A Follow-up to an Earlier Institute Minisymposium and a PKAL Sponsored Symposium
and to Minisymposium I
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:
| 9:30 - 10:15 | K-12 teachers commenting on their experiences with the K-12 community, as students and as professionals (see on-line comments) |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | College/university/graduate educators discussing existing programs to prepare and assist K-12 educators |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | General discussion of plans to improve K-16 collaborations |
| 12:15 - 1:00 | Continued discussion and planning over lunch |
ON-LINE FORUM FOR CONTINUING DISCUSSION
PARTICIPANTS:
| K-12 Teachers in the Exploration and Emergence Institute | ||
| RaMona M. Adams | John P. Turner School | RWarner@ucw.philly.rr.com |
| Cynthia Brown | Hill-Freedman Middle School | cybrown@phila.k12.pa.us |
| Paul Burgmayer | Great Valley High School | burgmayer@shrsys.hsic.org |
| Geraldine Brown | Ada Lewis Middle School | brownthankyou@aol.com |
| Sylvia Cooper | CW Henry School | sylacoop@aol.com |
| Alicia Farington-Boyd | Jay Cooke Middle School | |
| Randal Holly | FitzSimons Middle School | kr092389@aol.com |
| Joan Johnston-Malin | Northest High School | mrsjjm4@aol.com |
| Dawn Mackey | Benjamin Franklin Middle School | |
| Lois Mackey | Cayuga Elementary School | loismackey@yahoo.com |
| Brian Malin | Northeast High School | malinb1@yahoo.com |
| Wendy L. Marr | Lewis Middle School | simplymarrvelous@yahoo.com |
| Sheila Michael | Grover Washington Junior Middle School | smichael@phila.k12,pa.us |
| Judith Odom | Smedley Junior Academy | maxx173@aol.com |
| Marlene Pride | Lewis Middle School | marlene3k@aol.com |
| Mitchell B. Schwartz | Woodrow Wilson Middle School | tintindeo@aol.com |
| Antoinette Sisco Soliman | Darby Township Elementary School | tonisisco@aol.com |
| Claudette Stone | Julia Ward Howe Elementary School | cwilliamstone@phila.k12,pa.us |
| Geneva Tolliferreo | Benjamin Rush Middle School | gtolliferreo@phila.k12.pa.us |
| Regina Toscani | Central East Middle School | reginatoscani@hotmail.com |
| Marita Wagner | Laura H. Carnell | mawagner@phila.k12.pa.us |
| College/university/graduate faculty/students | ||
| Anne Dalke | Dept of English, Bryn Mawr College | adalke@brynmawr.edu |
| Phil Bean | Haverford College | pbean@haverford.edu |
| Doug Blank | Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College | dblank@brynmawr.edu |
| Peter Brodfuehrer | Dept of Biology, Bryn Mawr College | pbrodfue@brynmawr.edu |
| Paul Burgmayer | Bryn Mawr College | burgmayer@shrsys.hslc.org |
| Kim Cassidy | Dept of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College | kcassidy@brynmawr.edu |
| Kathleen Conn | West Chester School District | kconn@wcasd.k12.pa.us |
| Victor Donnay | Dept of Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College | vdonnay@brynmawr.edu |
| Wil Franklin | Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr | wfrankli@brynmawr.edu |
| Paul Grobstein | Bryn Mawr College | pgrobste@brynmawr.edu |
| Sonya Martin | Dept of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania | martins@gse.upenn.edu |
| Elizabeth McCormack | Dept of Physics, Bryn Mawr College | emccorma@brynmawr.edu |
| Deirdra Stockmann | University of Pennsylvania Center for Community Partnerships | deirdra@sas.upenn.edu |
| Debra Rubin | Community Service Office, Bryn Mawr | drubin@brynmawr.edu |
| Katie Schu | University of Pennsylvania | kschu@sas.upenn.edu |
| Nia Turner | Bryn Mawr College | nturner@brynmawr.edu |
| Ingrid Waldron | University of Pennsylvania | iwaldron@sas.upenn.edu |
| Raisa Williams | Haverford College | rwilliam@haverford.edu |
| Ca-Lishea Woods | Community Service Office, Bryn Mawr | cwoods@brynmawr.edu |
