RET Site: Berkeley Engineering RET plus Computing (BERET+C)

加州大学伯克利分校的工程和计算机科学教师研究经验（RET）旨在加强STEM学科的K-12教育，来自奥克兰和旧金山联合学区的27名科学和数学教师以及27名职前教师参与了为期八周的工程计算和计算方法暑期工程研究经验。RET网站将涉及加州大学伯克利分校工程系和中心的教师以及加州大学伯克利分校Cal Teach项目在招聘、项目开发和实施方面的合作。RET的参与者将获得第一手的多学科经验，以促进他们发展必要的教学内容知识，以吸引他们自己的K-12学生在科学和工程方面的真实体验。该计划将影响美国和世界直接感兴趣的两个领域：增加K-12教师及其学生对STEM学科、研究和职业机会的更深入了解；并激励教师和学生追求工程事业。在三年的时间里，这个RET网站将为奥克兰和旧金山高需求学区的54名K-12 STEM在职和职前教师提供一个密集的暑期研究项目。这项研究的多学科方面使STEM教师能够加强他们的工程设计和计算知识，并将他们的经验融入到基于探究的学习中，这将激发学生的兴趣。他们将与美国国家科学基金会工程研究中心（ERCs）、移动计算和移动能源技术纳米制造系统（NASCENT）和重塑国家？城市水基础设施（ReNUWIt）和UCB的其他主要研究中心利用教师、资源和基础设施来支持RET站点计划。该计划的主要特点包括：1)直接监督教师导师和研究生的项目和课程材料开发；2)让RET教师和学生及时参与移动计算、能源和城市水利基础设施领域的前沿研究项目，并将其转化为基于探究的工程课程改进；3)学年参与活动；4)从奥克兰和旧金山的高需求学区招聘STEM教师。

This Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site at the University of California Berkeley seeks to strengthen K-12 education in the STEM disciplines by involving a total of a total of 27 science and mathematics teachers and 27 pre-service teachers from the Oakland and San Francisco Unified Schools Districts in an intensive eight-week summer engineering research experiences in computing and computational methods in engineering. The RET Site will involve a partnership between UC Berkeley faculty in engineering departments and centers as well as the UC Berkeley Cal Teach program in recruitment, program development, and implementation. The RET participants will gain first-hand multidisciplinary experiences to foster their development of the necessary pedagogical content knowledge to engage their own K-12 students in authentic experiences in science and engineering. The program will impact two areas that are of direct interest to the United States and the world: increasing access for K-12 teachers and their students to a deeper understanding of the STEM disciplines, research, and career opportunities; and inspiring teachers and students to pursue engineering careers. Over a three-year period this RET Site will offer an intensive summer research program for a total of 54 K-12 STEM in-service and pre-service teachers in high needs school districts in Oakland and San Francisco. The multidisciplinary aspects of this research allows STEM teachers to strengthen their engineering design and computing knowledge and to incorporate their experiences into inquiry-based learning that will excite and interest their students. They will partner with the NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) Nanomanfucturing Systems for Mobile computing and Mobile Energy Technologies (NASCENT) and Reinventing the Nation?s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt) and other major research centers at UCB to leverage the faculty, resources, and infrastructure to support the RET Site program. Key features of the program include: 1) Direct supervision of projects and course material development by faculty mentors and graduate students; 2) Involvement of RET teachers and their students in timely, cutting-edge research projects in mobile computing and energy and urban water infrastructure that are translated into inquiry-based engineering curriculum enhancements; 3) Academic year engagement activities; and 4) Recruitment of STEM teachers from high needs school districts in the Oakland and San Francisco.