Project Overview
password-protected Participant Resources
Program Goals
Pedagogical Topics for GK-12 Fellow Training
Marine and Environmental Science Topics for Teacher Training
School District Commitments
K-12 Scientific Inquiry: Inquiry-Based Instruction
Fellows Create K-12 Classroom Activities
Classroom Model for Introducing Scientific Concepts
Science in the Field: the Constructivist Model
Project Coastal Field Sites
Application

School District Commitments

Each participating school district has signed a Memorandum of Understanding indicating their district's plans for receiving the GK-12Fs into their schools and agreeing to financially support this proposed project by:
  • Identifying three participating Mentor Teachers and a Colleague mentoree (from an elementary, middle, and high school within each district)
  • Providing release time for participating mentor teachers to attend two, one-day meetings per year with GK-12Fs, Faculty Mentors, and Project Staff at URI
  • Facilitating collaboration between GK-12Fs and Mentor Teachers by releasing teachers for one hour of planning time per week (not to replace existing planning time)
  • Allowing the Mentor Teacher and their Colleague to meet biweekly for 30 minutes to discuss project activities and outcomes (not to replace planning time)
  • Planning and executing an evening event each year for parents and the local community to meet GK-12Fs working in their district, hear presentations about their research and study at URI, and discuss their fellowship experiences
  • Assuming the financial responsibility for hiring three buses per year to transport six classes of students (those of the Mentor Teacher and their Colleague) to URI and coastal field locations for activity-oriented programs for the students


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