The Governor's Academy for Science and Mathematics Leadership
Summary
Increasingly, science and mathematics teachers are called upon to undertake new leadership roles in planning and carrying out significant changes in their schools, districts, regions, or statewide. The purpose of the Governor’s Academy is to build the leadership capacity of Maine schools in science and mathematics. The Academy offers a rigorous two year program of professional development to prepare exemplary teachers to step into roles that require new understandings and increased knowledge of research-based science and mathematics education, staff development, and policy issues. The Governor’s Academy is a replication model of the successful National Academy for Science and Mathematics Education Leadership, which has built national leadership for science and mathematics reform. The Academy began under the Governorship of Angus King and continues today with its third cohort of Governor’s Academy Fellows. .
The 2009-2011 cohort of the Governor’s Academy involves 28 Fellows from 13 of Maine’s 16 counties. Fellows will work together over a two year period to enhance their expertise in the classroom while preparing to be “ambassadors” for the mathematics and science teaching profession; mentors for the support of new teachers; skilled and knowledgeable facilitators of professional learning communities; partners and advisors to various district, regional, and statewide initiatives; and contributors to the professional knowledge base on teaching in Maine.
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Partners and Collaborators
Funded by the Maine Department of Education and Maine Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
Additional funding from: It’s About Time Publishing, and Carolina (Curriculum for Science and Math)
2009-2011
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