Mathematics
& Science
Partnerships
Phase II: Improving
Math & Science Teaching through School Outreach A South
Carolina Math-Science Partnerships Project Principle Investigators & Program
Coordinators
William Veal Ph.D., College of Charleston Department of
Teacher Education John
Peters Ph.D, College of Charleston Department of Biology
The College of Charleston in partnership
with select public and private
schools from three school districts (Georgetown,
Charleston, Berkeley) have developed Phase 2 of a
professional development project to strengthen content and
pedagogical knowledge of middle and high school science
and mathematics teachers. Phase 2 of this project
will continue to incorporate strategies deployed the Phase
I project (2009-2012), but will build on its successful
components by working more closely with individual and
vertically aligned schools within each district. The
primary projects goals are to:
Expand
the content
and pedagogical content knowledge of science and mathematics
teachers at partnering schools by providing on-going
professional development and instructional
coaching.
Develop
Project
Management Teams comprised of science and math lead
teachers, school principals and MSP CofC Education
Department faculty who will identify and target
grade-specific learning needs within and across
vertically aligned schools, and coordinate the
development of on-going professional development and
instructional coaching and project assessment.
Provide scholarships for teachers to
pursue advanced coursework in science and math at the
College of Charleston through our
Masters of Education in Science and Math Program.
These courses, offered during the summer, will help
the project teams to align the course
contents/strategies to the needs of the schools and
partners. Content and pedagogy taught during the
academic year PD workshops will be integrated into
more specific and detailed content courses at the
College of Charleston. The
College of Charleston’s MEd. Program in Science and
Math, was established as a collaborative project
between the School of Science & Math and the
School of Education, Health and Human Performance. It
is one of the few Masters level programs in the
country in which educational theory-based
instructional practices are integrated into
math/science content courses.
Work with schools and school districts
to help teachers to incorporate technologies in the
classroom that will allow students to conduct
scientific and mathematical explorations using the
latest equipment - Vernier Data Loggers, sensors and
molecular biology equipment. This equipment is available on-loan
to partnering schools through the MSP program.
