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Preparing
Florida's Schools for the Aerospace Industry
Challenger Learning Center Teacher
Workshops
The Challenger Learning Center of the
Florida A&M University - Florida State University College
of Engineering conducted two teacher workshops on February
16, 2001, and June 6, 2001 that focused on content knowledge
of teachers, thereby increasing their competence and confidence
in the areas of math, science, technology and engineering.
These workshops along with a mentoring program were funded
by the Florida Space Grant Consortium and the Challenger Learning
Center. 25 teachers from Leon, Gadsden, Wakulla and Jefferson
counties attended the workshop.
In addition, sixteen mentors spent a total of 700 hours in
eight schools in Leon and Gadsen County. Thirteen of the mentors
worked in a one-to-one setting with forty three students.
Two of the mentors worked with classroom teachers assisting
any student that needed help during a lesson. One of the mentors
worked with an after school program of students helping them
to build solar caps.
For more information on the workshops,
please contact Susan Borland at borland@eng.fsu.edu
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