TIPS - Teacher Intern Project for Science

路易斯维尔的历史和科学博物馆将举办 一个支持杰斐逊县的实习项目 公立学校科学专业发展模式 改进"。 科学教师实习计划（TIPS）将涉及 招聘五名初中初段人才 杰斐逊县公立学校的教师， 接下来的三滴眼泪， 教师 合作教师将开始实习计划 为期十周的暑期课程，八个材料开发， 6月和7月，8月进行了两次在职培训 从9月到12月，初任教师将 在博物馆工作的同时，每周有三天轮流在博物馆工作。 每周两天在学校的教室里和他们的导师一起 合作老师 在第二个任期内，这一进程将是 逆转;导师教师将在博物馆实习三 当他们的合作教师在教室里工作时，他们每周工作两天。 该计划是与一个 杰斐逊县教师咨询小组 路易斯维尔大学科学主管， 博物馆工作人员。 该项目将为指导教师提供 休假从正常的职责和学习的机会， 新内容和新方法。 合格的新 教师将有机会共同教授他们的 第一年与一位经验丰富的导师一起，参加 在博物馆实习， 和在职培训。 利用Starlab和其他资源，如工具包、展品和 收藏，教师将学习新的方法， 在新的环境中尝试他们的想法，并分享 与新同事的专业关系。 每个实习生 将成功的互动教学技术模型， 物理、化学、地球科学和生命科学。 的 学校系统确保每个导师和实习生，由 博物馆和大学的工作人员，将教其他十个 在职教师培训计划。 该项目提供了一种招聘开始的手段 高学术素质的教师，提供了一个系统， 入职教育，并提供一个 如何留住高素质、有经验的教师。 科学博物馆特别适合以下方面的合作伙伴： 这些努力，因为他们强调参与性 学习，他们的资源，以及他们在 社区 杰斐逊县公立学校和历史博物馆 和科学贡献了大约相当于 是美国国家科学基金会奖的两倍。

The Museum of History and Science in Louisville will conduct an internship program in support of the Jefferson County Public Schools' "Professional Development Model for Science Improvement". The Teacher Internship Program in Science (TIPS) will involve recruiting five talented beginning elementary of middle school teachers to Jefferson County Public Schools each of the next three tears and teaming them with five mentor teachers. The co-teachers will begin the Internship Program with a ten week summer program, eight of material development in June and July, and two of in-service training in August From September through December, the beginning teachers will alternate being at the Museum three days a week while working in the school classroom two days per week with their mentor co-teacher. In the second term, the process will be reversed; mentor teachers will intern at the Museum three days per week while their co-teachers work in the classroom. This plan has been developed in direct collaboration with an Advisory Team of classroom teachers, the Jefferson County Science Supervisor, the University of Louisville, and the Museum staff. The project will offer mentor teachers the reward of a sabbatical from normal duties and the opportunity to learn both new content and new methodologies. Qualified new teachers will be offered the opportunity to co-teach their first year with an experienced mentor teacher, participate in a hands-on internship at the museum, and receive leadership and in-service training. Using Starlab and other resources such as kits, exhibits, and collections, teachers will learn new methodologies, experiment with their ideas in new settings, and share a professional relationship with new colleagues. Each intern will model successful interactive teaching techniques in physics, chemistry, earth science, and life science. The school system assures that each mentor and intern, aided by the Museum and University staff, will teach ten other teachers in an in-service program. This project provides a means of recruiting beginning teachers of high academic quality, offers a system of induction into the teaching profession, and provides an approach to retaining highly qualified experienced teachers. Science Museums are particularly well suited to partners in these endeavors because of their emphasis on participatory learning, their resources, and their position in the community. The Jefferson County Public Schools and the Museum of History and Science have contributed an amount equal to approximately twice that of the National Science Foundation award.