Everyone was encouraged to get the word out to teachers that they know that might be interested. The plan is to have them hired by July 14th. A grant due the last Friday of this month for the National Science Foundation and the Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant will also be submitted. Highlands University has a science laboratory that they have offered for us to use. UC was asked if they could be a major player in the evaluation part of the Math and Science Academy.
Technology is one of our biggest problems.
Participants from the districts will have to provide. Hewitt Packard has indicated that they want to set up computers in the area, so this might be a good resource to contact to see if they would be willing to do it for the students. This is a process that is already in place at the universities and they are excited about participating. The master teachers would serve as the supervisor for the student teachers. To encourage participation, we could try to receive a grant where that we grant the student a loan that would be forgiven if they agreed to stay in that school to teach for a designated number of years.