University of Pennsylvania Science Teachers Institute: Preparation and Retention of Highly Qualified Science Teachers Through Content Intensive Programs

宾夕法尼亚大学文理学院生物系、化学系、地球与环境科学系、数学系和物理系与教育研究生院（GSE）合作，成立了宾夕法尼亚大学科学教师学院（Penn STI），主要致力于培养和留住高素质的中小学科学教师。宾大科技创新学院由化学系管理，提供内容密集型硕士学位课程，旨在培养科学教师的内容、教学法和领导技能。该研究所针对中大西洋地区和中大西洋地区的20个地区学校/学区，包括四个主要组成部分：1)为现有中级科学教师设计的8科学/2科学教育课程综合科学教育硕士学位课程。2)针对当前高中理科教师设计的8化学2理科教育硕士学位课程。3)资源中心，支持参与和毕业的教师成为教师领导，并在学校实施课堂改革。4)管理者的科学/数学学院，旨在为学校管理者创造一个有利于改善科学教学和学习的学校环境。预计将有100名中级科学教师和100名高中科学教师以及大约200名学校管理人员参加学位课程。200名科学教师从内容强化课程中毕业，在他们的管理人员和大学资源中心的支持下，预计将从根本上改变该地区中、高中课堂的科学教学，使每年数万名学生学习科学。

The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Arts and Sciences Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics, in collaboration with the Graduate School of Education (GSE), is establishing the Penn Science Teachers Institute (Penn STI) in a major effort to engage in the development and retention of highly qualified science teachers in middle and secondary grades. The Penn STI, managed through the Department of Chemistry, provides content intensive master degree programs for developing content, pedagogy, and leadership skills for science teachers. This Institute is aimed at the mid-Atlantic region and 20 area schools/districts in the mid-Atlantic region and includes four major components:1) An 8-science/2-science education course Master of Integrated Science Education degree program designed for current middle level science teachers.2) An 8-chemistry/2-science education course Master of Chemistry Education degreeprogram designed for current high school science teachers.3) A resource center supporting participating and graduate teachers as they become teacher leaders and implement classroom reforms in their schools.4) An Administrator's Science/Math Academy designed for school administrators tobecome better prepared to create a school environment conducive to improved scienceteaching and learning. Up to100 middle level science teachers and 100 high school science teachers are expected to participate in the degree programs, along with approximately 200 school administrators. The 200 science teachers who graduate from the content intensive programs, supported by their administrators and a university-based resource center, are expected to fundamentally change the teaching and learning of science in middle and secondary level classrooms in the region, benefiting the learning of science by tens of thousands of students yearly.