PRECOLLEGE ENCICHMENT PROGRAM (PREP)

我们提出的“学前教育富集计划”（PREP），其中包括 在化学和生物科学的一个强有力的重点， 回应NIH RFA RR-94-0，“NCCR少数民族倡议：K-12教师 高中生”。我们的重点将是包括少数民族高 学校的学生以及教师在一个夏天的研究和学习 在加州大学，圣克鲁斯的经验。我们的目标是 为八名少数民族高中生提供基础教育， 研究实验室技能八周，重点是缓解 通过充实从高中到大学的过渡 新生入学前的活动。该项目还将 准备三名K-12教师（一名在职和两名在职），他们是 目前和/或计划在圣克鲁斯县教书。 我们建议继续在UCSC进行的示范计划， 在过去的十年里，在教授的指导下。船员（化学）和 Ortiz（生物学），少数民族学生和在职人员参加 来自中部加州沿海地区的高中教师。 我们的总体目标是改善该地区的科学教育， 教室我们已经和当地的K-12建立了合作关系 教育界，旨在促进长期加强科学 在我们的公立学校里。 主要目标是提供 具有科学素养的教师，内容丰富的课程和 教授专门知识，使代表性不足的青年做好准备并激励他们。 的 这一倡议的高中方案组成部分的广泛目标 是吸引越来越多的我们地区的年轻人参与这项研究 并最终引导他们从事 生物医学研究、生物技术和教学。

Our proposed "Precollege Enrichment Program" (PREP), which incorporates a strong focus in the chemical and biological sciences, was organized in response to the NIH RFA RR-94-0, "NCCR Minority Initiative: K-12 Teachers and High School Students". Our focus will be to include minority high school students as well as teachers in a summer research and learning experience at University of California, Santa Cruz. Our goal is to provide early instruction to eight minority high school students in basic research laboratory skills for eight weeks, with an emphasis in easing the transition from high school to the University through enrichment activities prior to freshman entry. This proposed project will also prepare three K-12 teachers (one preservice and two inservice), who are currently and/or planning on teaching in Santa Cruz county. We propose to continue a model program that has been ongoing at UCSC for the last decade, under the direction of Profs. Crews (Chemistry) and Ortiz (Biology), with participation by minority students and inservice teachers from high schools of the central California coastal region. Our overall goal is the improvement of science education in the region's classrooms. We have established a partnership with the local K-12 education community, designed to foster long term enhancement of science instruction in our public schools. The primary objective is to provide teachers with scientific literacy, a content rich curriculum and the teaching expertise to prepare and motivate underrepresented youth. The broad objective of the high school program component of this initiative is to draw increasing numbers of our region's young people into the study of the biological sciences and ultimately direct them to careers in biomedical research, biotechnology, and teaching.