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National Science Teachers Association Expands Science Initiative with ExxonMobil Grant
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the world's largest organization dedicated to the improvement of science teaching, and ExxonMobil Foundation today announced a $3.9 million grant from the Foundation to expand the Building a Presence for Science initiative.
A primary objective of the program is to help science teachers implement state and national science education standards in their schools. A second goal is to create a network through which science teachers can share the latest ideas about effective science teaching.
In partnership with state-based education organizations, NSTA identifies a cadre of educators to serve as Key Leaders in each state. The Key Leaders select, with input from principals, one teacher from each of 25-30 schools in a geographic cluster to serve as a Point of Contact. Each Point of Contact is a conduit to other science-teaching colleagues, bringing to them resources and professional development opportunities that emphasize state and national standards-based science teaching and learning. Teachers and schools adapt the program to fit priorities and needs in their individual states.
The new grant enables ten additional states to participate in Phase II of the program, including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. During Phase I, Building a Presence for Science provided professional development and networked science teachers in Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The grant brings ExxonMobil Foundation's total commitment to more than $6 million in support of the innovative science education program. Begun in 1996, Building a Presence for Science now will be implemented in a total of 23 states and the District of Columbia and will reach more than 36 million students in 73,000 schools.
More information is available at http://www.nsta.org
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