Building on 5 years of experience and with only 2 more cohorts to begin in Summer 2008 and Summer 2009...

...the Master of Chemistry Education Program (MCEP), a collaborative initiative of the School of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry and the Graduate School of Education initiated in 2000, the MCEP now becomes one of the two masters degree programs in the Penn Science Teacher Institute (Penn STI).

Features common to both degree programs are...

... the goals of increasing the content knowledge of science teachers, changing the teaching and learning methodologies used in science classrooms to research-based promising pedagogical practices, and enabling each participant to become a science education teacher-leader in their school or district.  Of course the overriding goal is to increase the interest in and learning of science by all students.

… the program structure of 10 courses in MCEP, 8 of which are chemistry content and 2 of which are chemistry education, with each course specifically designed for secondary science teachers.  Course Descriptions.

… course completion typically done over 26 months -- 3 consecutive summers and the two intervening academic years.   Specifics of the schedules can be seen at Class Schedules.

… the additional degree requirements of an electronic portfolio (web site) allowing each participant to demonstrate their growth and change as a learner, a teacher and a leader; a comprehensive content examination after the completion of the ten courses; and as for all Penn Master's Degree, a written research paper; typically completed in time for a December degree.  

… cohort classes of 20 teachers that begin the MCEP each June.  The application deadline for each cohort is annually, March 1. Admissions are "rolling", with interviews held and decisions made three times per year: mid-November, mid-January and mid-March. Application & Admissions takes you to details.

…  the philosophy of “No Teacher Left Behind” by providing accessibility to the MCEP courses through lower Penn graduate tuition rates and scholarships, and for Core Partner district teachers, additionally providing stipends and parking permits.  Program Costs links to further information.

Course Descriptions
Class Schedules
Application & Admission
Program Costs

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