WELCOME to Project
SUSTAIN at OHIO
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Project SUSTAIN at Ohio, begun in March 1999, is a three-year collaborative effort of the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education at Ohio University, the Southeastern (Ohio) Regional Professional Development Center (SERPDC), the Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative (ARSI), and area school districts. The project is designed to promote the collaboration of experienced teachers, preservice teachers, and university personnel in an effort to improve teacher preparation programs at the university level and to enhance the mathematics and science programs offered in public schools. The project has two strands: The first strand begins with the recruitment of secondary teachers from southeastern Ohio and the formation of two advisory teams (one for mathematics and one for science). The advisory teams will consist of representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, the Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative, teachers in the public schools, and preservice teachers enrolled at Ohio University. In the summer of 1999, two 5 credit graduate courses (one in science and one in mathematics, based on teacher preparation courses), will begin with an intensive week of full day classes. The courses continue with four follow-up sessions during the 1999-2000 school year. Experienced teachers and preservice teachers will attend the summer sessions and implement instructional activities during the school year based on their summer experiences. The advisory teams will assist the experienced and preservice teachers in designing and implementing the instructional activities and will assist the college professors in revising the teacher preparation courses. The second strand will be a collaborative effort to begin designing an interdisciplinary Masters degree program specifically designed for secondary mathematics and science teachers. College professors in conjunction with the advisory teams will design and develop the courses for the program. Both strands would continue for a three year period at the end of which time, at least six teacher preparation courses would be revised, public school programs would be enhanced, and the Interdisciplinary Masters degree program would be poised to become a fully established program. |