Summer Immunology Research Program for High School Science Teachers

描述（申请人提供）：此应用程序是现有的三个暑期研究计划的科学教师在哥伦比亚大学，斯坦福大学，得克萨斯大学西南医学中心，和新生的暑期研究计划在国家犹太医学和研究中心，科罗拉多大学NIAID的外展计划，进一步推进其责任，以促进研究，教育，服务，以及公众对免疫学、微生物学和传染病的认识。在最初的四年里，该计划将提升24名高中生命科学教师的知识和理解，并通过他们，在纽约，丹佛，旧金山弗朗西斯科湾区和达拉斯的约1600名代表性不足和多数高中学生的兴趣，成就和意识，这些学科中具有智力挑战性，人性化奖励和个人报酬的职业机会。它通过为在职高中生命科学教师提供免疫学，微生物学和传染病方面的特殊概念和实践专业知识，并使他们能够更好地传达当代免疫学，微生物学和传染病研究的动态和相关性以及临床服务来实现这些目标，以促进人类健康。申请文件，提供内城高中科学教师有机会做动手免疫学研究连续两个夏天下大学教师的指导下，并接受专业发展，使他们能够转移到他们的教室和实验室的概念和技能在这些经验中获得增加学生的兴趣和科学成就。教师将被要求制定一个教育转移计划，将他们的免疫学研究经验直接与当地基于标准的课程联系起来，包括开发新的实验室课程。通过增加学生在免疫学，微生物学和传染病方面的认识和知识，该计划可能会使学生对这些学科的职业感兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is the response of three existing Summer Research Programs for Science Teachers at Columbia University, Stanford University, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and the nascent Summer Research Program at National Jewish Medical and Research Center-University of Colorado to NIAID's request for outreach programs that further advance its responsibilities to promote research, education, service, and public awareness of immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases. In its first four years, this program will elevate knowledge and understanding of 24 high school life science teachers, and through them, the interest, achievement and awareness of ~1600 under-represented and majority high school students in New York, Denver, the San Francisco Bay area, and Dallas of opportunities for intellectually challenging, humanly rewarding, and personally remunerative careers in these disciplines. It accomplishes these goals by providing in-service high school life sciences teachers with special conceptual and practical expertise in immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases and by preparing them to better communicate the dynamism and relevance of contemporary immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases research and clinical service to advancement of human health. The application documents that providing inner-city high school science teachers with opportunities to do hands-on immunology research for two consecutive summers under the mentorship of university faculty and to receive professional development that enables them to transfer to their classrooms and laboratories the concepts and skills acquired in these experiences increases student interest and achievement in science. The teachers will be required to develop an educational transfer plan which directly links their immunology research experience to local standards-based curriculum, including the development of new lab lessons. By increasing student acquaintance and knowledge in immunology, microbiology and infectious disease this program is likely to interest students in careers in these disciplines.