ieee teacher in-service training program 4-5 august 2006 cape town, south africa

IEEE Teacher In-Service Training Program

4-5 August 2006Cape Town, South Africa

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in development. Volunteerism is a core value of IEEE

TISP: impact of 2005 activities in Region 3, Central North Carolina Section

Conducted a TISP presentation to eight (8) Science Teacher Chairs in November 2005

Gave a TISP presentation to high school Science Club students on 8 February 2006

Made another TISP presentation on 15 February to 12 High and Middle school teachers

Spoke with Middle School Teacher Chairs in March 2006

Have 12 local engineers/volunteers committed to TISP

Founded a TISP steering committee for the Section

Central North Carolina Section TISP event

TISP: impact of 2005 activities in Region 3, Atlanta Section

Held a TISP workshop on 7 November 2005 at Marietta Center for Advanced Academics

Presented an overview of TISP at a teacher workshop on 11 February 2006

Currently working with a high school teacher to develop hands-on activities for Algebra 1 to show examples of how Algebra is applied in engineering

Working with a local parent to develop new TISP lesson plans

Presenting a TISP workshop to Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (a magnet school for grades 3-5) on 20 February

Presenting TISP modules at the Morningside Elementary Family Science Night on 23 February

TISP: impact of 2005 activities in Region 3

Florida West Coast Section Will hold a high school TISP presentation on 19 April

motor controllers Will hold a TISP presentation at the University of

Central Florida on April 28

Mississippi Section Plans a TISP presentation for summer 2006 at a teacher

workshop conducted at Mississippi State University "Introduction to Engineering for Teachers and Counselors"

Workshop Goals

Empower Section “champions” to develop or enhance collaborations with their local pre-university community to promote applied inquiry-based learning.

Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators.

Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering.

Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students for many years.

Promoting Science and TechnologyNico Beute - Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Gateway Discovery Centre My Interest in the Promotion of Science and Technology

for school children Technological Literacy Counts

IEEE workshop in Baltimore 9&10 October 1998 TISP in Chicago

28 July 2001 Getting Region 8 of the IEEE interested

Workshop in Nice 27&28 Sept 2003 Energy efficient lights

Now in Cape Town !!

National Development needs

Shortage of engineers See the analysis of capital intensive projects during the

next decade and civil engineers by Allyson Lawless from SAICE

Need for career guidance Enlarge pool of school leavers equipped

to study engineering High drop out rate of engineering students

Improve problem solving skills of learners

Needs of South African Education Departments

Let us listen to what educationalists say Let us try to understand educational

principles Let us co-operate with educationalists Practical examples help the school child

to understand difficult concepts Show them what an engineer does

TLC Baltimore - Strategies - 1998 Train teachers to teach technology Collaboration among education and engineering

societies Provide materials to teachers helping them in their

teaching of technology Provide an information clearing house enabling

teachers to find teaching aids for technology teaching Media exposure for the engineering profession Influence key decision makers to promote technology

education Support the development of education standards and

curriculum content for technology teaching Engineers to assist teachers with curriculum

development

What do we want to achieve ?

Engineers in South Africa are ready and keen to help our teachers

Thank you for showing that you are keen to help

Let us plan how to make it happen - we want to be guided by educationalists

We want to leave the Education Departments with a list of keen volunteers

We want a working group which will ensure that our plans are implemented

Short-Term Benefits Participating teachers will acquire additional

knowledge and materials necessary to enhance their science, math and technology curricula

Participating teachers will be able to add practical, applicable content to their curricula

Engineers and educators will be able to meet and learn about each other

Participating teachers will have a greater understanding of technical careers such as engineering, which they can impart to their students

Long-Term Benefits

The overall level of technological literacy of educators and their students will be positively impacted for many years

There will be the potential for future enhancements in school curricula

Engineers and educators will be given opportunities to meet and develop future collaborative relationships

Minority and female students will be exposed to engineering and other technical professions

Just What Is In-Service Training? “Pre-service education” - Training teachers receive

before beginning their teaching careers.

“In-Service education” - Training teachers receive after entering the classroom.

In Florida, teachers must accumulate 120 in-service points every five years to renew their teaching certificates.

