AGSSS is actively recruiting educators to join the program. If you are interested, please contact Sarah Bednarz

Fellows Benefits and Responsibilities, 2006-2007

• Mentor Fellows in order to prepare the next generation of scientists with the knowledge and skills to work effectively in K-12 educational settings;
• Facilitate and foster student spatial thinking and problem solving;
• Facilitate and foster student geospatial technology skills (GIS, GPS, remote sensing, observational science techniques)
• Participate as co-learner in developing own spatial thinking, problem solving, and technology skills;
• Design and conduct research in your own classroom (teacher-research) to assess value of spatial thinking strategies;
• Lead Teacher (1) and Participating Teachers (up to 4)

Responsibilities

• Commit to AGSSS for two years (2006-2007 and 2007-2008);
• Participate in workshop in summer 2006 or 2007;
• Participate in the Advisory Board (two meetings per semester);
• Work with Fellow(s) per negotiated arrangement (depending upon project selection) to complete project in Year 1; continue with same, or new, or different project in Year 2;
• Conduct teacher-research to assess efficacy of approach;
• Evaluate Fellow performance on a regular basis;
• Share research results with fellow educators through regional and national conferences;
• Participate in formative and summative evaluation.
  

Rewards

• Learn about spatial thinking, its importance in everyday life, problem solving, science, engineering;
• Learn ways to foster spatial thinking/problem solving in your students through geospatial technologies;
• Learn to use geospatial technologies;
• Gain skill in teacher research and analysis (data-based decision making);
• Contribute to research on spatial thinking and technologies;
• Opportunity for graduate credit and travel to conferenceso
• Stipend each year: Lead Teacher ($2000/school year; $500/summer); Participating Teacher ($500/school year; $500/summer)