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Co-Teaching Model: New Teacher Prep
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Centered on creating and evaluating performance-based preservice teacher education (interns) programs and sustainable professional development programs for teachers and administrators, the UMBC BCPS STEM project is designed to increase P-12 student achievement in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by increasing intern/teacher and administrator knowledge and confidence related to these areas. The STEM professional development model was developed to provide high quality teachers with skills and knowledge that will enable them to become “teachers of teachers”.
Lori Grant, STEM 2005-2006 Intern, is a 3rd grade teacher at Dogwood Elementary School, Baltimore County.
UMBC-BCPS STEM Professional Development Model
§ Ongoing bi-monthly sessions
§ Involve all Project stakeholders
§ Provide sustained support for stakeholders to talk about teaching and to support one another
§ Provide authentic opportunities for stakeholders to discuss and continuously improve STEM promising practices
§ Implementation and evaluation of STEM curriculum frameworks and instructional practices
§ Discussions inform planning for STEM Seminars and other leadership professional development
§ Address assessed needs of stakeholders.
§ Twice yearly
§ All stakeholders from STEM Academies, Project Executive staff, BCPS resource staff, UMBC STEM faculty and Education staff
§ 3 hour program focused on STEM promising practices, STEM content and STEM Academy
§ Include keynote speakers and breakout sessions
§ Based on Academies’ needs
§ School sites used to connect participants across schools
§ Ongoing, relevant and rigorous
§ Includes Academy lead teachers, interns, STEM liaisons/coordinators, and school administrators
§ Variety of experiences including:
o Academy summer activities
o Curriculum development
o Summer Institutes
o Collaboration with UMBC STEM Faculty; ie lesson planning, summer laboratory experiences
Site-based
Professional Development Grants
§ Academy staff identify professional development needs based on student performance
§ Plan appropriate ongoing relevant professional development activities to address needs
§ Implement and evaluate effectiveness including student achievement results
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For more information contact: Center for Excellence in STEM Education UMBC, ACIV B Wing Room 220 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250 Phone:410-455-8082 Fax: 410-455-8192
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