Working with Our Faculty Affiliates
The third goal of the partnership aims to promote teacher professional development and inquiry-based learning. Research shows that individual teachers in the classroom have more impact on student learning than any other factor. Our strategies include working together to identify professional development opportunities for Faculty Affiliates (teachers), to provide opportunities for UM CoE gradate students to learn about teaching, to work together in a “case study” format focused on student learning and preparation for engineering, to support a Faculty Affiliate program for teachers and notify them of ongoing research experiences, and provide instruction and information about engineering to add to knowledge of applications of science and mathematics.
(OE)2 relies on the expertise of teacher professionals to work on instruction and classroom management. Together, we work on development of greater content knowledge, especially in mathematics and science, as well as support for curriculum mapping for appropriate courses.
To build a case study format for teaching and learning, we take an inquiry-based approach when working with teachers to encourage both teachers and students to ask questions and participate actively in the learning process, to adhere to either statewide or national standards, but surpass minimum requirements, to include educators and students in the process, to show students how to interpret data, not just collect it; and to encourage exploration and mind-expanding ideas.
Professional Development and Other Opportunities
Faculty Affiliates are offered a range of opportunities that enhance and enrich the teaching experience. Programs we seek to identify include peer mentoring programs, industry partnership / internship opportunities to address relevance, professional development opportunities, campus and lab visits, and development of summer science opportunities such as NSF’s Research Experience for Teachers (RET). The RET program supports the active involvement of K-12 teachers and community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge of engineering and technological innovation into their classrooms. There are two mechanisms for support of in-service and pre-service K-12 teachers and/or community college faculty research: RET Supplements and RET Sites. RET Supplements may be included in proposals for new or renewal NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) grants or as supplements to ongoing NSF/ENG funded projects. RET Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct research participation projects for a number of K-12 teachers and/or community college faculty.
The College identifies research groups who have both financial resources and the capacity to host teachers in their labs during the summers. During the summer of 2008, two YHS teachers worked in laboratories that are conducting research related to their topical expertise. In addition, we compiled the Resource LIst with teaching materials, opportunities and links, which can be found in Chapter 11, Resources, or by clicking here.
Teachers interested in contacting CoE faculty to develop a partnership, arrange for a classroom demonstration or lab tour, or other special requests, should contact either Carol Cramer or Brandon Lucas.
Programs
Lake Michigan Exploration Workshop (one week in August every year, deadline April)
The Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Great Lakes, in partnership with the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network, invites 4th-10th grade teachers and non-formal educators from the Great Lakes region to participate in the Lake Michigan Exploration Workshop. This workshop is designed to promote Great Lakes and ocean sciences in formal and informal education and forge lasting relationships between science researchers and educators. Participants will be involved in classroom and field programs, work with scientists, examine curricula and resources, and explore classroom activities relating to the Great Lakes and ocean resources. Fifteen educators will be selected from throughout the Great Lakes basin.
This seven-day summer workshop will offer educators an excursion into Great Lakes and marine science education. Using the learning cycle of Excite, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate, the workshop will immerse participants in inquiry, questioning, and experimentation, engage educators in concrete tasks, build on their experiences with students and deepen their content skills. Just as importantly, the workshop will demonstrate for educators how to connect their work to specific standards for student performance.
NNIN: National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Education program
Contact: Sandrine Martin
Secondary School Students
Microfabrication technology experiences for middle school students. Clean room activities on micro/nano fabrication technology.
• Microfabrication technology in the clean room
• Introduction to nanotechnology in classrooms
K-12 Teachers
Workshops dedicated to K-12 teachers. A 1-day event with classroom and hands-on activities including Introduction to micro and nanofabrication technologies; Processing in the clean room; and Discussion of activities suitable for K-12 students and possible collaborations between U-M and represented schools.
