GEM Group SETUP Project The Science Education Teaching Unit Preparation Project S E T U P Prepared for the National Science Foundation NSF : Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teacher Preparation (STEMTP) Prepared by Dr. Chris Hasegawa California State University, Monterey Bay CST 308 Fall 2001 Professor Carolyn Sabin Team Members Gillian Keisker, Enrico Monteleone and Maria Valladares

GEM Group SETUP Project Executive Summary

GEM Group SETUP Project Introduction

GEM Group SETUP Project Objectives

GEM Group SETUP Project Needs Analysis: Teachers The Salinas High School District needs standards- based teaching –One in five teachers in the Salinas Valley and neighboring communities does not have a proper teaching credential –Eighty of the district's 540 teachers are in the first or second year of service. –The majority who are teaching Math, and Science, are teaching with a substandard credential.

GEM Group SETUP Project Needs Analysis: Students The Salinas High School District is ethnically diverse Majority population is Latino (Mexican-American labor)

GEM Group SETUP Project Needs Analysis: Students

GEM Group SETUP Project Needs Analysis: MPUSD teachers Every year about 5% are new to the profession From those 11% lack full credentials By their fifth year 20% have left the district Different ethnic background –26% non white teachers –40% of the students are minority Little or no training in teaching to state/national standards

GEM Group SETUP Project Needs Analysis: MPUSD students Monterey Peninsula Unified School District –MPUSD students outscores Salinas High School District, but results are also dismal –20.3% of its graduates are UC/CSU eligible –35.6% statewide are UC/CSU eligible –This disparity affects all racial/ethnic groups –Low income families

GEM Group SETUP Project Needs Analysis: Conclusion Under-prepared teachers Low income Background differences Factors to the poor academic performance

GEM Group SETUP Project Content Description: The Site Lesson Plan –Objectives –Background –Procedures –Resources –Troubleshooting Troubleshoot Forum

GEM Group SETUP Project Budget

GEM Group SETUP Project Detailed Design Document

GEM Group SETUP Project Scope of Work

GEM Group SETUP Project Work Plan Tasks Timeline Resources

GEM Group SETUP Project Questions