Local school Hubs for supporting STEM education through astronomy

如果天文学要发挥其作为STEM教学激励论坛的巨大潜力，就需要大量足够熟练的教师。然而，能够培训教师的天文教育专业人员数量有限，教师接受培训的时间也非常有限。该项目寻求使用高技能的天文学教育工作者、空间大使和其他人与重点学校和学院的主要教师合作，然后他们将作为“中心”向当地学校/学院传播培训。这样一个中心网络不仅将提供广泛的教师培训和支持的现成手段，而且还将成为发展和传播新举措和资源的焦点。

If astronomy is to fulfil its large potential as a motivational forum for STEM teaching, large numbers of sufficiently skilled teachers will be needed. However, there are a limited number of astronomy education professionals available to train the teachers, and time for teachers to be trained is very limited. This project seeks to use highly skilled astronomy educators, Space Ambassadors and others to work with key teachers in key schools and colleges who will then act as a 'hub' for disseminating that training to local schools/colleges. Such a network of Hubs will not only provide a ready means of widespread teacher training and support, but also focus points for development and dissemination of new initiatives and resources.