Toyata Leadership Academy 2003

July 9-11, 2003

Austin, TX

Agenda
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Events
    Reception and Dinner
    Professional Development Activities

Chris Comer's Presentation
Slide Show
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Online Materials
    K-8 Color Coded TEKS
    5E Lesson Design
    Mentor Organizational List 03-04
    Minds of Our Own-Into Thin Air
    Tracking the Science TEKS (Sample PDF)
    Elementary Tools and Supplies
    Science Fair Made Simple

  Presentations
     Sign-In Sheet
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     CAST OH transparency
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Previous Leadership Academy

Toyota Leadership Academy Year 2

Toyota Leadership Academy Year 1

Forms

Forms	Download MS Word	Dowonload PDF
Mentor Post Reflections Survey - Survey on Pink Paper	Survey	Survey
Colleague Post Reflections Survey - 5 Surveys on Blue Paper	Survey	Survey
Colleague Pre Survey - 5 Surveys on Yellow Paper (Due by 9/8/03)	Survey	Survey
Colleague Data Form - 5 Data Forms on Yellow Paper (Due by 9/8/03)	Data Form	Data Form

Greetings and Remarks from Dr. Kamil A. Jbeily
Director, Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching

On June 18, 2001, the Toyota USA Foundation, headquartered in Torrance, California announced funding five programs, one of which was the Texas Regional Collaboratives. The collaboratives received a three-year grant of $390,000. The Texas Regional Collaboratives program is housed at the Science Education Center of UT-Austin's College of Education.

For Press Release, please visit:
http://www.toyota.com/html/about/community_care/usa_foundation/math_science_award/20010724_math.html
http://www.utexas.edu/education/news/toyotagrant.html

The goals of the grant are to:

Empower Science teachers with the content knowledge and skills to improve their student achievement.

Develop the leadership capacity of teachers to mentor other teachers, hence help serve a larger number of teachers.

Serve an additional 1800 Texas science teachers through leadership academies, professional development, and mentoring.

In addition to participating in high quality leadership academies, teachers are expected to:

Mentor other teachers at the campus, district, and regional levels.

Develop and implement 5E Inquiry Lessons that represent innovations in science teaching to help improve student achievement.

Document the impact of the program on teachers and students.

Share their experiences through presentations at the local, regional, and state levels.

Publicize the program to the school and community.

On behalf of the Texas Regional Collaboratives Advisory Board, Planning Commitees, Project Directors, Instructional Teams, professors, administrators, teachers, and students who benefit from this grant, I want to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Toyota USA Foundation for this generous contribution to promoting the mission and goals of the Regional Collaboratives. We look forward to many years of collaboration and partnership with Toyota in the service of excellence and equity in our schools.

Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching
The University of Texas at Austin
Center for Science and Mathematics Education
1 University Station D 5500
Austin, TX 78712-0377
Phone: 512-471-9400 Fax: 512-471-9244

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