Berkeley Engineering Research Experiences for In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers: RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site

该奖项用于资助加州大学伯克利分校的工程和计算机科学教师研究经验(RET)网站项目，该项目由George C.Johnson博士指导，为期三年，题为“伯克利在职和在职教师的工程研究经验(BERET)”。该项目将通过合成生物学的跨学科视角，关注工程学、科学和数学之间的交叉。该计划将把总共52名初中和高中STEM教师(26名来自伯克利联合学区和奥克兰联合学区的在职教师和26名加州大学伯克利分校的职前教师登记在加州大学伯克利分校)安置在与加州大学伯克利分校相关的各种工程相关研究实验室中，并将指导他们根据自己的研究制定与他们在学校教授的学科相关的课程，并与所述学科的教育标准保持一致。贝雷特将由加州大学科学和数学教师教育项目和NSF合成生物学工程研究中心(SynBERC)联合运营。贝雷特将提高高需求城市学校的K-12学生对数学、科学和工程概念、技能和职业的理解，这样做将有助于增加STEM渠道中的女性和代表性不足的少数族裔学生的数量，特别是在工程领域。通过贝雷特制定的严格的K-12课程将通过科学和数学教育行业倡议(IISME)社区网站和教师工程数字图书馆等基于网络的资源进行审查、测试和广泛传播。该计划还将有助于建立一个充满活力的网络，包括在职教师、职前教师以及教职员工、博士后和研究生研究人员，这将在个人和机构之间建立长期的合作伙伴关系。

This award provides funding for a three year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site program at the University of California Berkeley entitled, "Berkeley Engineering Research Experiences for In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers (BERET)", under the direction of Dr. George C. Johnson.This program will focus on the intersection between engineering, science, and mathematics through the interdisciplinary lens of synthetic biology. This program will place a total of 52 middle and high school STEM teachers (26 in-service teachers from the Berkeley Unified School District and the Oakland Unified School District and 26 UC Berkeley pre-service teachers enrolled in Cal Teach) within a variety of engineering-related research laboratories associated with UC Berkeley and will guide them to develop curricula based on their research that is relevant to the subjects that they teach in school and aligned with the educational standards for the subject addressed. BERET will be run jointly by the Cal Teach science and mathematics teacher education program and the NSF Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC). BERET will increase the understanding of math, science and engineering concepts, skills and careers for K-12 students in high need urban schools, and in so doing, contribute to increasing the number of women and under-represented minority students in the STEM pipeline, particularly in engineering fields. The rigorous K-12 curricula developed through BERET will be reviewed, tested and disseminated broadly through web-based resources such as the Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (IISME) Community website and the TeachEngineering digital library. The program will also help to build a vibrant network of in-service teachers, pre-service teachers, and faculty, postdoctoral, and graduate student researchers that will produce long-term collaborative partnerships among individuals and institutions.