BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR INSTITUTE 2003

OBJECTIVE:
To bring together K-12 and college/university educators to discuss ways that they can better work together to create optimal learning environments for all students at all levels of the the educational system, with particular reference to assuring effective education with science and mathematics.

BACKGROUND:
Though often regarded and treated as separate activities, K-12 and college/university/graduate education are fundamentally and intricately interdependent. Those engaged in college/university/graduate education are themselves the products of K-12 education and K-12 educators are in turn the products of college/university/graduate education. The reciprocal relationships make it hard to imagine meaningful educational innovation without effective exchange of ideas and aspirations between K-12 and college/university/graduate educators.

Given their professional experiences, together with their experiences both as undergraduates and as students in education and other graduate programs, K-12 educators have a particularly advantageous perspective from which to make suggestions about how to improve both K-12 and college/university education. At the same time, college/university/graduate faculty have distinctive perspectives and resources that can be beneficial to K-12 educators. What is needed is greater conversation between the two groups, predicated on the presumption that such exchange is very much in the best interests of both, as well as of more effective experiences at all levels of the educational system.

PROGRAM:

ON-LINE FORUM FOR CONTINUING DISCUSSION

PARTICIPANTS:

K-12 Teachers in the Brain and Behavior Institute
RaMona M. Adams	John P. Turner School	RWarner@ucw.philly.rr.com
Pamela Burton	John P. Turner School
John P. Dalton	Lincoln High School	jd5258875@aol.com
Doris Daniels	Dimner Beeber Middle School
Angela Griffin-Grant	Dimner Beeber Middle School
Rochelle Herdan	CCA Baldi Middle School	sunshine5r@aol.com
Randal Holly	FitzSimons Middle School	kr092389@aol.com
Joyce Elizabeth Hubert-Theriot	Henderson Senior High School	jhuber-theriot@wcasd.k12.pa.us
Julie Leavitt	AMY Northwest Middle School	julieleavitt@comcast.net
Lois Mackey	Edison/Fareira High School	loismackey@yahoo.com
Sheila Michael	Grover Washington Junior Middle School	smichael@phila.k12,pa.us
Linda Middlesworth	AMY Northwest Middle School
William Sgrillo	John P. Turner Middle School	wsgrill@hotmail.com
Antoinette Sisco Soliman	Darby Township Elementary School	tonisisco@aol.com
Linda Slattery	Penn High School	lslattery@comcast.net
Geneva Tolliferreo	Benjamin Rush Middle School	gtolliferreo@phila.k12.pa.us
Regina Toscani	Central East Middle School	reginatoscani@hotmail.com
Carolyn Tyson	John P. Turner Middle School	jttyson@comcast.net
College/university/graduate faculty/students
Peter Brodfuehrer	Dept of Biology, Bryn Mawr College	pbrodfue@brynmawr.edu
Lisa Chirlian	Dept of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Cabrini College	lchirlia@brynmawr.edu
Kathleen Conn	West Chester School District	kconn@wcasd.k12.pa.us
Ellie Esmond	Community Service Office, Bryn Mawr	eesmond@brynmawr.edu
Wil Franklin	Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr	wfrankli@brynmawr.edu
Paul Grobstein	Bryn Mawr College	pgrobste@brynmawr.edu
Alice Lesnick	Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program	alesnick@verizon.net
Michael Noel	Dept of Physics, Bryn Mawr College Program	mnoel@brynmawr.edu
Trecia Pottinger	Bryn Mawr College graduate
Jennie Rickard	Dean of Admissions, Bryn Mawr College	jrickard@brynmawr.edu
Flora Shepherd	Bryn Mawr College undergraduate
Jeff Tecosky-Feldman	Dept of Math, Haverford College	jtecosky@haverford.edu
Nia Turner	Bryn Mawr College	nturner@brynmawr.edu
Hannah Wilhelm	Bryn Mawr College undergraduate	hwilhelm@brynmawr.edu
Ca-Lishea Woods	Community Service Office, Bryn Mawr	cwoods@brynmawr.edu
Annaliese Zimmerman	Bryn Mawr College undergraduate	azimmerman@brynmawr.edu

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