Rural Co-operatives Planning Workshop, Spring-Summer 1999

9907260 SHYMANSKY这是一项计划拨款，其目的是完成密苏里州和爱荷华州农村地区小学科学的重大局部系统改革倡议的规划，并将包括20-30个小型学区。规划活动将包括使用光纤网络促进专业发展的示范，以及为期三天的会议，专门为所有可能的学区规划课程实施、专业发展和教师支助。会议将有来自预期地区的教师、管理人员、家长和社区成员参加。在会议召开之前，尚未使用任何以改革为基础的课程的学区将被要求试行至少一个这样的计划。在暑期计划会议之后，项目工作人员将与感兴趣的学区的代表合作，完成全面改革倡议的设计。

9907260SHYMANSKYThis is a planning grant whose purpose is to complete the planning of a major Local Systemic Change initiative for elementary school science in rural areas of Missouri and Iowa and would include 20-30 small school districts. Planning activities will include a demonstration of the use of a fiber optic network for professional development and a three-day meeting devoted to planning for curricula implementation, professional development and teacher support for all possible school districts. The meeting will involve teachers, administrators, parents, and community members from the prospective districts. Before the meeting takes place, districts that have not yet used any of the reform-based curricula will be asked to pilot test at least one such program. Following the summer planning meeting, the project staff, working with representatives from the interested school districts, will complete the design of a comprehensive reform initiative.