The Center for Highly Interactive Classrooms, Curricula & Computing in Education (hi-ce)
Contact: Steven Best
hi-ce is a joint project among College of Engineering and School of Education faculty. The Center for Highly Interactive Classrooms, Curricula & Computing in Education is a group of educators, computer scientists, psychologists, scientists, and learning specialists dedicated to educational reform through inquiry-based curricula, learner-centered technologies, comprehensive professional development, and administrative and organizational models.
The Center for Curriculum Materials in Science (CCMS)
The Center for Curriculum Materials in Science (CCMS) is a collaboration of Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Michigan State University, Northwestern University, and the University of Michigan. It is focused on the analysis, design, and use of science curriculum materials and the development of new leaders in science education. Funded through the National Science Foundation’s Centers for Learning and Teaching program, CCMS is helping to enrich the national infrastructure for standards-based K-12 science, mathematics, and technology education.
CCMS offers innovative opportunities for Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows and practicing teachers to become leaders in science education, with special emphasis on science curricula. CCMS unites the highly-ranked education programs of hi-ce and the University of Michigan with Michigan State University, Northwestern University, in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Funded through the National Science Foundation, the CCMS mission is to improve the quality of science curriculum materials used in our nation's K-12 classrooms.
A collaborative approach allows CCMS Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows to engage in all aspects of CCMS research, working with experts in science, technology, education, cognitive science, and other relevant fields of scholarship. CCMS students and fellows are able to conduct research in settings that reflect the diversity of students' backgrounds and abilities found in contemporary American schools, including urban schools. Faculty exchanges, shared courses, and internship experiences give Ph.D. students and fellows access to the resources and expert communities at all four institutions. Annual CCMS Knowledge Sharing Institutes foster the exchange of ideas within the Center and among members of a broader community of educators, researchers, developers, and publishers.
CPTM, the Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics, aims to strengthen the system of professional education that supports teachers of mathematics throughout their careers. In order to do this, CPTM works on ideas, materials, and approaches to improve:
• Professional development for mathematics teacher educators and professional developers
• Doctoral programs for future mathematics teacher educators
• Professional development for teachers of mathematics
• Knowledge about the unique nature of mathematics as it is used in teaching
• CPTM has established this site to help you to find:
• Information about the Center, including events, research topics, program descriptions, and contact information.
• Resources such as conference presentations, research papers, syllabi, and other materials produced by the Center.
Job and fellowship opportunities available for graduate, postdoctoral, faculty, and other educators and mathematicians.
School of Education Research Centers and Projects
Described above are the Center for Highly Interactive Computing (hi-ce) and the Center for Curriculum Materials in Science. Other Centers include:
Center for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA). CIERA's mission is to improve the reading achievement of America's youth by generating and disseminating theoretical, empirical, and practical solutions to the learning and teaching of beginning reading.
Web site: http://www.ciera.org
Grade Levels: Pre K-5
Subjects: Literacy
Topics: ELL, School reform, Assessment, PD
Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics
Web site: http://www.cptm.us
Grade Levels: All
Subjects: Mathematics
Topics: Consortium for Policy Research in Education
Created in 1985, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) unites researchers from five of the nation's leading research institutions -- the University of Pennsylvania ,Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison -- in an effort to improve elementary and secondary education through practical research.
Web site: http://www.cpre.org/
Grade Levels: All
Subjects: Topics: Ed policy, school reform
Curriculum Access System for Elementary Science (CASES)
CASES supports elementary and middle school science teachers who are recent University of Michigan graduates, and is funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by a University of Michigan CARAT fellowship.
Web site: http://cases.soe.umich.edu
Grade Levels: Pre K5, Higher Education
Subjects: Science, Tech
Guided Inquiry Project (GIsML)
Web site: http://www.soe.umich.edu/gisml/
Subjects: Literacy, Science
Topics: Assessment, PD
Interactive Communications & Simulations (ICS)
The Interactive Communications & Simulations group at the University of Michigan (ICS) has served the K-12 and University communities for nearly 20 years. We support a dynamic assortment of innovative educational online and computer-based programs. ICS activities focus on using computers as tools to accentuate and improve classroom learning, often in the form of games and simulation activities.
