Northeastern State University has been awarded a statewide grant from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to increase the number of certified Chemistry and Physics teachers in the state of Oklahoma.
The NSU Chemistry and Physics Academy (NSU-CAPA) will provide research-based professional development for certified science teachers who want to become certified to teach Chemistry and Physics. The two-year program will focus on teacher knowledge, teacher practice, and student achievement in Chemistry and Physics. The program is recruiting 20 science teachers statewide and will include a one-week summer program on the Tahlequah campus of NSU June 17-21, 2013. Housing will be provided as needed. The program will use the Blackboard system to help develop a statewide Community of Practice.
Participants will conduct outreach activities at the Oklahoma Science Teacher Association annual meeting and at the Northeastern Oklahoma Mathematics and Science Teacher Association annual meeting at NSU. These meetings will provide opportunities for other science teachers to interact with program participants and will provide participants networking opportunities with experienced Chemistry and Physics teachers.
The benefits to teacher participants include a Venier LabQuest 2 and the following probes: temperature probe, motion detector, pH probe (Additional probes and Lab Pro Software will be supplied the second year.), a modest stipend, lodging for eight participants, working lunches, thirty-five hours of professional development during the summer, online follow-up activities and support during the academic year, and funds to take the OSAT in Chemistry and in Physics at the conclusion of the program.
If you are interested in this program or if you know a teacher who might be interested, please contact the Program Director, Dr. April Adams. We have a few spaces still available for the 2013 Summer Institute.
This program is funded through an Improving Teacher Quality Grant from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.