The purposes of this program are to:
1. Provide professional development that
has significant and meaningful mathematics and
science content that models the
instructional strategies that will enable teachers to teach
in a manner that will improve student
achievement in mathematics and science.
2. Improve and upgrade the status and
stature of mathematics and science teaching by
encouraging institutions of higher
education to assume greater responsibility for
improving mathematics and science
teacher education.
3. Focus on the education of mathematics
and science teachers as a career-long process that
continuously stimulates teachers’
intellectual growth and upgrades teachers’ knowledge
and skills.
4. Bring mathematics and science
teachers in elementary schools and secondary schools
together with scientists,
mathematicians, and engineers to increase the subject matter
knowledge of mathematics and science
teachers and improve such teachers9
9 teaching
skills through the use of sophisticated
laboratory equipment and work space.
5. Develop more concise and rigorous
mathematics and science instructional resources that
are precisely aligned to state and local
academic content standards, and with the standards
expected for preparation of students for
post-secondary study in engineering,
mathematics, and science.
6. Improve and expand training of
mathematics and science teachers, including training
such teachers in the effective
integration of technology into curricula and instruction.
7. Prio
rity will be given to projects
targeted for closing the minority achievement gap; that
provide
for advanced learners; or have strong evaluation components that can be
replicated.
Applications
are due January 31, 2009.
Diana
Suddreth, Curriculum & Instruction Specialist
Secondary Mathematics
Title IIA
Utah State Office of
Education
250 E. 500 South
PO Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
801-538-7794
diana.suddreth@schools.utah.gov
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