International Teacher-Scientist Partnership Conference

加州大学旧金山分校的科学与健康教育伙伴关系和美国科学促进会(AAAS)将于2013年2月联合主办首次国际教师-科学家伙伴关系会议。在美国和国外，科学家在大学前科学教育中的作用受到了越来越多的关注。随着这种关注的增加，每年都会启动更多的伙伴关系倡议，目标是支持K-12科学教育。这些伙伴关系起源于各个实验室、大学院系或推广中心，以及公司和专业协会，它们从各种来源获得资金，如私人基金会、国家卫生研究院、国家科学基金会、州和联邦教育部以及国际资助机构。在波士顿AAAS 2013年年会之前，国际教师-科学家伙伴关系会议聚集了大约200名教师、科学家和伙伴关系专家，举行了为期两天的会议，大大推动了教师-科学家伙伴关系领域的发展。这次会议为来自世界各地的伙伴关系专家--开发和促进伙伴关系计划的专业人员--提供了一个机会，让他们相互学习计划结构和评估；发展专业社区和潜在的合作；更重要的是，向参与这些计划的教师和科学家学习。早期职业科学家(研究生和博士后研究员)和教师可以参加会议。通过主题演讲、主持小组讨论和分组讨论，参与者分享了在与教师和科学家合作时对他们有利的东西，同时也向其他人学习。这次会议有可能提高全国和世界各地的伙伴关系工作能力。会议结束时，会议信息将张贴在许多网站上，包括MSPnet(www.mspnet.org)和AAAS(www.aaas.org)。

The Science & Health Education Partnership at the University of California at San Francisco and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are co-hosting the first-ever International Teacher-Scientist Partnership Conference in February 2013. There has been an increasing focus on the role of scientists in pre-college science education both in the United States and abroad. With this increase in attention, more partnership initiatives are begun each year with the goal of supporting K-12 science education. These partnerships originate in individual laboratories, through university departments or outreach centers, and through corporations and professional societies, and they receive funding from a wide variety of sources, such as private foundations, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, state and federal Departments of Education, and international funding agencies. The International Teacher-Scientist Partnership Conference, by bringing together about 200 teachers, scientists, and partnership specialists for a 2-day meeting prior to the AAAS 2013 Annual Meeting in Boston, is significantly advancing the teacher-scientist partnership field. The Conference is an opportunity for partnership specialists - the professionals who develop and facilitate the partnership programs - from around the world to learn from one another about program structures and evaluation; to develop a professional community and potential collaborations; and, critically, to learn from teachers and scientists involved in these programs. Funding is available for early career scientists (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) and teachers to attend the conference. With keynote speakers, moderated panels, and breakout sessions, participants are sharing what has worked well for them when partnering teachers and scientists while also learning from others. This meeting has the potential to increase capacity for partnership work throughout the country and world. As the Conference concludes, information from the meeting will be posted on many websites, including those of MSPnet (www.mspnet.org) and AAAS (www.aaas.org).