Contact:
Anae Rosenberg
GK12 Program Director
541-346-4762

Special Thanks to the National Science Foundation for their support

2008/09 GK-12 Program Announcement

Informational Meeting: 10am, March 21, 2008 in 175 Willamette Hall

The deadline for submitting an application is April 8, 2008.

This program places graduate students from physics and chemistry into area schools as science/math content resources and technology experts. The program has both local and remote positions for the 2008/09 year. In the local model, fellows spend approximately 15 hours per week on program activities. In the remote model, fellows spend two weeks per term at their schools, which for the most part will be located in Eastern Oregon.

Fellows are required to attend a weekly seminar where they share successes and ideas as well as talk through challenges that arise during their in-class experiences. The GK12 Fellows selected to participate in this program will receive education training in the summer, and then work with teachers in elementary schools and/or middle schools (grades K-8) as science kit experts and adopted scientists. In addition, they can use the extensive science demonstration equipment collected by the University of Oregon to enhance and extend classroom experiences.

• In-class teaching experience.
• A deeper understanding of the subject material resulting from active teaching.
• Stipend ($30,000/yr)
• Tuition and fees paid.
• Insurance premiums paid.
• Improvement of communication skills and enhancement of content knowledge.
• Preparation for career opportunities that encourage or require community outreach activities in science instruction/education.

• Meet in the summer for training sessions (anticipated dates either week of Aug 6 or Aug 20, not firm).
• Approximately 15 hours a week in program activities or 2 weeks per term, 6 weeks total (includes lesson preparation, teaching and weekly group meetings)
• Develop inquiry based lessons to supplement K12 curriculum.
• Prepare paper on teaching activities/findings for journal on K12 science education.
• Record activities and maintain lesson notebook

• Be a US citizen, US national, or permanent resident
• Be a doctoral student who has advanced to candidacy (Chemistry) or passed qualifiers (Physics) (if you have questions about this, ask Anae Rosenberg anae@uoregon.edu
• Submit a completed application form
• Submit a copy of transcripts for the most recent two years of course work
• “Shadow” a current GK12 fellow in-class - check with Anae for more information.
• Submit a statement of purpose (described on application form.)
• Submit 2 recommendations. Direct your references to the following website to submit your recommendation: http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/GK12/gk12reference.html

The deadline for submitting an application is April 8, 2008. Finalists will be interviewed. Please be prepared to give a five-minute lesson of a physical science topic as if you were teaching in a K-8 classroom. Notification of awards is expected to occur in April, 2008.

NOTE: Each GK-12 Fellow will undergo a background check before working in the schools.