Sec. 7029. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TEACHER INSTITUTES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
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## SEC. 7029 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TEACHER INSTITUTES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Section 9(a) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (as amended by section 7028) (42 U.S.C. 1862n(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(10) Teacher institutes for the 21st century > > > ##### “(A) In general > > Teacher institutes for the 21st century carried out in accordance with paragraph (3)(B) shall— > > > ###### “(i) > > be carried out in conjunction with a school served by the local educational agency in the partnership; > > > ###### “(ii) > > be science, technology, engineering, and mathematics focused institutes that provide professional development to elementary school and secondary school teachers; > > > ###### “(iii) > > serve teachers who— > > > ###### “(I) > > are considered highly qualified (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965); > > > ###### “(II) > > teach high-need subjects in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; and > > > ###### “(III) > > teach in high-need schools (as described in section 1114(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965); > > > ###### “(iv) > > focus on the priorities developed by the Director in consultation with a broad group of relevant educational organizations; > > > ###### “(v) > > be content-based and build on school year curricula that are experiment-oriented, content-based, and grounded in current research; > > > ###### “(vi) > > ensure that the pedagogy component is designed around specific strategies that are relevant to teaching the subject and content on which teachers are being trained, which may include training teachers in the essential components of reading instruction for adolescents in order to improve student reading skills within the subject areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; > > > ###### “(vii) > > be a multiyear program that is conducted for a period of not less than 2 weeks per year; > > > ###### “(viii) > > provide for direct interaction between participants in and faculty of the teacher institute; > > > ###### “(ix) > > have a component that includes the use of the Internet; > > > ###### “(x) > > provide for followup training in the classroom during the academic year for a period of not less than 3 days, which may or may not be consecutive, for participants in the teacher institute, except that for teachers in rural local educational agencies, the followup training may be provided through the Internet; > > > ###### “(xi) > > provide teachers participating in the teacher institute with travel expense reimbursement and classroom materials related to the teacher institute, and may include providing stipends as necessary; and > > > ###### “(xii) > > establish a mechanism to provide supplemental support during the academic year for teacher institute participants to apply the knowledge and skills gained at the teacher institute. > > > ##### “(B) Optional members of the partnership > > In addition to the partnership requirement under paragraph (2), an institution of higher education or eligible nonprofit organization (or consortium) desiring a grant for a teacher institute for the 21st century may also partner with a teacher organization, museum, or educational partnership organization.” > .
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Sec. 7029
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TEACHER INSTITUTES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
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