Washington University Life Sciences Teacher Institute: Education for a Global Community

华盛顿大学生命科学教师研究所（WULSTI）为高中生物学教学提供了一种创新的方法，围绕着由生物学研究各个领域公认的领导者教授的跨学科课程。 圣路易斯的华盛顿大学和圣路易斯公立学校是核心合作伙伴。 其他合作伙伴包括密苏里州植物园、唐纳德·丹福思植物科学中心、辉瑞公司、孟山都公司和全国生物教师协会。WULSTI包括华盛顿大学的两个暑期学院，在线支持的学年工作和领导力部分。 教师参与者的领导经验包括在他们的学校/地区，地方或国家专业组织，和/或在大学或企业合作伙伴的研究奖学金增加专业参与。 该研究所的课程，这导致文学硕士生物学，提供了一个严格的跨学科的方法，结合内容知识和对人类影响的广泛影响。 通过该研究所，合作伙伴正在解决中学生物学教育的不足之处，为培养高素质的大师级教师创造新的途径，这些教师也是地方和国家的领导人。该研究所正在培养教师提高学生的生物内容知识，并帮助维持其学校和地区教学实践的变化。项目目标是：1.培养一批全国性的高中生物学教师，他们表现出对生命科学全球问题的知识参与和掌握，并在课程中使用相关的基于研究的教学法和具有挑战性的内容。提高受影响学生对中学生物学的兴趣、参与度和成绩。促进研究所合作伙伴和参与者发展成为地方和国家教育领导人。在项目的五年中，约有90-100名教师直接参与，另有教师通过研究所参与者的领导工作受到影响。该学院三分之一的名额留给圣路易斯公立学校教师，其余名额通过全国招聘填补。 仅参与者中受影响的高中生人数就估计有6万人。

The Washington University Life Sciences Teacher Institute (WULSTI) offers an innovative approach to high school biology teaching and learning, centered around an interdisciplinary curriculum taught by faculty who are recognized leaders in all areas of biological research. Washington University in St. Louis and St. Louis Public Schools are core partners. Additional partners include the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Pfizer Corporation, Monsanto Corporation, and the National Association of Biology Teachers. WULSTI includes two summer institutes at Washington University, academic year work with online support, and a leadership component. Leadership experiences for the teacher participants include increased professional involvement in their school/district, local or national professional organization, and/or a research fellowship at a university or corporate partner. The Institute curriculum, which leads to a Master of Arts in Biology, provides a rigorous interdisciplinary approach, combining content knowledge and the broad implications for human impact. Through the Institute, the partners are addressing shortcomings in secondary biology education by creating new pathways for preparation of highly qualified master teachers who are also local and national leaders. The Institute is preparing teachers to improve their students' biological content knowledge, and to help sustain change in teaching practice at their schools and districts. The project goals are to:1. Develop a national cadre of master teachers of high school biology who demonstrate intellectual engagement with and mastery of global issues in life science, and who use related research based pedagogy and challenging content in their courses.2. Improve interest, engagement and achievement by affected students in secondary biology.3. Promote institute partners' and participants' development as local and national educational leaders.Approximately 90-100 teachers are directly involved over the five years of the project, with additional teachers impacted through the leadership work of the institute participants. One third of the places in the Institute are reserved for St. Louis Public School teachers, with the remaining spaces filled through nationwide recruitment. The number of high school students of the participants, alone, impacted over five years is estimated at 60,000.