SCST Opportunities

Dear SCST Members:

We have a won­der­ful oppor­tu­nity with NSTA to work on a mono­graph as authors, exem­plary pro­fes­sors, and review­ers. Please see the attached mes­sage below and con­tact me at brian.r.shmaefsky@lonestar.edu (SCST Pres­i­dent) if you know any exem­plary activities in :

“This is to invite your help and involve­ment in the NSTA Exem­plary Sci­ence Pro­gram (ESP) efforts. I hope to ini­ti­ate a search for exem­plary sci­ence teach­ing exhib­ited by col­lege teachers.

“Are you will­ing to help NSTA with an ESP mono­graph con­sist­ing of at least 15–20 chap­ters that indi­cate what is being done to improve col­lege sci­ence teach­ing? As you know I want to do such a vol­ume in col­lab­o­ra­tion with you and the whole SCST lead­er­ship team. I would like to think that there are excit­ing reform efforts under­way with your mem­bers! How many are there? Would not the edi­tor of the “Col­lege Sci­ence Teach­ing Jour­nal” be pleased to help locate places and peo­ple? Does the Asso­ci­a­tion have a newsletter?

With excit­ing col­lege sci­ence fac­ulty already aware of reforms and try­ing ideas (that is why they are mem­bers of your orga­ni­za­tion!), it should be an easy task. If we could get 15–30 peo­ple and col­leges selected, we will share our out­line for such chap­ters and get well under­way before fall classes com­mence! I look for­ward to your reactions!

Top­ics include col­lege fac­ulty involved in:

1) Exem­plary Sci­ence in Grades PreK-4

2) Exem­plary Sci­ence in Grades 5–8

3) Exem­plary Sci­ence in Grades 9–12

4) Exem­plary Sci­ence: Best Prac­tices in Pro­fes­sional Development

5) Inquiry: The Key to Exem­plary Science

6) Exem­plary Sci­ence in Infor­mal Edu­ca­tion Settings

7) Exem­plary Sci­ence for Resolv­ing Soci­etal Challenges

Careers in Sci­ence and Tech­nol­ogy – in progress

9) STEM Efforts – in progress

10) Col­lege Sci­ence Teach­ing – in progress