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Gregg FestaProject Manager
Teaching Matters
11.02.01
Program Overview
Unique & Compelling Internet Content & Professional Development for Middle School Science Educators
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Summary
Project Link uses a proven one year turnkey training model that couples intensive face-to-face workshops with one-to-one mentoring to train middle school Science educators to use unique and compelling online Science content to enhance the teaching of New York City Science Standards.
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• Project Link is offered through a collaboration between Teaching Matters and The Center for Improved Engineering & Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology
• The project is sponsored in part by grants received from The Chase Manhattan Foundation and the Greenwall Foundation.
Funding & Partners
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Train middle school Science educators on how to use and integrate unique & compelling online Science content
Enhance the teaching of New York City Science Standards in the middle school Science classroom
Encourage sharing of learned skills and strategies with district colleagues through the development and implementation of a customized turnkey training kit
Objectives
Using technology to provide Science
learning experiences that only technology
can provide.
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CIESE Online Classroom Projects: Easy-To-Use for Both Teacher &
Student NYC Science Standards
Correlated Provide Opportunities to “Do
Science” Real World Application of
Technology Collaboration with International
Students
Unique & Compelling Online Content
We focus on classroom activities that utilize real-time data available from the Internet, and collaborative projects that utilize the Internet's potential to reach peers and experts around the world. In order to insure initial success, we ask each participant to implement a CIESE unique and compelling online science project with at least one actual class during the project.
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Training Components
The ten once a month face-to-face workshops are sequential beginning with the fundamentals:
• Overview of the Internet and how it works
• Successful searching strategies
• Proper use of e-mail
Participants are then introduced to web-based real-time data resources and online collaborative tools and view model lessons and classroom management strategies of how to use them with their students.
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Training Components
After successfully implementing a real-time data or online collaborative project with a middle school science class, participants begin to create a custom turnkey training tool kit during the final four workshops of the project culminating in a presentation to district supervisors.
Turnkey Training Tool Kit Includes:
Online Guide To Science Resources
Sample Lesson Plans & Activities
Classroom Management Strategies
Training/Mentoring Implementation Plan
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Mentoring
Each participant is assigned a mentor who works with him/her throughout the year helping them back in their schools/districts to implement what they learned during the workshops.
Typical Mentoring Sessions May Include:
• Reviewing skills taught during workshops
• Co-teaching lessons with actual students
• Co-presenting workshops for colleagues
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Ongoing Support
In order for any professional development program to have long term success, it is critical that participants have regular access to a support structure.
Participants Can Access:
• Online Training Materials
• E-mail Workshop Presenters & Mentors
• Project ListServ
• NEW! – Monthly Live Online Support Groups via Teaching Matters @School Anytime Distance Learning
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• District 15
• District 18
• District 19
2001/02 Participants
One Cohort of 12 Participants Representing:
Roles & Responsibilities of Participants Include:
• Science Staff Developers
• Lead Science Teachers
• Instructional Technology Trainers
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Proven training curriculum implemented in four cities with more than 10,000 participating Science educators
CIESE Unique & Compelling Online Science Projects highlighted by several prestigious educational journals as well as the 2001 National Education Summit
Project is now its fourth successful year offered by Teaching Matters and CIESE for New York City Public Schools
Past Success
“This is exactly what we’ve been
looking for!” Middle School Science Lead
Teacher – District 19
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Tuition & Enrollment Information
To learn more about Project Link tuition and enrollment for one or more of your staff members or to run a program in your school or district please contact:
Jane Condliffe
Director of External Affairs212.870.3505
