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Keith


>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:24:51 -0400
>From: Eugene Wagner <ewagner+@...>
>Subject: RE: Knowles Science Teaching Foundation - Position Announcement
>To: listserv@...
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>
>Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
>
>Position Opening
>
>Position: Science Program Officer (Chemistry or Biology concentration)
>
>The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF), a rapidly growing
>multimillion-dollar foundation in
>Moorestown, New Jersey, supports three nationwide programs:
>
>1. Fellowships for outstanding beginning high school science and
>mathematics teachers.
>2. Educational research through our Young Scholars Research
>Fellowship Program.
>3. Biennial conferences on high school science and mathematics
>teacher recruitment,
>preparation, induction, mentoring and retention.
>
>KSTF seeks a hard working, hands-on Science Program Officer to
>assist in planning, coordination, and
>management of the Science Teaching Fellows program. Specifically we
>are seeking an individual with
>either a background and experience in chemistry and chemistry
>education or an individual with a
>background in integrated systems biology, computational biology or
>bioinformatics as well as
>experience with bringing a similar perspective on biology to high
>school teaching. The ideal
>candidate for this position has a mix of a strong understanding of
>science education, deep and
>extensive science content knowledge, high school science teaching
>experience, knowledge of the
>issues surrounding the recruitment, preparation, induction,
>mentoring and retention of beginning
>teachers and experience working with beginning high school teachers.
>Applicants should hold or be
>completing an advanced degree in science, education or a related field.
>
>Applicants with a chemistry background will work with KSTF Science
>Program Staff on the existing
>Physical Sciences Teaching Fellowship Program, which currently has
>50 fellows in 5 cohorts.
>Applicants with a computational or systems biology background will
>work with the Executive Director
>to develop a new Biological Sciences Teaching Fellowship Program,
>beginning with the recruitment and
>selection of an initial cohort in Spring 2008. Responsibilities of
>the Science Program Officer will
>involve the management of groups of about 15 Science Teaching
>Fellows including recruitment and
>selection of yearly cohorts, planning and conducting Fellows
>Meetings, online and telephone
>communication and classroom observations. The Science Program
>Officer will also be instrumental in
>helping develop programmatic aspects of the teaching fellowships and
>will work closely with
>colleagues studying issues related to the recruitment, induction and
>mentoring of teachers in an
>effort to inform and refine the KSTF Teaching Fellowship Program.
>Additional responsibilities may
>include conducting or managing research and evaluation and speaking
>at research and practitioner
>conferences.
>
>The Science Program Officer will interact routinely with the KSTF
>Science and Mathematics Program
>Officers and report to the Senior Program Officer for Teaching
>Fellowships. Applicants should be
>self-motivated, able to set clear priorities, to initiate projects
>and follow them through to
>completion in a timely way, and to respond flexibly to the
>foundation's needs as they arise.
>Applicants should additionally have strong communication and writing
>skills, be able to interact
>effectively with the foundation's various constituencies, as well as
>the staff, and should have
>experience with various office technologies including Word, Excel,
>Access and PowerPoint.
>
>Salary is based on education and experience. Position will remain
>open until filled.
>
>A cover letter and resume or vita should be mailed to:
>
>Angelo Collins, Executive Director
>Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
>1000 N. Church St.
>Moorestown, NJ 08057
>
>Applications may also be e-mailed to acollins@...
>
>


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Dr. Keith S. Taber

http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/staff/taber.html
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/kst24/

University Senior Lecturer in Science Education
Science Education Centre
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
184 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 8PQ
United Kingdom