Web site: http://ics.soe.umich.edu/
Grade Levels: All
Subjects: All
The National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good
In the fall of 2002 over 180 representatives from diverse organizations gathered in Ann Arbor, Michigan to take steps toward a social and professional movement, which could transform the relationship between higher education and society. Together they created a common agenda of current activities and shared goals to promote higher education as a vehicle for public good. This "Common Agenda" is currently being synthesized by the National Forum and a group of delegates chosen to represent the many constituents concerned with this effort.
Web site: http://www.thenationalforum.org
Read the Research Profile
Grade Levels: Higher Ed
Topics: Ed policy, social justice
Learning Mathematics for Teaching Project
The Learning Mathematics for Teaching (LMT) project develops and uses measures for evaluating the effectiveness of programs and projects designed to improve teachers' content knowledge for teaching mathematics.
Web site: www.soe.umich.edu/lmt
Grade Levels: Pre K - 5
Subjects: Mathematics, Tech integration
Topics: PD
The Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (WNSLAE)
The Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education is a four-year, mixed method longitudinal study investigating critical factors that affect the outcomes of liberal arts education. This 19-institution study focuses on the development of seven outcomes associated with undergraduate liberal arts education and the educational conditions and experiences that foster these outcomes.
Web site: http://www.soe.umich.edu/liberalartstudy/
Grade Levels: Higher Education
Topics: Liberal Arts Education, College Outcomes, College Student Development, Self-Authorship
Lives of Urban Children and Youth (LUCY)
The LUCY Initiative, through the Michigan Scholars Program, responds to the growing need to prepare undergraduate students to interact effectively in a complex and diverse world. The study of the lives of children in urban settings provides an excellent intellectual context for this process. Students have the opportunity to prepare themselves intellectually and personally, through their college experience, to engage actively in the intellectual, ethical, economic, scientific, and justice-seeking challenges of contemporary society and, in particular, its urban centers. The LUCY Initiative provides courses and co-curricular activities that permit students to make connections between their academic inquiry and their civic engagement
Web site: www.umich.edu/~lucyweb
Grade Levels: All
Topics: Social Justice
Longitudinal & Multilevel Methods Projects (LAMMP)
The Longitudinal and Multilevel Methods Project (LAMMP) is part of the Education Studies Department, School of Education, University of Michigan. Dr. Stephen W. Raudenbush, Principal Investigator, and a staff of postdoctoral and advanced graduate students work on various projects and grants which focus on statistical issues related to education, literacy, and human development.
Web site: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rauden/
Mathematics Teaching & Learning to Teach Project (MTLT)
The Mathematics Teaching and Learning to Teach project investigates the mathematical knowledge, sensibilities, and skills entailed by the work of teaching.
Web site: http://www.soe.umich.edu/mtlt/
Grade Levels: Higher Ed
Subjects: Mathematics
Topics: PD
One Sky Many Voices
Read the Nancy Songer profile
Web site: http://www.biokids.umich.edu/
Grade Levels: Pre K-8
Subjects: Science, Tech Integration
Teacher Education Initiative
The Teacher Education Initiative (TEI) is a comprehensive project to redesign how teachers are prepared for practice at the University of Michigan, and to build knowledge and tools that will inform teacher education more broadly. Recognizing that teachers play a pivotal role in improving p-12 education in the United States, we aim to develop professional education that will prepare novices to do the complex relational, psychological, social, and intellectual work of teaching. We also intend to study our efforts and to gather and disseminate systematic evidence of and about effective teacher education.
Web site: http://www.soe.umich.edu/tei/
UM Ready to Learn Project
Web site: http://www.umich.edu/~rdytolrn/
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