National Science Teachers Association Launches Program for New Middle and Secondary School Science Educators
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September 30, 2007
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National Science Teachers Association Launches Program for New Middle and Secondary School Science Educators
Deadline: September 30, 2007
The National ScienceTeachers Association (http://www.nsta.org/ )
has unveiled a new program designed to encourage and support
new middle and secondary school science educators in their first
few years of teaching. The NSTA New Science Teacher Academy,
co-founded by the Amgen Foundation with a three-year, $3 million
grant, is a professional development initiative created to help
strengthen quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence
and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge.
The academy will initially support up to two hundred science
teachers across the United States each year.
There are two tiers of participation: NSTA Associate Fellows and
NSTA Fellows. Promising first- and second-year teachers can apply
to become an NSTA Associate Fellow at the academy. Middle and
high school science teachers in their second or third year of
teaching in select states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, and
North Carolina) can apply to become an NSTA Fellow.
Both fellowships include a year-long immersion in a host of
science-related activities and professional development oppor-
tunities, a comprehensive NSTA membership package, and an
NSTA-funded trip to attend NSTA's national conference. NSTA
Fellows will also receive online mentoring with trained mentors
who teach in the same discipline.
Applications will be considered until all positions are allo-
cated but no later than September 30, 2007. NSTA expects to
have fellows in additional states in the years ahead.
For complete information and application forms, visit the NSTA
Web site.