An in-service point is similar to the professional development hours (PDH’s) many states require for renewing PE licenses.

Why Participate in a Teacher In-Service Program?

Enhance the level of technologicalliteracy of:

TeachersStudentsThe local school community

Why Participate in a Teacher In-Service Program?

Enhance the standing of IEEE and the engineering profession in the eyes of pre-university educators and students.

Promote engineering as a career choice.

Encourage IEEE member participation.

Have fun.

Why Participate in a Teacher In-Service Program?

TISP Presentations by Section

Chattanooga, TN Miami, FL Florida West Coast Santa Clara, CA Philadelphia, PA North Jersey, NJ Republic of South Africa St. Louis, MO Central Indiana Jamaica Atlanta, GA Richmond, VA Central North Carolina

Metrics To Date Forty presentations to date

More than 875 pre-university educators have participated

Science, technology and mathematics educators

These educators represent 85,000+ students

Metrics To Date Cont’d

Over 90% of the respondents agreed:

They would use the concepts presented in their instruction

Doing so would enhance the level of technological literacy of their students

Re-useable materials and hardware.

Counting the Cost

Counting the CostExpendables

Counting the Cost

Reproduction costs Often donated in kind.

Refreshments.

How to Begin?

Two pronged approach:

Build relationships with school districts.

Build interest in members.

Recruiting Volunteers

Articles placed in Section newsletters

Announcements At chapter meetings At section executive committee meetings

Informal contacts with members

Members can choose to be presenters or coaches

Life members are good candidates

How do I get involved* the mindset

Be proud of what your profession does Be aware of the importance of engineering for

the development of our country and make it known

Get involved in educational issues your children’s school the IEEE - your professional society your HR department

Convince your employer and others of the importance to help education departments

Mobilising volunteers

My experience - promoting my profession

Employer we need engineering students

IEEE, conferences etc met similar minded people

Gateway Discovery Centre having a vision fundraising practical implementation

Industry Energy efficiency - CFL’s

Contact with educationalists

Join forces with your education department

listen to them and heed their advice Keep in contact with fellow engineers

who share your vision Always evaluate what you are doing

and ask for feedback

Qualities Needed

Tactful communicator. Willing to play the role of classroom assistant.

New methods of teaching - with less telling and more doing.

Enjoy immediate gratification.

Choose Topics

Tie to national education standards.

Choose topics of interest to section members.

Emphasize “hands-on” activities.

Think low cost

While working with school departments simply ask teachers, curriculum supervisors, curriculum specialists, etc., what topics are needed.

“Rocket Cars and Newton’s Laws”

“Build Working Models With Household Items”

“The Orbit of Planet Gamma” “Learn to Program and Test Robots For

Classroom Use” “Everything You Wanted To Know About

Electric Motors But Were Afraid To Ask”,

Sample Teacher In-service Presentation Topics

Sample Teacher In-service Presentation Topics Cont’d

“How Do We Communicate Using Radio Waves”

“Get Connected With Ohm’s Law” “Effective Lighting” “Build Your Own Robot Arm” “Simple Machines” “Light Waves and Spectroscopes”

Plan Times and Places Special Events

USF Engineering EXPO, all day, February, prelude to Engineer’s Week

Teacher Conferences, e.g. technology, mathematics and science teacher conventions by province or nationally

National teacher organizations that happen to meet nearby

Places College Campuses, school lab

Follow-up Activities/Metrics

Count the number of educators who participated in your teacher in-service program

Be sure that teachers complete the 12 item questionnaire

EAD will tabulate the results Follow-up with teachers to determine the level

of implementation of the concepts and activities

Consider a sign in sheet to include an email address

Consider sending a follow-up postcard to attendees

Lessons Learned

Have telephone or cell phone numbers for at least two contacts at the school.

If possible, visit the presentation location several days before the session.

Use a cart for moving materials from volunteers’ cars to meeting rooms.

If your presentation requires electric power, bring several extension cords and multi-outlet power strips.

Exchange cellular telephone or pager numbers among all the section member volunteers.

Provide each section member volunteer with good directions to the meeting location.

Teacher In-service Presentations