| February 28, 2005 | Program promotion begins |
| March 25, 2005 | Reminder to interested students about TSP application deadline |
| April 1, 2005 | Student applications due |
| April 8, 2005 | Teaching Earth & Space Science workshop and TSP information and applications mailed to 4, 5, & 6th grade teachers. |
| April 13, 2005 | Scholars selected and notified |
| April 15, 2003 | Submit Scholar proposals & Mentor letter to Dean of Faculty |
| April 23, 2005 | COW students register for fall term |
| May 2, 2005 | Director holds orientation meeting with students registered for TSP. Overview of program, students provide fall schedules and transportation constraints. |
| May 6, 2005 | Workshop and TSP applications due from teachers |
| May 20, 2005 | Workshop attendees and TSP participants selected from teacher applicants |
| June 10, 2005 | Director holds orientation meeting with 10 teachers interested in the TSP to review program. Teacher’s share their fall science instruction schedules. Joint review student academic backgrounds and schedules to form most compatible teacher-scholar pairs |
| June 30, 2005 | Indirect and direct program assessment methods completed |
| August 8-12, 2005 | Teaching Earth & Space Sciences Workshop is held |
| August 31, 2005 | TSP Workshop I: Program Orientation, introduction of pairs, scheduling & initial assessment for Teachers & Scholars |
| September 5, 2005 | Scholars begin in-school work |
| September 14, 2005 | TSP Meeting #1: Training in inquiry-based learning for Scholars, group discussion of classroom experience, and assignment for new science activity reviewed |
| October 5, 2005 | TSP Meeting #2: Open discussion of classroom experience and discussion and assignment for new science activity reviewed |
| November 2, 2005 | TSP Meeting #3: Open discussion of classroom experience. Discussion/ support for developing new science activity. |
| November 30, 2005 | TSP Meeting #4: Wrap-up, work with scholars to post new activities to WSEC website |
| December 6, 2005 (6:30pm) | TSP Workshop II: Program Evaluation: Discussion & Final Assessment for all Teachers, Scholars, & Faculty Mentor |
| December 9, 2005 | Last day of class, all assignments due |
This program is supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The College of Wooster.
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Last updated November 16, 2005