The Mentor Teachers provide on-going support to teachers who have participated in their workshops. The support is offered through visits, telephone conferences, and email. In addition, the Program has a listserver through which anyone may address questions. The Program provides correlation of the curriculum with national standards. Follow-up professional development is recommended but not required.
Some activities require students to perform simple experiments at home.
Kay Thomas of the Texas Center for Educational Researcher conducted an external summative evaluation of the Program. Her complete report is attached to the hard-copy of this form. We are looking for evidence that you are capable of supporting implementation at multiple sites. Approximately 460 teachers in 1998 and 90 in 1999 and 100 in 2000 implemented the Program. Schools have been required to sign formal letters of commitment.