New Middle and Secondary School Science Educators

Posted by on June 25, 2007

National Science Teachers Association Launches Program for New Middle and Secondary School Science Educators
Deadline: September 30, 2007

The National Science Teachers Association (<a href="http://www.nsta.org">http://www.nsta.org</a>) 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 opportunities, 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 allocated 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.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007526/nsta">http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007526/nsta</a>

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