Pre-College Teacher Enhancement Program for Middle/Junior High School Life Science Teachers

这个教师提高项目包括三个完整的一年周期， 从夏季讲习班开始，然后是学年。这 设计让参与者有机会互动和学习 生物学概念、过程和教学方法，分享和工作 与优秀的生命科学教师一起， 与科学家保持持续的合作伙伴关系， 来自德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的科学教育家。 24、初中/初中生活准备不足 来自大学周围县的科学教师将 选择每个周期。总共有20个夏季和7个秋季课程， 的118个接触小时，将需要参加者， 将获得六个学期的学分 夏季会议将 包括实验室和实地经验，内容介绍， 科学家，和小组工作期间，课程将是 制备 在秋季，除了与科学家合作， 参与者将准备教学单元和特别会议 题为“初中/初中的孩子会见科学家”， 在学员的教室举行。 两个人的一系列访问 科学家到参与者的教室将在秋季进行， 每年的春天。 参与的学区以及其他非NSF来源是 占项目成本的30%以上。

This teacher enhancement project consists of three-full year cycles, beginning with a summer workshop and followed by the school year. This design gives the participants an opportunity to interact and learn the biological concepts, processes and teaching methods, to share and work together with outstanding life science teachers and to establish and maintain a continuing collaborative partnership with scientists and science educators from University of Texas at Austin. Twenty-four of the less well-prepared middle/junior high school life science teachers from the counties around the University will be selected for each cycle. Twenty summer and seven fall sessions, a total of 118 contact hours, will be required of participants for which they will receive six semester hours of credit. The summer sessions will include laboratory and field experiences, content presentations by scientists, and small group work periods during which lessons will be prepared. During the fall, in addition to working with the scientists, the participants will prepare instructional units and special sessions entitled "Middle/Junior High School Kids Meet the Scientist" which will be held in the participants' classrooms. A series of visits by two scientists to participants' classrooms will be made during the fall and spring of each yearly cycle. The participating school districts as well as other non-NSF sources are contributing more than 30% of the cost of the project.