The TQB program is a comprehensive Professional Development Program
in Modern Biology
for Maryland High School Biology Teachers. The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is now in the
fourth year of this comprehensive
professional development program.
Offered in four steps, participants receive instruction in a variety of topics,
including molecular and cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, evolutionary theory,
and laboratory skill development.
Funded by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC),
as one of the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants:
Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund Partnership Grant Program, Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the TQB Program at UMBC will help teachers become
highly qualified in biology through face-to-face and
online instruction with
UMBC faculty.
Check back in August for 2007-2008 recruiting information.
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