October 1st, 2014 - September 30th, 2016 | PROJECT
Perot Museum of Nature and Science will expand its museum-based professional development offerings for Dallas-area teachers by launching, testing, and evaluating a scalable Perot Museum STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Teacher Institute and Mentor Program. Participating K-12 teachers will attend a weeklong, intensive "Summer Academies at the Museum" designed to measurably improve the quality of formal science instruction in public, charter, private, and parochial schools by creating and sustaining a collaborative formal and informal STEM learning community. The museum aims to increase teachers' knowledge of science content as well as their competence, confidence, creativity, and consistency in science instruction through this program, and ultimately increase interest and engagement among their students in STEM subjects.
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Team Members
Lucy Hale, Principal Investigator, Perot Museum of Nature and ScienceFunders
Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-10-14-0265-14
Funding Amount: $150,000
Tags
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Project Descriptions | Projects
Environment Type: Informal | Formal Connections | Museum and Science Center Programs | Pre-K | Early Childhood Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Public Programs