Building Learning Communities through Educational Partnerships

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Program Objectives

To strengthen the STEM learning community by expanding our educational partnership among Rutgers University and nearby school districts, linked together through partner teams, common workshops, regular meetings, and appropriate Internet technologies.

To provide STEM graduate and advanced undergraduate students an opportunity to enhance their teaching and communication skills, and to expose them to the issues, culture, and excitement of K-12 education, so that no matter which career path they select, the groundwork will be established for their continued involvement in K-12 education.

To strengthen the mathematics and science backgrounds of middle school/junior high school teachers through collaborations with Rutgers graduate and advanced undergraduate STEM students, enabling participants to infuse up-to-date information about, and the excitement of, these areas into their classrooms.

To help middle school/junior high school students become excited about science, engineering, and mathematics, so that they will begin to consider careers in these disciplines.

To build a professional development infrastructure that will allow Fellows to serve as resources for all teachers within their district, and eventually for middle schools around the state through the Rutgers Science Explorer Bus Program.

To broaden graduate programs in STEM at the University to include GK-12 activities.

To disseminate the curriculum materials developed in conjunction with this GK12 program, as well as the model that is established for school district-University partnerships throughout the state of New Jersey.

To provide a strong base for continuing involvement of graduate Fellows in K-12 schools after the conclusion of the funding period by integrating GK12 and other outreach activities at the University.

This program is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation Program "Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education."

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		To strengthen the STEM learning community by expanding our educational partnership among Rutgers University and nearby school districts, linked together through partner teams, common workshops, regular meetings, and appropriate Internet technologies. To provide STEM graduate and advanced undergraduate students an opportunity to enhance their teaching and communication skills, and to expose them to the issues, culture, and excitement of K-12 education, so that no matter which career path they select, the groundwork will be established for their continued involvement in K-12 education. To strengthen the mathematics and science backgrounds of middle school/junior high school teachers through collaborations with Rutgers graduate and advanced undergraduate STEM students, enabling participants to infuse up-to-date information about, and the excitement of, these areas into their classrooms. To help middle school/junior high school students become excited about science, engineering, and mathematics, so that they will begin to consider careers in these disciplines. To build a professional development infrastructure that will allow Fellows to serve as resources for all teachers within their district, and eventually for middle schools around the state through the Rutgers Science Explorer Bus Program. To broaden graduate programs in STEM at the University to include GK-12 activities. To disseminate the curriculum materials developed in conjunction with this GK12 program, as well as the model that is established for school district-University partnerships throughout the state of New Jersey. To provide a strong base for continuing involvement of graduate Fellows in K-12 schools after the conclusion of the funding period by integrating GK12 and other outreach activities at the University.



		This program is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation Program "Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education."