Action Plan Template Intel ISEF 2009 Educator Academy

Action Plan Template Intel ISEF 2009 Educator Academy May 2009 Taiwan

Keep Momentum Going!! Intel ISEF Support system Finalists (government, universities, corporations, foundations) Follow-up study of finalists

High Level Goals • What do you want to accomplish for your country? Look at long term goals (3 -5 years) and short term (12 years) • Long term goals – Keep the momentum of current support system, including Govt, judges, mentors, high schools, etc – Promote the award ISEF projects – Encourage the award students to expand their research results – Enhance project-based learning in science education system • Short term goals – Update impact survey of science fair participants – Introduce thinking tools to science teachers – Promote science boot camps to grade 3 -12 students 3

Objectives • How will you know you succeeded? – Please list the results you want to see – Student participation in affiliated fairs increases 20% over a three-year period – Volunteers/mentors increases 15% during the 20092010 school year – Publish and distribute 5, 000 copies of journals and CDs of award projects to all high schools – More than 10% of award projects expand applications – Systemic curriculum changes underway; 200 teachers trained in Project Based Learning – Refresh and update Taiwan ISEF finalists – Teachers apply thinking tools in their classroom – Conduct 300 hands-on science boot camps to reach 4 out 5000 students

Action Plan – steps to meet your goals and objectives Action Measure of Success Upgrade impact survey of ISEF finalists research funding approval Introduce thinking tools to science teachers 100 teachers complete the pilot workshop Promote science boot camps to grade 3 -12 students 300 science boot camps are held Who's Responsible By When Mariana Fung Nov. 2009 Rachel Liu Oct. 2009 Mariana Fung May 2009 5

Action Plan – steps to meet your goals and objectives Action Measure of Success Who's Responsible By When Enhance project-based learning in science education system 15% precollege teachers complete the training Greg Lee Oct. 2012 Encourage the ISEF award students to expand their research results 10% award projects expand their applications Proty Jiun. Huei Wu May 2012 Promote the ISEF award projects 5, 000 copies of journals and CDs introducing the award projects are distributed Mariana Fung Jul. 2009 Keep the momentum of the *sufficient Gov. funding Mariana, Review current support system *steady increase of judges Rachel, every and mentors Greg, Proty, year *steady increase of Yu-Mei 6 participants and projects

Intel ISEF Educator Academy As a result of your participation in the 2009 Educator Academy, reflect on your experience. – Highlight what your team felt was the key learning from the Educator Academy • The food is nice • The content is useful and helpful to facilitate inquiry and project-based learning of science • Nice networking with participants from other countries – Which Shop Talks were the most beneficial for your team? • Students as Scientists High School Curriculum (Nathalie Valencia. Chacon) • How to present yourself and deal effectively with the media (Jack Franchetti) • Nobel Laureate Leon M. Lederman • Korea’s “hands-on science classes” & its impact on job creation (Eun Ju Kim) • Michael Geisen, National teacher of the Year in the United States • Taiwan’s successful experience: improving science fair projects and the impact on students and their career choices (Mariana Fung) 7

Intel ISEF Educator Academy As a result of your participation in the 2009 Educator Academy, reflect on your experience. – What types of Shop Talks were missing? • How to get comprehensive support from government and recruit professional mentors? 8

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