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3 Models for Engaging Teachers' Voices
3 Models for Engaging Teachers' Voices
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Some of these programs are well established, while others are forging new models for promoting teacher leadership and professional growth. ALBERT EINSTEIN DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR FELLOWSHIPS The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program began in 1990 with a grant from the John D
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The common denominator, said Peña, is that the fellowship is a catalyst for educators to move on to do "great things," whether in their original schools, at the district or state level, or at the national level. KNOWLES SCIENCE TEACHING FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowships are designed to improve STEM education by building a network of teachers who are also leaders in the classroom.2 The program supports teachers to be "primary agents of change in the education system," said the program's director, Nicole Gillespie.
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DC was launched in 2008 with the goal of ensuring excellence in mathematics teaching in Washington, DC, public secondary schools through the recruitment, training, and retention of talented mathematics teachers over a five-year period, said the program's coordinator, Marlena Jones.3 It includes a fellowship program for indi viduals who have strong backgrounds in mathematics and want to become mathematics educators. They go through an extensive five-year program 3 For more information, see http://www.mathforamerica.org/dc [September 2014]
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PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) Program was enacted by Congress in 1983 to recognize excellent mathematics and science teaching.4 "It is considered to be the highest recognition a math or science teacher can receive in United States," said the National Science Foundation's Nafeesa Owens, who directs the program.
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However, NSF has a working group that is investigating how to formalize the leadership opportunities provided not only to PAEMST awardees but also to other teacher leaders.6 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES TEACHER ADVISORY COUNCIL The National Academies' Teacher Advisory Council (TAC) was the direct product of Bruce Alberts' interest in STEM education, said Steve Long, who was chair of the TAC at the time of the convocation.7 It was established in 2002, when Alberts was president of the National Academy of Sciences, to provide teachers with a regular voice in education policy making.
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Council members have set up networks among themselves, and the TAC model has been adopted or adapted by state-level teacher advisory councils in California8 and Michigan.9 Some TAC members are trying to help establish state-level teacher advisory councils in their home states. The Council has organized or has been associated with a number of workshops and other activities related to teachers and teaching within the National Academies (National Research Council, 2006, 2007, 2014, in preparation;10 National Research Council and National Academy of Engineering, 2012)
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They also visit local schools to observe classes, guest-lecture, and gather project data, leading to a capstone project of direct relevance to their teaching. Emert also listed examples of a broad array of STEM-related projects supported by the program in 2013–2014 that involved visits by teachers from the United States to Finland, Israel, Mexico, and South Africa, along with teachers from Singapore and India who undertook projects in the United States.
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Similarly, Ida Chow, Society for Developmental Biology, noted that many professional societies offer opportunities for teachers to engage in professional development activities. Donald McKinney, Philadelphia Education Fund, described the value of teacher leadership in teacher-led networks designed to create communities of practice.
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DIVERSITY IN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS Marilyn Suiter, NSF, brought up a critical issue in fostering and supporting STEM teacher leaders: how to ensure diversity among teacher leaders in terms of ethnicity, gender, and disability. Emert responded that because the Fulbright Program is a government program, it has a mandate to find a diverse pool of scholars.
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