[NMScience] New Science Teacher Academy

[Deb Thrall]

National Science Teachers Association Issues National Call
        for Entries to New Science Teacher Academy
 
 Deadline: May 23, 2008

 The National Science Teachers Association ( http://www.nsta.org/ ) has
announced a call for entries for the 2008-09 NSTA New Science Teacher
Academy. The academy is now embarking on its second year of supporting
science teachers new to the profession.

 Co-founded by the Amgen Foundation 
 ( http://www.amgen.com/citizenship/overview.html ), the NSTA New
Science Teacher Academy is a fellowship program created to help promote
quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom
excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge. NSTA Fellows selected
for the program will receive a comprehensive membership package, online
mentoring with trained mentors who teach in the same discipline, and the
opportunity to participate in a variety of Web-based professional
development activities, including Web seminars. In addition, each NSTA
Fellow will receive financial support to attend and participate in
NSTA's 2009 National Conference on Science Education in New Orleans.
This year, a hundred and fifty new science teachers supported by the
Amgen Foundation will be named Amgen-NSTA
 Fellows.

 Science teachers located throughout the United States who will be
entering their second or third year of teaching and whose schedule is a
minimum of 51 percent middle or high school science can apply to the
become an NSTA Fellow.

 For more information about the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy and
application guidelines, visit the NSTA Web site.

 RFP Link: 
 http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012349/nstaacademy