Leadership Development: Earth Science Resource Associates

地球科学资源协会项目将在五年期间发展和维持一个至少由60名初中/高中教师和40名机构和大学地球科学家和大学科学教育者组成的网络。项目活动将在多个地点进行，包括威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的夏季项目；在威斯康辛科学院（麦迪逊）召开一次会议，在选定的地区进行一次夏季实地考察；并在西澳大学系统鸽子湖野外站休息。该项目包括：1.；遴选具有一门或多门地球科学背景的模范中学/高中教师，遴选对大学预科地球科学教育感兴趣的大学、机构和商业地球科学家；2. 通过课堂和实地体验，提高参与教师的地球科学内容；3. 通过课堂阅读和讨论提高教师参与者的学习和教学背景，通过会议演讲和讨论提高所有参与者的学习和教学背景；4. 发展现有的程序和材料的知识，以教学活动为基础的地球科学；5. 为教师举办地方、地区和州讲习班和研讨会的参与者；建立一个持续的网络。该项目建议每年直接影响约1500名教师课堂上的学生，约200名参加每年安排的讲习班的教师，以及参加州和地区会议信息共享演讲的大量教师。

The Earth Science Resource Associates project will, over a five year period, develop and maintain a network of a minimum of 60 middle/high school teachers and 40 agency and university geoscientists and university science educators. Project activities will be delivered at multiple sites including a summer program at the University of Wisconsin- Madison campus; a conference at the Wisconsin Academy of Science (Madison), a summer field trip to selected areas; and a retreat at the UW System Pigeon Lake field station. The project consists of: 1. selecting exemplary middle/high school teachers who have a strong background in one or more of the earth sciences and selecting university, agency and business geoscientists with an interest in pre-college earth science education; 2. enhancing content in earth sciences of teacher participants through class and field experiences; 3. enhancing teacher participants' background in learning and teaching through class readings and discussions, and all participants through conference speakers and discussions; 4. developing a knowledge of existing programs and materials for teaching activity based earth science; 5. participants conducting local, district, and state workshops and seminars for teachers; and developing an ongoing network. The project proposes to directly effect an estimated 1,500 students in the teachers' classes each year, an estimated 200 teachers at workshops scheduled each year, as well as a large number of teachers attending information sharing presentations at state and area conferences.