New GK12: Molecular Biology Initiative in Rural Southeast Georgia

乔治亚州东南部农村分子生物学倡议分子生物学倡议（MBI）计划的目标是通过提供奖学金、长期指导、持续的专业发展活动和严格的分子生物学培训，加强对攻读高级学位（ms）的生物学学生的教育。作为其专业发展的一部分，MBI研究员与生物或化学高中教师合作；教师团队一起工作，为课堂设计动手，探究为基础的分子生物学活动。该计划的一个独特之处在于，教师团队能够将他们的项目与正在进行的大学研究联系起来。MBI计划通过讲习班、研讨会、密集指导和年度研讨会为团队提供支持。整体拓展计划的设计考虑了探究式学习的教育研究和PI进行的为期两年的试点计划的结果。MBI项目将对大学和高中产生可持续的影响。该项目将试行一种变革性的研究生项目模式，以促进专业发展和对研究员的密切指导。这种方法将有助于培养具有良好沟通、教学、领导、时间管理和特定学科技能的优秀和多样化的研究生群体；以及对K-12科学教育面临的问题的深入了解。它将加强大学分子生物学研究项目，并通过在职教师培训和改善基础设施来提高农村高中科学教育的质量。每年，MBI项目将直接影响11-14名研究生（至少30%来自传统上代表性不足的群体）和1000多名来自高需求学校的高中生（45%来自经济弱势群体，37%来自少数族裔）。

Molecular Biology Initiative in Rural Southeast GeorgiaThe goal of the Molecular Biology Initiative (MBI) program is to enhance the education of biology students pursuing advanced degrees (M.S.) by providing fellowships, long-term mentoring, on-going professional development activities, and rigorous molecular biology training. As part of their professional development, MBI fellows are partnered with biology or chemistry high school teachers; and the fellow-teacher teams work together to design hands-on, inquiry-based molecular biology activities for the classroom. A unique feature of the program is the ability of fellow-teacher teams to link their projects with on-going university research. The MBI program provides team support through workshops, seminars, intensive mentoring, and an annual symposium. The overall outreach program design considers inquiry-based learning educational research and the outcomes of a two-year pilot program conducted by the PI. The MBI program will have sustainable impacts at the university and high schools. The program will pilot a transformative graduate program model for professional development and close mentoring of fellows. This approach will contribute to the education of outstanding and diverse cohorts of graduate students with strong communication, pedagogy, leadership, time-management, and discipline-specific skills; and an intimate knowledge of issues facing K-12 science education. It will enhance university molecular biology research programs and improve the quality of science education in rural high schools via in-service teacher training and infrastructure improvements. Each year the MBI program will directly impact 11-14 graduate students (at least 30% from traditionally underrepresented groups) and over 1000 high school students from high-need schools (45% economically disadvantaged students, 37% minorities).