Reaching For Excellence In Secondary School Science

该项目由东田纳西州立大学赞助，将为28名教师和7名校长提供为期六周的暑期课程，每三年一次。参与者将被选为来自同一学区的两名初中科学教师，两名高中科学教师和一名校长组成的团队。暑期课程将教授综合科学课程，强调实践科学和解决问题的能力，这是田纳西州新课程指南所要求的。参与者将返回学校，在学校开展领导活动。预计该项目每年将为100名教师提供服务。该项目将与以前的K-6项目协调，因此将在目标学校制定协调的K-12科学课程。国家科学基金会的资助由当地基金提供，数额相当于30%。

This project, sponsored by East Tennessee State University, will provide a six-week summer program for each of three years for 28 teachers and 7 principals. The participants will be selected in teams of two middle school science teachers, two high school science teachers and one principal all from the same school district. The summer program will teach an integrated science curriculum emphasizing hands-on-science and problem solving as required by the new Tennessee State curriculum guideline. The participants will return to the schools to carryout leadership activities in the schools. Altogether it is expected that 100 teachers will be served by the project each year. The project will be coordinated with a previous K-6 project and thus a coordinated K-12 science curriculum will be developed in the target schools. The NSF grant is being matched by local funds in an amount equivalent to about 30%.