Convincing documents
on the need for teacher development in high school physical sciences

THE PROBLEM. RESEARCH &POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Problem: A Dearth of well-qualified Teachers .doc

• STEM Pathways & Literacy: Physics is crucial! .doc (December 2015 update)
• STEM Pathways & Literacy in Arizona: A huge increase in college STEM graduates statewide by 2007, due to Modeling Instruction .pdf (July. 2016 update)

• ESSA: Title II -- regional professional development for STEM teachers is an allowable state action in 2016 and future. .doc

• ESSA: Title II -- statewide professional development for STEM teachers (a competitive national program begins in 2016). .doc

• ESSA: Title II -- professional development for Dual Enrollment teachers is a Federal grant competition for universities, in 2017 and future. .doc

  
  BACKGROUND MATERIALS, TO CONVINCE YOUR STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE NEED:

• (weblink) Presentation on hard-to-staff sciences, by Ted Hodapp of American Physical Society. See slide #2.

• (weblink) Article on ASU's Preparation of Out-of-Field Physics Teachers, by Jane Jackson (2010)

• Rising Above the Gathering Storm. Top recommendations of the K-12 focus group. Appendix C excerpt. .doc We like Recommendation #1!

• (weblink) National Task Force on Preparation of Physics Teachers. Click on "Report Synopsis". See recommendations 4 and 13.

For information on the ESEA reauthorization (Every Student Succeeds Act -- ESSA, signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015), visit the NSTA blog and click on "Legislative Update" -- look for a Dec. 2015 post by Jodi Peterson. Also, the Alliance for Excellent Education.

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