Biology Interaction Group/Partnership in Education (BIG/PIE)

这一领导活动项目通过参加为期两周的以细胞生物学、化学以及比较解剖学和生理学为重点的暑期讲习班，继续发展和加强纽约西部每年25至35名生物学教师。强调这一领域的新发展和新技术，教师开发教材，将这些知识纳入高中生物课程。除了暑期工作坊。在学年期间，每月与教师、学院工作人员和在某个相关领域具有专业知识的科学家举行互动会议。还计划对适当的科学中心或行业进行实地考察。每年夏天，两名中学教师还会与一名学院工作人员进行一对一的研究体验。该提案的第二个主要组成部分每年向同一区域的30名小学教师提供自然科学和物理科学方面的内容和过程背景。还开发了材料，以帮助他们在课堂上教授科学。参加高中讲习班的选定教师担任小学/初中教师课程的教师，并在两组人回到各自的学区时担任他们的导师。小学/初中教师在这一年中还举行了几次会议，并参加了某些实地体验。这项建议是由PI Kisailus为生物教师开发和管理的一个成功的荣誉研讨会的结果。目前的项目加强和扩大了荣誉讲习班，包括小学/中学教师部分。该项目的工作人员在背景和经验方面都很合格。在研讨会期间和学校中使用领导中学教师来支持中小学背景和专业知识较少的人。学院的教职员工来自生物、化学、物理、教育和英语系。

This Leadership Activities project provides continued development and enhancement of 25 to 35 Biology teachers per year in western New York through participation in two week summer workshops focusing on cell biology, chemistry, and comparative anatomy and physiology. New developments and techniques in the field are stressed and teachers develop materials to incorporate this knowledge into the high school biology curriculum. In addition to the summer workshop. monthly interactive sessions are held during the academic year with teachers, college staff, and a scientist with expertise in a certain relevant area. Field site visits to appropriate scientific centers or industries are also scheduled. Two secondary teachers also participate each summer in a one to one research experience with a college staff member. The second major component of this proposal provides content and process background in natural and physical science to 30 elementary teachers per year in the same region. Materials are also developed to assist them in teaching science in their classrooms. Selected teachers involved in the high school workshops serve as teachers of the courses for elementary/ junior high school teachers and also serve as their mentors when both groups return to their school districts. The elementary/junior high teachers also meet several times during the year and participate in certain field experiences. This proposal results from a successful honors workshop for biology teachers developed and administered by the PI, Kisailus. The current project strengthens and extends the honors workshop, with the elementary/middle school teacher component. The staff of the project are qualified both in background and experience. Leader secondary teachers are used during the workshop and in the schools to support those with less background and expertise in the middle and elementary schools. The college staff involves members of the biology, chemistry, physics, education and English departments.