FY’06 Institute Partnerships
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Math and Science Partnership National Science Foundation FY’06 Institute FY’06 Institute Partnerships Partnerships Focus on: Development of school-based intellectual leaders and master teachers Teachers of the secondary science disciplines and on elementary specialists for science, although innovative proposals for all STEM domains are welcome Participants will be experienced teachers who wish to deepen content knowledge and build leadership skills
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Focus on:
Development of school-based intellectual leaders and master teachers
Teachers of the secondary science disciplines and on elementary specialists for science, although innovative proposals for all STEM domains are welcome
Participants will be experienced teachers who wish to deepen content knowledge and build leadership skills
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Institutes will be multi-year programs of coherent study within particular discipline
K-12 core partners are:
Districts from which participants are selected, and
Required to grant sufficient non-classroom time for participants to carry out responsibilities
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CORE partnersCORE partners share responsibility for accountability and must provide evidence of their commitment to undergo the coordinated institutional changes necessary to sustain the partnership effort
CORE partnersCORE partners must include: At least one higher education institution – mathematicians, scientists and engineers of these institutions must participate significantly At least one K-12 school district
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CORE partnersCORE partners may include other stakeholders who are also expected to participate in the coordinated institutional changes
SUPPORTING partnersSUPPORTING partners include entities that are important contributors but are not required to commit to institutional change
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The PI of each Institute Partnership must be a mathematics, science or engineering faculty member in a higher education core partner.
One or more co-Principal Investigators must be representative(s) from the K-12 core partner organization(s).
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Institutes at a GlanceInstitutes at a Glance
To date, overall more focus on mathematics than the sciences
Greater focus on secondary grade levels but interesting examples for elementary specialists also
Substantive, in-depth experiences that deepen subject matter knowledge in mathematics or the sciences, PLUS leadership development
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Institutes at a Glance (cont.)Institutes at a Glance (cont.)
Mixed venues for delivery: on-campus courses, distance learning and other innovative modes
Added credential (e.g., master’s degree, advanced certificate) or licensure that increases credibility of Institute graduates
New leadership responsibilities for graduates, with clear statements of responsibilities from schools/districts and concrete support from administrators
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on Overarching Principles that Overarching Principles that
Provide Guidance ThroughoutProvide Guidance Throughout
NSF Merit Review Criteria: Intellectual Merit & Broader Impacts
“Depth and quality of creative, strategic actions that extend beyond commonplace approaches”
Emphasis on evidence-based design and outcomes throughout
Commitment to high quality scholarship in all aspects of proposed work
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on Evidence-Based Design and Evidence-Based Design and
OutcomesOutcomes
Understanding the research literature on science and mathematics education pertinent to partnerships’ data-based needs and goals
Incorporating the research literature into projects in a manner informed by baseline data and developing benchmarks that build from that data
Investigating the factors that contribute to projects’ outcomes to learn more about what works, where it works, and why it works
