Inservice Institutes for Junior/Middle School Science Teachers with Presidential Awardees as Instructional Mentors

由四名总统科学教学奖(PA)组成的团队将与一名大学教授在为期3周的中学教师暑期学院合作。四个研究所中的每一个都将在学院或大学场地举行，由一名理科教授现场协调员和一个四人小组(PA)担任讲师。每个PA团队将包括一名化学、物理、生物和地球科学教师。1992年可能的研究地点包括纽约州立大学、佩奇、北卡罗来纳大学、威尔明顿、普渡大学、西拉斐特和阿什兰的南俄勒冈州立学院。在这个为期三年的项目中，每个学院将容纳30名参与者，总共360名中级教师。学院计划的结构将包括科学内容、教学方法、合作团队建设以及关于前沿科学主题的专题讲座。此外，还将举行关于领导力培训、开展同行主导的研讨会、审查课程材料和获得资金的特别会议。将编制一份教学大纲和现场协调员手册，以确保每个地点的程序一致性。APAST/NSTA研究所的目的是为不同的地理区域和不同的教学环境获得科学教师的组合，以促进经验和观点的交流。教师的选择将基于感知的需求、领导潜力和为后续活动争取地区资金的意愿。在研讨会上，学员将根据在学院学到的内容准备教案。教材的汇编将分发给所有参与者、现场协调员和APAST成员。此外，所有参与者将在各自的学区或秋季的教育大会上至少举办一次由同行领导的在职讲习班。将向完成并交回在职报告表并说明资金理由以及分项预算和其学区分摊费用的证据的参与者提供微型补助金。评估将通过管理标准化前和标准化后的科学内容测试来处理参与者的内容和教学收获。此外，还将对每个讲习班的三名教师进行为期三年的跟踪调查，作为个案研究。项目评估员将通过电话访谈和答复表记录这些选定人员的专业成长情况。APAST当选主席和总统获奖者罗伯特·刘易斯先生是首席调查员，NSTA的玛丽莉·德沃尔女士是联席调查员。费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的10%。

Teams of four Presidential Awardees (PAs) in Science Teaching will work with a university professor in 3-week summer institutes for middle school teachers. Each of four institutes will be held at a college or university site facilitated by a site coordinator who is a professor of science and a team of four (PAs) who will serve as instructors. Each PA team will include a chemistry, physics, biology, and earth science teacher. Potential institute sites for 1992 include the State University of New York, Purchase, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Purdue University, West Lafayette, and Southern Oregon State College, Ashland. Each institute will accommodate 30 participants for a total of 360 middle level teachers in the three-year project. The institute programs will be structured to include content in science, teaching methodology, cooperative team building, and special lectures on leading-edge science topics. In addition, special sessions on leadership training, conducting peer-led workshop, reviewing curriculum materials, and securing funding will be held. An instructional syllabus and a site coordinator's handbook will be produced to provide program consistency at each site. The aim of APAST/NSTA institutes is to obtain a mix of science teachers for different geographic areas and a variety of teaching circumstances to foster an exchange of experiences and view points. Teachers will be selected based on perceived need, leadership potential, and willingness to secure district funds for follow-up activities. At the workshops, participants will prepare lesson plans based on content learned at the institutes. Compilations of the teaching materials will be distributed to all participants, site coordinators, and members of APAST. In addition, all participants will conduct at least one peer- led inservice workshop in their school districts or at an educational convention in the fall. Mini-grants will be made available to participants who have completed and returned an inservice report form and have presented a rationale for the funds as well as an itemized budget and evidence of cost sharing on the part of their school district. Evaluation will address content and pedagogy gain by participants through the administration of pre-and post- standardized science content tests. In addition, three teachers in each workshop will be followed over a three year period as case studies. The project evaluator will document professional growth of these selected individuals through telephone interviews and response forms. Mr. Robert Lewis, President-elect of APAST and a Presidential Awardee, is the Principal Investigator and Ms. Marily DeWall of NSTA is the Co-PI. Cost sharing equals 10% of the NSF award.