Educators
The programs for adults reach out to educator groups including faculty, administrators, and guidance counselors. They commonly provide opportunities for professional development and/or curricular resources in the areas of engineering, mathematics and science. WPI works with teachers and college students on the development and implementation of many of our programs. The input and support from individuals in these roles is extremely valuable and helps us to create and deliver relevant resources and events as part of our outreach efforts.
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Curricular Resource & Development | This is a web-based tutoring system for 4th-10th grade mathematics. |
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Continuing Education | Physics and Engineering Courses for grade 5-9 teachers to provide theory, hands-on projects, and discussions around implementation |
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Student Program Involvement | Three middle school teachers in Worcester County work with WPI's Camp Reach 2-week summer program for 7th grade girls. |
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COUNT-Counselor Outreach to Underrepresented students in eNgineering and Technology | Content Seminars, Workshops | Various activities are offered to help high school guidance counselors reach out to young women and students of color and encourage them in STEM areas. |
Focus on Math | Content Workshops | Offers educators professional development to implement more rigorous lessons in their mathematics curriculum. |
Student Program Involvement | Coach a team of students competing in a high school programming contest sponsored by the WPI computer science department. |
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Continuing Education | This program provides funding through the Massachusetts Dept. of Ed for middle school teachers to provide math content classes. |
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Content Workshops/ Continuing Ed | Visiting Scholars is a year long program for teachers; periodic workshops on teaching and learning are also offered. |
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Continuing Education | Enables primary, secondary, and junior-college mathematics instructors to get an advanced degree that relates to their career. |
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Content Workshop | The goal of this program is to prepare middle and high school teachers to motivate women and underrepresented minorities to take advanced mathematics courses and to pursue STEM careers. |
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Inquiry-based Learning | Teachers will work alongside faculty and graduate students, participating in high-level research projects in fields such as tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and infection control on biomaterials. |
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Curricular Resource | Focuses on development of human resources to support K-6 math, science, and technology/engineering education. Curricular materials developed are available. |
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Curriculum, Teacher Training | Fully developed pre-engineering curriculum for high schools and middle schools. Summer training institutes are hosted at WPI. |
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Student Program Involvement | Work with a WPI undergraduate team on a year-long project at your school. |
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Curriculum Resource in Development | RME is a K-4 Supplement for Math & Literacy instruction, based on a set of 8 biographical characters. |
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Curriculum Resources | Online web-resource for math, science, and technology/engineering. All activities are mapped to MA Frameworks and developed/tested by teachers. |
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Content Workshop/Curriculum Resources | A curriculum for introductory computing that provides a design-oriented focus has been designed through a multi-university effort. |
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