09/18/12Juneau Announces Math, Science Grants
KTVQ.com (MT) (09/18/12) Gordon, LindseyMontana will receive about $2 million in federal grant money to improve K-12 math and science programs. The money will be used to train teachers on how to better teach math and science and to better prepare students for the workforce after graduation. Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau says, "Partnership between Bozeman Public schools and Montana State University, they will develop a training system, they'll bring teachers in from the system who will become experts in math and then they will go out regionally and train other teachers across the state, and so pretty soon you'll have this big pool of teachers that are ready to do a lot of training back onsite at their own school systems." Meanwhile, Montana Partnership with Regions for Excellence in STEM (MPRES), Montana Tech of the University of Montana, and Montana State University-Billings will partner to build onto previous Montana Science Partnership grant projects to improve K-12 science student achievement and teacher instruction and incorporate the Framework for K-12 Science Education. The latest professional development program will develop teacher trainers who will work across the state through face-to-face and online trainings, who will then recruit five teachers each to receive professional development. Four of those teachers will become trainers for the region and additional teachers will be trained in year three of the program, with a goal of training 152 teachers in science. The funds will be allocated over three years, with about $335,000 each year for both math and science.
