From its inception, the Program has been governed by an Advisory Committee composed of faculty from the University and by teachers selected from the Program s alumni. Dr. O. Roger Anderson , Professor of Natural Sciences at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and of the Department of Math and Science Education at Teachers College, has been a member of the Program Advisory Committee since 1991. Dr. Anderson provides assistance in science pedagogy for participating teachers. Each summer, Dr. Anderson and at least one of the program s alumni meet with teachers individually and in small groups to assist them in developing a plan for transferring concepts and techniques acquired in Columbia laboratories to their classrooms. All Program participants gather on 10 mornings during the summer.
Teachers discuss common problems and exchange ideas on what works in the classroom.
The Program has provided eleven years of service to science students, teachers and schools. Since its inception, eighty-one high school and twelve middle school science teachers from public, private and parochial schools have successfully completed two years of research under this Program. Twenty secondary school science teachers participated in the Program from June 29 to August 24, 2000. They conducted research in cancer biology, cell biology, chemistry, environmental science, genetics, immunology, materials science and engineering, microbiology, molecular biology, neurobiology, and toxicology under the mentorship and supervision of twenty Columbia University faculty.