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Bronx, New York. Action Plan Template Intel ISEF Educator Academy May 2012. 1. 1. Intel Confidential. High Level Goals. What do you want to accomplish for your school, region or country? Look at long-term (3-5 years) and short-term goals (1-2 years) Long term goals
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Bronx, New York Action Plan Template Intel ISEFEducator AcademyMay 2012 1 1 Intel Confidential
High Level Goals • What do you want to accomplish for your school, region or country? Look at long-term (3-5 years) and short-term goals (1-2 years) • Long term goals • Increase the number of students participating in science fairs by 25% within 2 years; Increase the number of students participating in science fairs by 35% within 4 years • By year 5, have affiliated fair that will expand to include Rockland and Orange county, NY • Implement science inquiry in secondary schools by year 3, inquiry based lab site year 4 and implement inquiry in middle schools year 5 • Short term goals • Start a new fair in Spring of 2013, managed by Lehman • Five high schools, 50-75 student participants • Inquiry based teaching and learning PD for teachers • Plan A: request affiliation waiver from SSP for 2013 • Plan B: hold Bronx SciFest in advance of affiliated NYCSEF and request top 10-15 students advance to final round of NYCSEF
Objectives • How will you know you succeeded? • Bronx SciFest started • Systemic curriculum changes underway • 30% of the science teachers in participating schools trained in Inquiry research year 1 • Maintain training of year 1 and bring in an additional 20% in year 2 • One school will be identified as the training lab site year 4
Intel ISEF Educator Academy Reflection - To be done… • As a result of your participation in the 2012 Educator Academy, reflect on your experience • Highlight what your team felt was the key learning from the Educator Academy • Practical, timely, relevant to our work • Which Shop Talks were the most beneficial for your team? • Cora Beth Abel/Bill Rigney • Amanda Alonzo • Dr. Robert Glidden • What types of Shop Talks were missing? • Motivating under represented minorities in participating in science fairs • How do you level the playing field in poor school districts with a large number of under represented minorities to provide access to Intel ISEF