A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Achieving the Goals: Goal 4 Teacher Professional Development - August 1996

U.S. Department of Defense

* - designates programs that have a particular usefulness at the school or school district level

Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) Program*

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia Program promotes scientific research and experimentation in secondary schools and recognizes students for their original research achievements. Forty-seven regional symposia are held during each academic year on university campuses across the nation, where participating secondary students and teachers may interact with distinguished scientists and humanists on current research topics and may tour research laboratories. University scholarships and other donated awards are available to students who submit and orally present original research projects to each regional symposium. The U.S. Army awards regional winners with an expense-paid trip to the annual national symposia, where it also awards a grant to the teacher and school of the national winner.

Doris Cousins, Director
Junior Science and Humanities Symposia
Academy of Applied Science
98 Washington Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 228-4520
e-mail: cousinsACA@AOL.COM

National Science Center*

The National Science Center, with its multifaceted programs, is designed to increase interest in science, math, and technology among students, improve the skills of teachers, and provide math and science education support in the classroom. The Center offers hands-on workshops/camps for students and teachers in science, math, electronics and computers nationwide. Portable planetariums for instruction in space science, astronomy, geography, and biology are available on loan to teachers that have been certified through the center's comprehensive training program. In addition, the National Science Center operates Fort Discovery which offers school groups and the general public interactive experiences with scientific exhibits. The center operates mobile versions of the Discover Center that travel nationwide. The National Science Center also reaches out nationally with satellite teleconference programs on science education. The center offers several modes of distance learning and teleconferencing to classrooms in Georgia and across the nation.

George J. Fry, Jr., Ed.D.
National Science Center
One 7th Street
Augusta, GA 30901
Phone: (706) 821-0232

Teacher and Teacher's Aide Placement Assistance Program - Troops to Teachers

Troops to Teachers provides assistance to military personnel and defense employees who are adversely affected by the military draw down and want to enter public education as a second career. A financial incentive is available to school districts serving a high concentration of students from low-income families that hire certain Troops to Teachers participants (those accepted into the program prior to October 1, 1995). Individuals who applied after October 1, 1995, may not bring an incentive grant to the hiring school district, but they have the same high qualities, personal motivation, and extensive backgrounds. A data base of interested Troops to Teachers participants is available to school districts wanting to locate individuals with backgrounds in teacher shortage areas such as math, science, languages, or computer technology. An Internet accessible data base is currently being developed which will allow school district administrators to search for potential teachers using a variety of search criteria.

John R. Gantz, Chief
Troops to Teachers
Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES)
6490 Saufley Field Road
Pensacola, FL 32509-4243
Phone: (904) 452-1320, x155
FAX: (904) 452-1096

U.S. Army Summer Associateship for High School Science and Mathematics Faculty Program*

This program sponsored by the Department of the Army through the U.S. Army Research Office, exposes a limited number of outstanding high school teachers to research at Army laboratories and centers located across the country. Associateships are awarded for periods of up to 10 weeks.

Gary Hill, Director
Battelle-HSSMF
P.O. Box 12297, 200 Park Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2297
Phone: (919) 549-8291, Ext. 28
e-mail: Hill@ARO-EMH1.ARMY.MIL
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