Building a Learning Community in Science and Mathematics through Educational Partnerships

这个GK-12项目通过与罗格斯大学科学、数学、工程或技术（SMET）专业的研究生和高级本科生与新泽西州三个学区的教师、管理人员和学生合作，创造动态的学习环境，加强了K-12科学和数学教育。每年有10名研究生和10名高级本科生（简称“研究员”）为中学和初中教师提供科学和数学教学的资源。十组研究员与参与计划的中学的两至三名教师组成伙伴关系，在一年内合作，在学校的目标领域开展以课程为基础的SMET活动。教师和研究员每年在暑期学院开始他们的合作伙伴关系，其中包括课程，教学法和SMET领域的进展。在暑期学院期间，研究员和教师团队开始开发基于新课程的科学活动，并继续每周在学校共同工作10个小时。奖学金获得者还要另外花5个小时来准备和定期会议和研讨会。这个项目使几个选区受益。在学校工作期间，研究员在沟通和传达科学和科学研究的精神和实质的同时，提高了他们的教学技能。通过参与这些专业合作，中学/初中教师的科学和数学背景得到加强和提高。K-12学生体验科学、数学和技术教育的兴奋和相关性。学区、他们的管理人员和教育工作者从他们与大学、教师和学生的持续伙伴关系中受益。

This GK-12 program enhances K-12 science and mathematics education by creating dynamic learning environments partnering Rutgers graduate and advanced undergraduate students in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology (SMET) with teachers, administrators, and students in three New Jersey school districts. Each year, ten graduate and ten advanced undergraduate students in SMET (referred to as "fellows") serve as resources for middle school and junior high school teachers in science and mathematics instruction. Ten teams of fellows form partnerships with two or three teachers in a participating middle school and collaborate during the year to develop curriculum-based SMET activities in areas targeted by the schools. Teachers and fellows begin their partnerships each year in a Summer Institute which includes sessions on curriculum, pedagogy, and advances in SMET fields. Teams of fellows and teachers begin the process of developing new curriculum-based science activities during the Summer Institute, and continue to work together in the schools for ten hours each week. Fellows devote an additional five hours to preparation and regular meetings and seminars. This project benefits several constituencies. While working in schools, fellows improve their teaching skills as they communicate and convey the spirit and substance of science and scientific research. The science and mathematics background of middle school/junior high school teachers are strengthened and enhanced through their participation in these professional collaborations. K-12 students experience the excitement and relevance of science, mathematics and technology education. School districts, their administrators and educators, benefit from their sustained partnership with the University, its faculty and students.