Welcome to the STAR Regional Partnership Meeting (February 27th) and STAR Regional Planning Meeting (Feb 26th) website.

The purpose of the meeting is to explore and plan an expansion of the Teacher-Scientist initiative—a model for recruiting, preparing, and retaining outstanding new science and mathematics teachers through partnerships between universities, federal laboratories, industry, and K-12 education. The model involves implementation of the Science Teacher and Researcher (STAR) summer research internship program, which establishes a dual professional pathway for secondary school science and mathematics teachers to participate in paid, state-of-the-art research beginning during their pre-service preparation, continuing as part of their initial five years of teaching, and on an ongoing basis thereafter. They are engaged in the excitement of scientific research through active experimentation and inquiry and bring this orientation to learning, teaching, and participating in real science into their own classrooms.

If you have any questions about the STAR summer program, contact:

Kaylene Wakeman, STAR Program Coordinator
Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CESaME)
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
805/746-2859
kwakeman@calpoly.edu