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Preparing Tomorrow's Science and Math Teachers Summer
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Middlesex Community College's team - Linda Young, Carol Hay, Jessie Klein, and Cleti Cervoni of Salem State College - was hard at work this fall implementing it's action plan to: 1) develop a teacher preparation concentration within our liberal arts and sciences degree program; 2) implement recruitment strategies for this new concentration; 3) revise one science course; and 4) revise one section of Math Modeling for the Liberal Arts. The team began by surveying incoming students' placement exams. The question "Are you interested in a career in teaching?" was added to the college's placement exam. Over 3000 students were surveyed and more than 600 of them indicated an interest in a teaching career. These students are being contacted this summer to tell them about our new teacher concentration. From Jessie Klein's visit to the Community College of Philadelphia with our mentors, Kerri Armstrong and Penny Hammrich, she gained several excellent ideas on how to make the Introduction to Biology course student-centered with emphasis on active learning. Jessie's biology students developed lessons to use in the classes where they are aides. The lessons included activities on the water cycle, plant and animal identification, recycling, and mealworm behavior. Carol Hay met with several math faculty. They offered insight into the math courses that are part of their teacher prep program. In the fall 2002 semester, Carol piloted a research project in a math modeling class in which future teachers developed a lesson plan and then taught the lesson to students. In spring 2003, a curriculum proposal was presented to the governing body of MCC for approval of an education concentration within the Liberal Arts and Sciences Associate Degree program. A two-semester sequence in the physical and life sciences is a required element of the degree. The development of these two courses conforms to the new guidelines for future teachers set by the State of Massachusetts in January 2003.
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