TGLL (Think Globally, Learn Locally) is a partnership between the University of Utah and the Salt Lake City School District. The program brings graduate student “fellows” to classrooms to help facilitate inquiry-based science learning and to share their research experience with teachers and students.
This year, TGLL will be accepting teachers from 7th and 8th grade classrooms.
Teachers participating in the TGLL program will benefit by having a “fellow” scientist work in their classroom on a weekly basis. The TGLL fellow can help with content knowledge, new ideas and methodologies, lesson planning, experiments and field trips. Students benefit from the program by having access to a practicing scientist who can answer questions, help with science fair projects and serve as a mentor and a role model. The fellows benefit from the program by learning teaching and communication skills and becoming aware of the challenges facing science education in the public schools.
The TGLL program works best if a fellow works only with one or two teachers at a school, ideally at a single grade level. This gives the fellows an opportunity to refine lessons, develop a relationship with students, and prevents them from being spread too thin. Applicants to the TGLL program should identify one “lead” teacher to serve as the primary contact. TGLL supports a project-based approach to science teaching and preference may be given to those schools/teachers willing to work with fellows to develop long-term or progressive activities.
The summer workshop for TGLL, the first big event teachers are required to attend, will be held:
August 19-21st 2014
This year, TGLL will be accepting teachers from 7th and 8th grade classrooms.
Teachers participating in the TGLL program will benefit by having a “fellow” scientist work in their classroom on a weekly basis. The TGLL fellow can help with content knowledge, new ideas and methodologies, lesson planning, experiments and field trips. Students benefit from the program by having access to a practicing scientist who can answer questions, help with science fair projects and serve as a mentor and a role model. The fellows benefit from the program by learning teaching and communication skills and becoming aware of the challenges facing science education in the public schools.
The TGLL program works best if a fellow works only with one or two teachers at a school, ideally at a single grade level. This gives the fellows an opportunity to refine lessons, develop a relationship with students, and prevents them from being spread too thin. Applicants to the TGLL program should identify one “lead” teacher to serve as the primary contact. TGLL supports a project-based approach to science teaching and preference may be given to those schools/teachers willing to work with fellows to develop long-term or progressive activities.
The summer workshop for TGLL, the first big event teachers are required to attend, will be held:
August 19-21st 2014
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