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Components --
The Penn Science Teacher Institute is comprised of three major components:
- Two masters degree programs for middle grades and secondary level science teachers -- The Master of Integrated Science Program and the Master of Chemistry Education Program,
- Resource Center to support teacher-participants and graduates of the degree programs, and
- Administrators' Science Education Academy to support building administrators in our Core Partner schools
Features of both degree programs --
Both the Master of Chemistry Education Program (MCEP) and the Master of Integrated Science Education Program (MISEP) have many common features:
- 10 course programs with 8 of the courses in science content and 2 in science education
- 26 months of courses over 3 consecutive summers and the 2 intervening academic years
- 30 months to degree completion (typically a December degree)
- Summer sessions are 8 weeks long (the fourth week of June through the third week of August), 4 days/week -- all day
- Academic year sessions are held two Saturdays each month from September through May -- 8:00 am - 12:00 noon, 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
- 20 teacher cohort classes begin each Summer through in 2009
- Courses are specially designed for science teachers with each course integrating science content and pedagogy
- Content, materials and pedagogy aligned with science standards
- Inclusion of forefront science research, real life applications and technology
No Teacher Left Behind!
- MISEP and MCEP are open to ALL teachers at a tuition competitive with other area institutions -- but the programs are very unique!
- Teacher participants from Core Partner School Districts receive stipends large enough to cover tuition and books.
- New Core Partner School Districts are being accepted!
Download a pdf Information Flyer here.
Penn Chemistry Graduate Programs
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High School Chemistry Teachers: Interested in chemistry content courses but not a 10-course degree program?
Look here!
**Application deadline is** May 15
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** Two-Day Workshops for Chemistry Teachers** Friday & Saturday
August 8 & 9 Thermochemistry: Important (mis?)Conceptions
August 15 & 16: Teaching Difficult Chemistry Concepts with ... Demos
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August 15 & 16: Modeling Molecules: From Historic Perspective to State of the Art
More Information Here
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ACS HS Teacher Day Info is now available here!
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****NEW in 2007****
Rolling Admissions with interviews held mid-November, mid-January and mid-March. Apply NOW and lock-up your spot in the next MCEP or MISEP cohort beginning Summer 2009.
...only 1 more MCEP cohort possible... beginning Summer 2009 if enrollment is sufficient...
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National Academy of Sciences Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy in the 21st Century Recommendations to Congress Cites The Penn STI as a Model!
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- "Science and mathematics master’s programs: Provide grants to universities to
offer 50,000 current middle-school and high-school science, math, and technology teachers (with or without science, math, or engineering degrees) 2-year, part-time master’s degree programs that focus on rigorous science and mathematics content and pedagogy over a 5-year period. The model for this recommendation is the University of Pennsylvania Science Teachers Institute." [our bold-face] See Page 4 of Executive Summary.
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Executive Summary Report can be downloaded here as pdf. Full report at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11463.html
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