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How to provide professional development for resource teachers who felt...

Issue Addressed:

How to provide professional development for resource teachers who felt that they needed to develop adult level skills and deeper knowledge of content.

Solution:

Resource teachers team with scientist-mentors to develop science courses. In Addition, Dr. Lillian Mc Dermott, Physics Department at the University of Washington, provides resource and lead teachers with a five credit course in Inquiry-Based Physics.In addition, through a grant, resource and lead teachers participate in cognitive coaching and other adult learning experiences to enhance their skills as they work with classroom teachers.

Unresolved Issues:

How do we build sustainability within the system? How can we assess impact?

Submitted:

Joan Abdallah, 1/15/1998

Themes:

Program Management, Professional Development

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