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Program
The Pre-Service Teacher Institute is a two-week summer residential session for Early Childhood and Elementary Education majors preparing to teach in an elementary or middle school classroom. College students from diverse backgrounds will spend a dynamic and exciting time at NASA/Johnson Space Center where they are exposed to aerospace, mathematics and science enrichment activities. Pre-service teachers are able to interface with NASA personnel, and tour Johnson Space Center facilities while learning to incorporate NASA's cutting-edge research into lesson plans for elementary and intermediate school students.
Program
Objectives
- To model and promote the use of scientific inquiry
- To enhance pre-service elementary and intermediate school
teachers' knowledge, skills, and strategies for teaching
mathematics and science
- To promote enthusiasm and self-confidence for teaching
science and mathematics for pre-service teachers of young
children
- To provide pre-service teachers with a variety
of alternative instructional strategies
- To provide pre-service teachers with an opportunity
to use computers and other communication & education
technologies
The PSTI institute is designed to increase your skills in teaching mathematics and science while incorporating technology into the curriculum. During the PSTI two week institute, you will develop an e-portfolio (online collection of work) containing the resources shared with you during the program, daily journals, lesson plans you create during the two weeks, update your curriculum vitae and your educational philosophy, develop a final power point presentation, participate in online collaboration before and after the institute. Participants will present their e-portfolio and final power point presentation to the PSTI staff and guests at the close of the program.
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1. Eligibility
Candidates Must:
- Be a U.S. Citizen (the program is not open to foreign nationals)
- Be a K-8 prospective teacher
- Be a full-time college student
- Have an overall 3.0 Grade Point Average or higher
- Be a rising junior or senior going into the K-8 classroom, or a graduate student in K-8 with no undergraduate degree in education
- Have successfully completed at least one math or science class
- Be present for the first day of the workshop
- Be in continuous attendance for the two-week period
- Complete assigned work prior to arriving
- Complete assigned work during two-week period
- Have a current e-mail address
- Have a current phone number
- Have not attended a Pre-Service Teacher Institute at one of the NASA Centers (e.g. Johnson, Kennedy, Langley, Marshall, or Stennis)
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2. Participant Support Package
The Institute provides a generous support package to include the following:
- $500 stipend (for those who completely fulfill all requirements of the two week PSTI Institute at JSC)
- Limited Travel reimbursement 4-6 weeks following the institute(see Transportation)
- Transportation to and from NASA and field trip sites
- Complimentary breakfast and complimentary light dinner meal will be provided at hotel. The hotel is located near many restaurants. Participants will receive lunch during the Institute. Participants are responsible for their own meals on the weekends and any additional snacks during the two-week time period
- Weekend meals and snacks are the responsibility of the individual participant and are not eligible for reimbursements
- Resource materials including binders, DVDs, educator guides, supplies and curriculum will be provided to participants at the workshop. Participants should have access to a personal wireless labtop computer for the two week institute. Also a bringing a digital camera is highly encouraged
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) are given to all PSTI participants upon successful completion of the institute
Contact Persons:
Alissa Keil
PSTI Program Coordinator
NASA Johnson Space Center
Mail Code: AD4
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-483-7185
Email: alissa.a.keil@nasa.gov
Program Sponsor
Funding provided by NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate, through NASA Johnson Space Center and San Jacinto College.
NOTE:To participate in the NASA/Johnson Space Center PSTI, candidates must attend a college in the NASA JSC region: KS, NE, ND, SD, OK, CO, TX, and NM.
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