Sandia National Labs and Lockheed Martin strongly support the professional development of science teachers. Sandia National Labs has worked closely with local school districts to provide meaningful professional development opportunities to science teachers and to support professional development programs in the schools.

Adrienne Koehler, an Excellence in Science Teaching Award winner, at West Mesa High School performing an experiment with her students.

Support includes scholarships to NSTA conferences, funding for the Science Education Institute of the Southwest (SEIS) workshops, matching funds for teachers seeking National Board Certification and a DOE Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS) Program.

Links of interest:

• APS Science Education site
• New Mexico Math and Science Teachers email list

Current Events:

Laboratory/Demonstration Professional Development Program
Saturday, November 10, 2007
8:00am - 1:00pm
Sheraton Uptown
Albuquerque, NM

Program Description

From the results of our teacher focus group and two surveys completed by middle and high school teachers, the greatest need identified by teachers was assistance in developing meaningful laboratory experiments and classroom demonstrations. This professional development session is aimed at providing teachers with a variety of laboratory experiments and classroom demonstrations for them to use in their classrooms. We hope that by using peer teachers as the facilitators, this will be a great opportunity for local teachers to share ideas and obtain fresh, new ideas for explaining concepts in their classroom.

• Agenda
• Registration Form
• Middle School Survey Results
• High School Survey Results
• Vendor Registration Form

For Questions regarding the Laboratory/Demonstration Professional Development Program, please contact Kathleen C. Holt at kcholt@sandia.gov or (505) 284-4655.

 

Amy Tapia - astapia@sandia.gov Sandia National Laboratories P. O. Box 5800, MS 1313 Albuquerque, NM 87185-1313 Phone: (505) 284-5207 Fax: (505) 284-5210

Trish Wagner - wagner_p@aps.edu Albuquerque Public Schools Phone: (505) 843-8430 ext. 129

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