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Reaching for Excellence in Middle and High School Science Teaching Partnership
Cooperative Partners
Tennessee Department of EducationCollege of Arts and Sciences
Center of Excellence in Math and Science EducationLocal Education Agencies
Dr. Jack Rhoton
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Region Served
Reaching for Excellence in Middle and High School
Science Partnership Project Goals
• Provide project participants opportunities to learn advanced science content and standards-based instructional strategies
• Increase student achievement in middle and high school science
• Increase the number of middle and high school science teachers participating in content-based professional development
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Impact ofCurrent MSP Projects
• Trained 107 teachers of 5-12 science• Directly impacted approximately 6,000
students• Involved over 37 partner schools in the 16 school
districts in the UETEC• Gains in teacher content knowledge• Gains in student achievement • ETSU Arts & Sciences faculty visiting schools
on a regular basics
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Engagement of Arts & Sciences and College of Education Faculty• During the past four years, 9 faculty have been
recognized for MSP work.• Seven Arts & Sciences faculty have participated
each year• Five of the faculty in 2006-2007 have engaged in
MSP academic year follow-up work for more than 100 hours each.
• Two have engaged in 90 hours each during
the past year.
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Student Achievement
Elements of Professional Development and Teacher Needs Assessment
Instructional Teams Project Director
Teacher Knowledge Gain
Summer Leadership Institutes
Project Management
Team
Sustained Academic Year
Follow-up
Teacher Input
East Tennessee State University MSP Logic Model
Reaching for Excellence in Middle & High School Science Partnership
Project Management Team (Meets four times a year)• Central Office Curriculum Directors (with decision making authority)• Middle School & High School Principals• Six University Science Professors (biology, chemistry, physics)• Middle School & High School Teachers• Graduate Assistants (working with low achieving students)• External Evaluator• Project Director
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
East Tennessee State UniversityElements of effective professional development for science teachers
Cited by various sources ETSU Framework and Model
Focus on content knowledge, pedagogy and leadership
Science institutes for content, pedagogy and leadership
Links to high standards State and national standards
Opportunities for teachers to be engaged in leadership roles
Teachers as mentors
Bringing together various stakeholders
Project management team
School-based and job embedded
School-site professional development
Use of data to inform professional development decisions
Analysis of student classroom data
Monitoring and assessing Assessment each year
Summer Science Leadership Institute
The ETSU model makes available summer science leadership institutes for middle and high school science teacher participants. The institutes run for 12 days each summer and are taught by ETSU science faculty and science educators. Institutes focus on both science content (inquiry in science) and inquiry in teaching and learning. Participants engage in a variety of science investigations in the areas of biology, chemistry, physics, with topics for investigation driven by the participants, student data, and local and state science standards.
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
School-Based and Job Embedded
When university faculty make their monthly school site visits during the academic year they gather information from teachers and principles and provide support to participants as they implement the professional development model. During the visits, model lessons are presented. Visits, however, do not provide the continuous networking inherent in the professional development model. The project model gives participants an opportunity to develop a networking force for improving middle and high school science teaching and learning in the participants’ schools.
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Do We Have Any Results?
Analysis of data from our current Math Science Partnership program shows 5-12 science students proficiency rising in conjunction with new educational approaches.
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Summer Workshop Pretest and Post-test Results
Teacher Achievement
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Summer Workshop Pretest and Post-test Results
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Treatment and Control Teacher Knowledge
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Pre Post Performance by Grade Level
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East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Middle School Level
Science Proficiency by Grade
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High School Post-test Biology Gateway Exam
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Post Proficiency of High School Biology Students
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What Else are We Learning?• Limitation in region’s human capacity to engage in
reforming K-12 mathematics & science• Essential role of ETSU in reforming K-12 mathematics
& science education• Important linkage between preservice education and
an array of alignment concerns across P-16• Major gaps in the array of tools & instruments for
doing the necessary work & assessment of
effectiveness
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
Challenges, Opportunities & Implications
• Gain Public Support• Develop & train high-quality mathematics &
science teaching work force• Provide students appropriate opportunities to
learn• Prepare guidance counselors to provide
quality career guidance
East Tennessee State University MSP Project
DisclaimerThe instructional practices and assessments
discussed or shown in these presentations are not intended as an endorsement by the U.S.
Department of Education".