University of Pennsylvania Science Teachers Institute: Preparation and Retention of Highly Qualified Science Teachers Through Content Intensive Programs

宾夕法尼亚大学(宾夕法尼亚大学)文理学院生物、化学、地球和环境科学、数学和物理系与教育研究生院(GSE)合作，正在建立宾夕法尼亚大学科学教师学院(Penn STI)，以致力于培养和留住高素质的中、中学科学教师。宾夕法尼亚州立大学STI由化学系管理，提供内容密集型硕士学位课程，为科学教师开发内容、教学方法和领导技能。该研究所面向大西洋中部地区和大西洋中部地区的20所学校/学区，包括四个主要组成部分：1)为目前的中级科学教师设计的8科学/2科学教育课程硕士综合科学教育学位课程2)8化学/2科学教育硕士课程为当前高中科学教师设计的化学教育学位课程3)资源中心，支持参与课程的教师和研究生教师成为教师领袖，并在学校实施课堂改革。4)行政管理科学/数学学院，为学校管理人员做好准备，为改善科学教学创造一个有利的学校环境。预计将有多达100名中级理科教师和100名高中理科教师以及大约200名学校管理人员参加学位课程。从内容密集型项目毕业的200名科学教师，在他们的管理者和一个以大学为基础的资源中心的支持下，预计将从根本上改变该地区中小学课堂上的科学教与学，使每年数万名学生受益于科学的学习。

The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Arts and Sciences Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics, in collaboration with the Graduate School of Education (GSE), is establishing the Penn Science Teachers Institute (Penn STI) in a major effort to engage in the development and retention of highly qualified science teachers in middle and secondary grades. The Penn STI, managed through the Department of Chemistry, provides content intensive master degree programs for developing content, pedagogy, and leadership skills for science teachers. This Institute is aimed at the mid-Atlantic region and 20 area schools/districts in the mid-Atlantic region and includes four major components:1) An 8-science/2-science education course Master of Integrated Science Education degree program designed for current middle level science teachers.2) An 8-chemistry/2-science education course Master of Chemistry Education degreeprogram designed for current high school science teachers.3) A resource center supporting participating and graduate teachers as they become teacher leaders and implement classroom reforms in their schools.4) An Administrator's Science/Math Academy designed for school administrators tobecome better prepared to create a school environment conducive to improved scienceteaching and learning. Up to100 middle level science teachers and 100 high school science teachers are expected to participate in the degree programs, along with approximately 200 school administrators. The 200 science teachers who graduate from the content intensive programs, supported by their administrators and a university-based resource center, are expected to fundamentally change the teaching and learning of science in middle and secondary level classrooms in the region, benefiting the learning of science by tens of thousands of students yearly.