Session 1
K12 Teachers Talk About Needs

• intellectual stimulation
  • for self and for students
  • (including 6-7 yr olds can take more)
• help make "future" real
  • have people in classroom
  • more perspectives
• greater dreams/hopes
• because of standard curriculum, less flexibility
  • after school programs
• help not only with intellectual hunger, but also spiritual level
  • emphasize community
  • encourage questioning
• help kids be realistic (self evalutaion0
• help kids communicate, teachers too
• get students to "catch up"
  • so not discouraged
  • need power to make happen
• general need to teach reading
• fun opportunities for parents
  • community education
  • not necessarily in school
• curriculum and basic skills and college prep
  • school district can't do it
  • need community
• problem school districts
  • professional development on site
  • specific urban needs
  • technology
• "slotedness" of high school AND college
• understand students in addition to learning about content areas
  • cultural vaiation
  • work with parents
  • teachers and their own minds
  • dealing with change
  • stay in touch with grads
• encourage going into education
  • put allure back
• less formal mentoring earlier
  • more dialogue, less aloneness
• more attention to middle school
• encourage independence, coordination
  • entertainment

Session 2
College/University Educators Talk About Existing K16 Collaborations

• Bryn Mawr-Haverford K16 Collaborations
• Haverford Cascade Mentoring Program - Kim Minor
  • MAST
• Bryn Mawr Summer Institutes
• Bryn Mawr Science for College
• The Ball of Physics - Mike Noel, Maeve O'Hara
• Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program - Alison Cook-Sather, Robyn Newkumet, Alice Lesnick
• Community Service/Praxis at Bryn Mawr - Nell Anderson
• Alice Lesnick's Empowering Learners Course
• Project Forward Leap - Eileen Erwin
• University of Penn Science Teachers Institute, Masters in high School Chemistry, Middle School Science - Jane Horwitz, Ingrid Waldron
• Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia (MSPGP) - Ned Wolff, Diana Campbell

• Teen Philly Resource Guide
• Penn/ Drexel RET
• Math Forum at Drexel
• Women in Science - Chestnut Hill
• Widener
• John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinnicum
• Franklin Institute
• Sisters in Science at Temple
• Research Experiences for Teachers, at Drexel University
• Summer Programs, from College of Engineering at Drexel
• Outreach Programs, from the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter at U Penn

Session 3
General Discussion: How to Get It Less Wrong?

• Communication and resouces
• Home and School functions
• Widening student horizons
  • see them as more than students
• High turnover rate among teachers
  • classroom management - more education
  • parent/teacher relationships - more education
  • engage with students
• Philadelphia School District science coaches
• Word of Mouth
• Parent /teacher community
• Open up classrooms, to each other, to world ... Make them less "private", more public"