Partnerships for Elementary Science Education

9618738肯尼迪这项建议是关于地方系统变革项目，以改善华盛顿州西南部六个学区的科学教学和学习。在五年项目中，专业发展将根据402名K-6年级教师的具体需要进行定制，他们每人将在四年内获得超过140个小时的增长，使教师能够实施与最佳探究式科学教学相一致的课程和教学单元。全职资源教师和来自社会的科学家和工程师将为教师参与者提供不同程度的支持，他们将与教师合作，作为个人资源。合作伙伴包括来自西华盛顿大学科学和教育系的教师，来自当地商业和工业(如惠普和美国氰胺)的人员，以及附近俄勒冈州波特兰的非正式科学界。一个地区材料中心将为教师提供自由/开源软件、洞察和儿童科学技术(STC)等教学材料。所需经费为1205593美元，费用分摊估计为986290美元(82%)。

9618738 Kennedy This proposal is for a Local Systemic Change project to improve science teaching and learning in six school districts in Southwest Washington State. In the 5 year project, professional development will be customized to meet the specific needs of the 402 grades K-6 teachers who each will receive over 140 hours enhancement over a four year period to enable teachers to implement curricula and teaching units consistent with the best inquiry based science teaching. Various levels of support for the teacher participants will be provided by full time resource teachers and scientists and engineers from the community who will be partnered with teachers to act as a personal resource. Partners include faculty from science and education departments of Western Washington University, personnel from local business and industry (e.g. Hewlett packard and American Cyanamid) and the informal science community in nearby Portland, Oregon. A regional materials center will supply instructional materials such as FOSS, Insights and Science and Technology for Children (STC) for teachers. The request is for $1,205,593 with cost share estimated as $986,290 (82%).