Penn-Merck Middle Grades Science Partnership

9819636 Stream宾夕法尼亚大学和默克大学的合作伙伴关系将在费城学区建立一个为期5年的项目，以促进5-8年级有效的探究式教学。该项目将与费城城市系统倡议密切合作。教师参与者将增加和加深他们对科学内容的知识，并发展使用以探究为基础的方法进行科学教学的能力。该项目将采用两个层次的方法：1.在西费城建立一批“临界群体”的中等科学教师的能力(Tier 1)。所有一级教师将参加为期13个月的专业发展计划。2.准备一个较小的领导教师小组(Tier 2)，以推动该地区的长期变革进程。这些教师将参加一个为期25个月的项目，其中包括广泛的领导活动。通过在其学校以及在分组和区一级担任同行导师和资源专家，带头人教师将为中学科学教育改革奠定坚实的基础。五个组，每组48名教师将参加Tier 1计划，一个由30名教师组成的组将参与Tier 2计划。该项目将培养270名中学教师，他们每年将直接影响大约1万名学生。

9819636StreimThe Penn-Merck partnership will establish a 5-year project in the School District of Philadelphia to promote effective inquiry-based teaching in grades 5-8. The project will work in close collaboration with the Philadelphia Urban Systemic Initiative. Teacher participants will increase and deepen their knowledge of science content and develop the ability to use inquiry-based approaches to science instruction. The project will use a two-tiered approach to:1. Build the capacity of a "critical mass" of middle grades science teachers (Tier 1) in West Philadelphia. All Tier 1 teachers will participate in a 13-month professional development program. 2. Prepare a smaller group of Leader Teachers (Tier 2) to drive the process of long-term change in the district. These teachers will participate in a 25-month program, which includes extensive leadership activities. By serving as peer mentors and resource specialists in their schools and at the cluster and district levels the Leader Teachers will establish a solid foundation for the reform of science education in the middle grades. Five cohorts, of 48 teachers each, will participate in the Tier 1 program and one cohort of 30 teachers will participate in the Tier 2 program. The project will prepare a total of 270 middle school teachers who will have a direct impact on approximately 10,000 students per year.