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APPLICATION NO     :    R168A20008 APPLICANT          :    New York State Education Department                         Office of Teaching, Room 5D61 CEC                         Albany, New York  12230 CONTACT PERSONS    :    Linda C. Stehr TELEPHONE    	   :    (518) 474-9713 AWARD TO DATE      :    $1,225,075 PROJECT PERIOD     :    10/01/92-09/30/95 

The New York State Curriculum Frameworks Program augments the State's initiative for change detailed in New York State's New Compact for Learning and builds on standards developed on national levels. The project is working towards four major goals. The major activities being accomplished in the second year of the federal grant include:

1. Completing the New York State Frameworks for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (MST) working document and the dissemination of this document statewide to all constituents, including business and industry representatives, students, parents, school board members, prospective teachers and taxpayers as well as teachers, administrators and persons at higher education institutions. Using technology (including teleconferencing) as a dissemination tool as well as conducting regional forums are planned.
2. Producing videos addressing the need for change, indicating approaches educational staff can use to bring about change in teaching and learning, and highlighting some innovative programs currently underway.
3. Developing professional standards for colleges to follow to align more fully with what will be required for teachers at the elementary/middle/secondary levels implementing the MST Framework's outcomes. These standards will highlight the essential knowledge, skills and dispositions that must be a part of the educational program as well as give examples of ways to accomplish them. These standards are being developed by a cross section of persons including teachers and administrators at elementary, middle, and secondary schools, teacher center directors, and higher education staff.
4. Developing a voluntary certification procedure. Project staff along with an advisory group representative of a wide range of educators will be developing guidelines for this program and establishing parameters for introducing it into the state. As part of this activity, we will be working with pilot schools to field test programs and with higher education institutions to introduce some interdisciplinary programs in mathematics, science, and technology.

A major part of the program is the overall encouragement of communication among and between all constituencies affected by the major changes being undertaken. Major partners in the endeavor are WNET/Thirteen in New York City and the major public broadcasting stations around the state.

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