Good idea, Stephanie, of an online component.
But the bottom line is that if teachers are to really understand and anticipate
activity and reactivity issues, they need to have some experience at the bench
with common chemicals.
Best,
Cary
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephanie Copice <scopice@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: neact <neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: neact <neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, May 17, 2018 7:41 am
Subject: [neact] Re: Some follow-up to 17 students
I think with newer teachers especially, time it the major issue. They don't
have time or energy to head out to courses or even the time to do the prudent
thing of running demos and lab experiences ahead of time to look for safety and
other issues. Safety is not always stressed during teacher training programs -
if the teacher even participated in teacher training, Iknow in Massachusett's
you just have to pass the test to get your initial license.
I wonder if there is a way for NEACT to create an on-line course that while
asynchronous, to meet time needs of new teachers, would be procotored and
maintained in real time so that teachers participating could get solid and good
feedback in a timely fashion. Schools or individual teachers could
potentially pay to have teachers participate and maybe it could be advocated as
a required component over time for new science teachers at all grade levels.
My district has several required courses for teachers to take in first 3 years
and district covers cost. Maybe something like this could be worked into
contracts.
Stephane
Stephanie Copice
HS Science Teacher
Advisor ChemClub
Director/Advisor Terpsichore
B.S Biology & Chemistry - Skidmore College
M.A.T. Secondary Science Teaching - Tufts University
