Hands On Science Outreach: Call for Nominees

Posted by on July 9, 2004

This is a wonderful opportunity to bring a new program to your community. Could it fill a need that you have at your site?

Hands On Science Outreach (HOSO) announces a call for participants in "Cultivating Curiosity: Growing Science Enrichment." Those selected to take part in this grant-supported project will attend a four-day training opportunity and be certified as local coordinators in HOSO, an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to spark an interest in science and mathematics in children.

HOSO coordinators will establish local programs and train adults to use HOSO?s informal, inquiry-based, hands-on materials with children from Pre-K through sixth grade. HOSO Programs, and the duties of a HOSO Coordinator, are easily incorporated into existing afterschool programs. HOSO can also be used to make new enrichment opportunities available to local children. Partial funding for ?Cultivating Curiosity? is made possible through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Please note the deadline to submit nominations is July 15, 2004.

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Two or more individuals from each state will be selected to take part in a one-time HOSO Leadership training opportunity in Waterloo, Iowa. This training will provide the necessary leadership basics to administer HOSO Programs locally and to train others to work with children. Participants will return to their communities equipped with tools developed over the past 23 years to successfully implement HOSO programs locally.

This training is part of ?Cultivating Curiosity: Growing Science Enrichment,? an opportunity partially funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education that will help you make HOSO Programs available to children in your community.

Participants in ?Cultivating Curiosity? will receive:
-HOSO Leadership Training
-Roundtrip airfare to training location from home state
-Local accommodations and meals during training
-Comprehensive training materials
-The opportunity to meet new colleagues and network with fellow educators
-The support of a national program in informal science education

Participants will be asked to provide transportation to and from their local airport. The fee for those selected to take part is $300. This fee includes a one-time registration fee for up to two people per organization and one complete set of HOSO materials (science materials for 11 students at one age/grade group plus curriculum for one instructor).

Who should take part?

HOSO encourages applications from anyone interested in bringing informal science enrichment opportunities to local children. HOSO works cooperatively with public schools, private schools, pre-schools, day care centers, home schoolers, parent organizations, museums, colleges, businesses, government agencies, recreation centers, youth organizations and community groups.

Applicants should have the following qualifications:

-Minimum of a bachelor?s degree in education or a related field
-Experience in training adults and working with groups of children

What does a HOSO Coordinator do?

HOSO programs are community-based. This means the role and specific duties of a local coordinator vary based on the needs of the community.

Responsibilities of HOSO Coordinators often include:
-Involving local organizations
-Identifying, training and observing adult leaders who work with children taking HOSO classes
-Interfacing with a parent volunteer at each school/site to distribute registration materials

Make a nomination!

To nominate yourself or others, please send the following to HOSO at glane@hosoprograms.org or by mail to HOSO, Attn: Gloria Lane, 12118 Heritage Park Circle, Silver Spring, MD 20906:

-Nominee?s name, address, phone number and e-mail address
-Nominator?s name, phone number and e-mail address
-Short statement on why you have nominated this person/yourself

The deadline to submit nominations is July 15, 2004. Complete application materials will be sent to those nominated.

If you have any questions, please contact Gloria Lane by e-mail at glane@hosoprograms.org or call toll-free (877) 384-8053. You can also visit us online at <a href="http://www.hosoprograms.org">http://www.hosoprograms.org</a>

?Cultivating Curiosity? began in summer of 2003. All work on this project is being performed under U.S. Department of Education grant number U215K030027.