Our proposal called for 5 or 6 schools in each of the Northern and Western District and 10 schools in the more densely populated Central District. We planned to recruit two additional teachers from each of these schools, introducing them to the project at summer workshops held in each district. This has not proved feasible. Currently, 16-20 cohort 2 teachers have completed the application process. Current participating teachers have left their schools for a variety of reasons.
Rural schools don t have a large science department from which to draw.
Many district and state department of education workshops, as well as university workshops, are being offered this summer. All of the districts have areas which are a long driving distance from the center base school. Center Directors are not natural marketing experts. Due to problems recruiting, Center Directors would like to accept teachers regardless of their science teaching area. They would also like to encourage cohort 1 participating teachers to attend for more training and to help new teachers.