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Teaching
Scholar Support
External Resources
- 3M® Partner School Funding
- Bank One Partner School Funding
- Liaison between partner schools and SEU
- Accommodated coordination between institutions
including scheduling and partner school enrollment.
- University based education workshops for Teaching Scholars.
- Subject specific workshops held for Teaching Scholars
in Math and Science.
- Xuhui Li (UT-Austin) and Maureen Jochetz
(St. Ignatius)
University Based Resources
- Blackboard discussion forum
- Weekly journal entries
- Provided mechanism for discussion and problem solving
for Teaching Scholars
- Initial Teaching Scholar / Mentor meeting
- Scheduled times
- Projected goals
- Bi-weekly discussion group of Teaching Scholars
- One hour course credit towards
elective within students’ major
obtained through program
- Closing dinner for mentors and Teaching Scholars
- Discussion and planning opportunity
- Faculty involvement and contribution
- Providing mock lectures to students
- Providing use of Labs and equipment for demonstrations
- Contributed to lesson plans and demonstration planning
by the Teaching Scholars
- University involvement
- Provided the use of University areas during field
trips
- Provided tour guides to allow students a one-on-one
interaction with college students
- Teaching Scholars met with School of Education Advisory
Board to share experiences and Ideas.
Teaching Scholar Implementation
- Teams of two students placed at each site.
- Fall 2001
- Three teams were placed at school sites
- St. Ignatius School (K-8)
- Allison Elementary
- Martin Middle School
- Spring 2002
- Four teams were placed at
campuses with the addition of a 3M® partnership
school
- Lanier High School
- Fulmore Middle School
- St. Ignatius School (K-8)
- Allison Elementary
- Fall 2002
- Four teams were placed at campuses
- Lanier High School
- Fulmore Middle School
- St. Ignatius School (K-8)
- Allison Elementary
Teaching Scholars
at Work
- Worked with mentors to develop lesson plans.
- Integrated St. Edward’s
into learning exercises for students:
- Math Fairs
- Field trips
- Guest lectures by Science faculty
- Class room experiments furnished
by St. Edward’s
- Class room projects:
- Adopt an Element project and presentation (chemistry)
- TAAS preparation – Computer
support for mentor teachers.
- Chess Club
- Univ. Interscholastic League for math competition
prep.
Student
Evaluation
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“I taught the eighth grade science classes about
the cell membrane. I’m beginning to really enjoy
teaching!” -Jackie Guzman
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“Overall, I loved working with this program and
think it is a great idea for young students and college
students to interact in a semi-informal manner.” -Angela
Fischer
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“Throughout this semester I have learned many things
that could only have been understood through experience.
I just enjoy being with my students.” -Anita Ramos
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“This opportunity has been
invaluable in learning about teaching today. I know
that teaching will be a part of my career.”
-Adam Conley
Planning
- Ideas for future semesters:
- Pre-scheduling between teams and partner schools.
- Have Teaching Scholars and mentors meet prior to
the start of the semester
- Planning, Scheduling, Brainstorming.
- Fall 2002 –
- Applications Complete
- 3 returning scholars / 3 new scholars
- Partner schools selected
- Additional 3M® funding
obtained.
Students
at Work
Blackboard provided a communication forum for students to
plan and share information.
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“Jackie, We are planning to bring our students
to SEU for a fieldtrip. I know your class did this last
year. ANY HINTS ???” -Adam Conley
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“Hey Adam, my advice to you is to start asking
the professors around the science dept. for help and
ideas. They were really great last year when we brought
out our students” -Jackie Guzman
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“Thanks Jackie, I know I can count on then, but
also wanted to see if any of the others in the program
could help out? Please Let me know!” - Adam Conley
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“Next week, I am going to do an earthquake project
with them. They are also going to present the information
they found on the herbs we planted” -Lisa Diaz
- “Today, we worked on a project where they bought
stocks and now they have to track the progress of the
five different ones they bought. They really enjoyed
this a lot !!” -Refugia Lehn
Challenges
Through evaluation and discussion the following areas have
been identified:
Teams unable to schedule concurrent
meeting times
Limited school resources
Transportation to outlying
campuses
Field trip organization
Bilingual need
 Directors
John R. Paige, CSC, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education
St. Edward's University
3001 S. Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
512/448-8655 (voice)
512/448-8492 (fax)
e-mail: johnp2@admin.stedwards.edu
homepage: http//www.stedwards.edu/educ/paige/
Cynthia Y. Naples, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, School of Natural Sciences
St. Edward's University
3001 S. Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
512/448-8676 (voice)
512/448-8492 (fax)
e-mail: cynthian@admin.stedwards.edu
This material is based upon work supported
by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0087049 |
