2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University

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O Appendix O: RIPE Recruiting Brochure Are you an early childhood teacher who wants your students to better understand physical science? Do you want to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts and how to teach them? If so, the 2007 RIPE summer workshop is the place to be! Incentives: • Physical science curriculum materials for early childhood students aligned to state standards • Teacher content preparation with other K-3 professionals • Participants will receive 4 FREE graduate credit hours from Bowling Green State University • Participants will receive a material resource kit of approximately $500 value Teacher Requirements: • Apply online at http://cosmos.bgsu.edu/ripe for the program • Modify, implement, and evaluate one physical science unit • Participate actively in all meetings and program evaluation Schedule: • 2 Week (8 day) Summer Institute, June 18th - June 28th (80 contact hours) • 4 meetings in the Fall Semester 2007 (15 contact hours) Equivalent to 4 Semester hours (3 after Summer Institute, 1 after Fall ’07) For more information, please contact Tracy Huziak-Clark, thuziak@bgsu.edu, (419) 372-7363. 2 0 0 7 N W O Ce n t e r o f E xcellence • A p p e n d i x For early childhood teachers http://cosmos.bgsu.edu/ripe http://cosmos.bgsu.edu/ripe Funded by the Ohio Board of Regents Improving Teacher Quality 2007 grant program Additional support for the RIPE summer workshop is provided by the BGSU College of Education & Human Development, College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Teaching & Learning, the Department of Physics & Astronomy, the Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education: Opportunities of Success (COSMOS), and the Northwest Ohio Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (NWO).
Appendix P: NWO TEAMS Recruiting Brochure Register today! Three options for registration: 1Online at www.nwocenter.org 2Fill out the application on the other side of this page and send to the following address: Jessica Belcher Program Coordinator 241 Math Science Bldg. BGSU Bowling Green, OH 43403 3Call or email Jessica Belcher: jbelche@bgsu.edu or 419.372.5571, fax: 419.372.2738 What is NWO TEAMS? • A grant program funded by the Ohio Department of Education to revise and enhance the OSCI and OMAP modules at a regional level. • Teachers who participate will experience over 100 hours of high-quality, sustained professional development focused on grade specific science and mathematics topics. Participants will engage in science and mathematics modules during Summer Institute I and science modules during the Academic Year and Summer Institute II. • Mathematics and science university faculty and K-12 facilitators will co-instruct the NWO TEAMS summer institutes as well as the Academic Year Content Study Groups. • While participating in NWO TEAMS, teachers will utilize classroom sets of FOSS science kits, which are best-practices, research-based curriculum materials. www.nwocenter.org Who can participate? • Teachers grades 3-6 who teach mathematics and science. • We are looking for teams of teachers to attend together! Grade level teams, school based teams, and even multi-school teams of teachers will get preferential registration. Tell your colleagues; come and learn together! What will the professional development consist of? Summer Institute I - 2007 Dates: Monday, June 25 – Saturday, June 30 and Monday, July 2 – Tuesday, July 3 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. • Eight days of intensive hands-on science and mathematics experiences. • Co-taught by an experienced educator and scientist/mathematician teaching team. • Content learned will directly apply to the Ohio content standards grade level indicators and benchmarks as well as the curriculum materials of the district. Academic Year Content Study Groups • Eight monthly science content study group meetings. • Time will be spent forming collaborative professional relationships with peers while learning content and discussing implementation challenges and successes. Summer Institute II - 2008 • Four days of hands-on science experiences, with field trips to local centers of informal science education such as the Toledo Zoo and Stranahan Arboretum. • Content learned will directly apply to the Ohio content standards grade level indicators and benchmarks as well as the curriculum materials of the district. Incentives: • $800 stipend ($400 after the successful completion of the summer institute and $400 after the academic year). • $200 provided by your district* for classroom materials. [*For financial reasons, some districts may be unable to pay the full amount for materials]. NWO TEAMS 241 Math Science Bldg. BGSU Bowling Green, OH 43403 • A wealth of standards-aligned high-quality curricular materials and kits available for classroom use by any NWO TEAMS participant. • Scholarships for graduate credit at UT and BGSU. Questions? Please contact Jessica Belcher at jbelche@bgsu.edu or 419.372.5571. NWO TEAMS (Teachers Enhancing Achievement in Mathematics Math and Science) and Science) www.nwocenter.org Funding provided by the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio Resource Center TEAMS: Teachers Enhancing Achievement in Mathematics and Science Funding provided by Ohio Department of Education www.nwocenter.org NWO TEAMS application (all team members fill out individual applications and mail applications together) Name Team members School School address District Home address Email Phone number Grade level ❑ 3 ❑ 4 ❑ 5 ❑ 6 I teach ❑ math ❑ science ❑ both I’m interested in receiving credit ❑ Yes ❑ No Are you currently in a degree program? ❑ Yes ❑ No If so, where? ❑ UT ❑ BGSU ❑ Other I prefer vegetarian meals ❑ Yes ❑ No 2 0 0 7 N W O Ce n t e r o f E xcellence • A p p e n d i x P
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Research in Science and Mathematics
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Appendix A Higher Education Faculty
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