Title: Teacher Aides: A Support System for New Teacher Retention, Innovation in the Classroom, and Pre-service Education

Request: People seeking secondary science certification (secondary science majors) who are interested in providing support to teachers as they implement inquiry-oriented activities.

Summary: Interested secondary science majors will spend 10 hours each week in a classroom during which time they will assist the teacher with some of the time-intensive administrative work that impedes the development of inquiry-oriented activities.

Time Period: Fall, 2002 (from September to December).

Requirements:

• Participants must attend a 1-hour session at East Stroudsburg University each month (for five months)
• Participants should have passed all clearances required for student teaching
• Participants should have already been admitted into the secondary education program.
• Participants must have a way of getting to participating schools.

Support: Each participant will be paid about $772.50.

Contact (by September 15, 2002):
Robert A. Cohen (rcohen@po-box.esu.edu 570-422-3428)
Department of Physics
East Stroudsburg University
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301