolio. Recognizing the importance of reform at all levels of a district, the Education Development Center (EDC), will focus on efforts that directly impact classroom instruction. The aim is to sustain accomplishments and advance the knowledge based at the level where it is most vulnerable. Thus, for a period of two years, (beginning January 2004 through January 2006), EDC will provide activities and events aimed at improving teaching and learning for all students in science and mathematics. TA will be provided through the use of face-to-face training structures, online approaches, and localized consultation that enhances the impact by combining approaches.The TA will focus on the following three areas:1. Supporting and sustaining the teacher leader model in science and mathematics, K-12;2. Sustaining students' engagement in high school science and mathematics while advancing their enrollment in rigorous courses; and3. Ensuring science is on the "front burner" in classrooms, schools, and districts, K-12. Intellectual MeritBuilding on research findings, EDC plans to provide specific activities and organize conferences aimed at improving teacher quality and building leadership for change. Several strategies will be used to help districts bring about that change. First, teacher leaders will be targeted to help sustain and advance their work in classrooms throughout the SI districts. Second, EDC will focus its efforts on help the USPs' continuing struggle to bring about change at the high school level. Third, an effort will be made to include science more centrally in local district reform efforts. Finally, EDC will attempt to gain a better understanding of how to organize and implement TA such that the lessons-learned might contribute to future large-scale reform efforts.Broader ImpactThe utility of the multi-tiered design will increase the number of people who will have access to lessons-learned and better ensure widespread use of best practices. The products, resources, and advances in knowledge in science and mathematics will help the SI and well as other districts meet other national and state requirements such as No Child Left Behind.