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Creating a STEM Professional Development Institute for Science Teachers

October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2016 | Public Programs, Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks, Informal/Formal Connections
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.

Funders

IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-10-14-0265-14
Funding Amount: $150,000

TEAM MEMBERS

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    Principal Investigator
    Perot Museum of Nature and Science
  • Resource Type: Projects
    Discipline: General STEM
    Audience: Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Informal/Formal Connections | Pre-K/Early Childhood Programs

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