Region 16 Collaborative / Amarillo

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Mission

To provide Region 16 science teachers with a support system of scientifically researched, sustained, and high intensity professional development and mentoring to assist them in the implementation of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

Accomplishments

427 teachers have received professional development (STM), 1,664 teachers (CMs) have been mentored, and 67 others have been received out reach (OPD) since our Collaborative was established in 1992. Two "Honoring the Teacher" Events have been conducted.  Involvement in the NSF Project ESTT (1197-1999);

EXXON Mini-Grants (1997-2000); Toyota USA Foundation Grants (2001-2005); Shell Science Fair Grants (2005-2007).  Fourteen teachers have been honored by the TRC with either Distinguished Teaching Awards or Distinguished Mentoring Awards at the Annual Meetings (1997-2009).  In-Service and pre-service teachers PreK-12 have been impacted due to the reform and collaboration among the partnering institutions.

Contacts

Michele McCurdy
Project Director
[email protected]
806-677-5176

 

Partners

Region 16 Education Service Center
Amarillo College
West Texas A&M University

Participating Districts and Schools

Amarillo ISD:

• Administration
• Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning (AACAL)
• Amarillo High School
• Caprock High School
• Eastridge Elementary
• Fannin Middle School
• Palo Duro High School
• Sam Houston Middle School
• San Jacinto Elementary
• Sanborn Elementary
• South Georgia Elementary
• Tascosa High School

Booker ISD         
Booker JH/HS

Canyon ISD        
Canyon JH

Dumas ISD
Dumas JH
Dumas HS

Hart ISD              
Hart JH/HS

Hereford ISD        
Northwest Elementary

Pampa ISD          
Pampa High School

Activities & Events:

Date: June 9 - July 31, 2009
Title: Region 16 Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching Summer Institute
Description: Online Bb Science Laboratory Safety and Chemistry.

 

Date: September 21 - December 5, 2009
Title:Physcial Science 1315
Description: Three college hour physical science credit content course to include physics & earth space sciences to prepare teachers for the new earth space science course.  Topics will include:  wind energy, electrictity, astronomy, and geology.  TAKS modification and ELPS strategies, mentoring, and journaling will extend the content to all learners. NSTA Learning Center will continue to provide online resources.  Field experiences to wind farms and the Palo Duro Canyon State Park will round out the course.

 

Date:  January 15 - April 2, 2010
Title: Physical Science 1317
Description: Chemistry End-of-Course (EOC) and the Chemistry TEKS, both new and old, for K-12 will be the focus of this three college hour physical science credit content course.  Mentoring and journaling will continue.

 

Date: June 9 - 20, 2010
Title: EDPD 6092:  Current Issues in Science Education
Description:  Enhancing instuction through Informal Science Opportunties will be the focus of this three graduate hour science methods course.  Voices of the Land (ERIC), Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens, Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History, and the Ft. Worth Zoo; Buffalo Lake Wildlife Refuge, and Project WET are on the schedule.