TeaM SCoRE Biotechnology: Teachers in Montana Strengthening the Continuity of Rural Education in Biotechnology

平头谷社区学院(FVCC)将实施“生物技术团队分数：蒙大拿州教师加强农村生物技术教育的连续性”，以增加进入FVCC生物技术项目的高中生人数。具体战略是为高中教师举办的专业发展讲习班和为高中生提供的实践生物技术实验室体验，这两项工作都是与PIs和FVCC学生合作完成的。FVCC服务区的许多高中都是农村的，该项目将有助于教育蒙大拿州西北部农村的劳动力。TeaM Score Biotech将通过接触蒙大拿州西北部农村的高中生和教师来提高FVCC生物技术计划的意识和规模。它还将利用FVCC以前的ATE，“加强农村生物技术教育的连续性”(1104075号奖)，以及社区大学本科生研究倡议(CCURI，1524353号和1118679号奖)的工作。Team SCORE将为高中教师提供专业发展研讨会，以及实施生物技术实验室练习所需的设备和材料，目标是为高中生准备FVCC生物技术计划。有可能了解社区大学和高中合作中的有效实践，这些合作如何支持学生在高等教育中的过渡和坚持，以及哪些实践在农村环境中让学生参与最有效。项目评估将侧重于确定最能吸引高中教师的活动，以及这些项目如何提高高中生的知识和技能。传播计划将通过与当地和区域媒体合作，以地方为重点，并将利用区域和国家ATE网络。

Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) will implement "TeaM SCoRE Biotechnology: Teachers in Montana Strengthening the Continuity of Rural Education in Biotechnology" to increase the number of high school students who matriculate into FVCC's biotechnology program. Specific strategies are professional development workshops for high school teachers and hands-on biotechnology lab experiences for high school students, both done in collaboration with the PIs and FVCC students. Many of the high schools in the FVCC service area are rural and this project will contribute to educating the workforce in rural, northwestern Montana.TeaM SCoRE Biotechnology will increase the awareness and the size of FVCC's biotechnology program by reaching out to high school students and teachers in rural northwestern Montana. It will also leverage the prior ATE at FVCC, "Strengthening Continuity of Rural Education in Biotechnology" (Award #1104075), and the work of the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI, Award #1524353 and #1118679). TeaM SCoRE will provide professional development workshops for high school teachers along with equipment and materials needed to implement biotechnology laboratory exercises, with the goal of preparing high school students for the FVCC biotechnology program. There is the potential to learn about effective practices in community college and high school collaborations, how those collaborations support student transitions and persistence in higher education, and what practices are most effective in engaging students in a rural environment. Project evaluation will focus on identifying the activities that best engage high school teachers, and how these projects improve the knowledge and skills of high school students. The dissemination plan will have a local focus, by working with local and regional media, and will take advantage of the regional and national ATE networks.