. "Program Scope." Final Report to the U.S. Department of Defense on the Defense Reinvestment Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999.
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FINAL REPORT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE On the DEFENSE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE
It was in this context that the NRC convened a two-day planning meeting at the Beckman Center in Irvine, California to study the feasibility and potential design of a project which would offer displaced aerospace and defense personnel an opportunity to become well-qualified, effective mathematics and science teachers. Scientists and engineers leaving the military, defense-related industry, aerospace careers, and national laboratories were assumed to represent a potentially large pool of talent for career teachers who can teach according to the guidelines in the national standards for mathematics and science education. Appendix B is the report from the planning meeting. The issues addressed at the planning meeting were:
types of alternative teacher certification programs that existed, primarily in California;
credential or licensure requirements for teachers who enter the teaching work force through alternative certification programs;
placement and employment opportunities in schools for scientists and engineers after the retraining period;
support needed from the current employers of scientists and engineers wishing to make a shift into teaching careers;
appropriate role(s) for the various players, including the NRC, colleges and universities, state credential board, cooperating school systems, federal agencies and laboratories, industry, and others; and
key elements of successful certification programs.
PROGRAM SCOPE
The DRI project was divided into five phases plus the pre-award activities described above, as indicated in the following chronology of events.
Pre-award Activities
1993
October
Feasibility Discussion Group Meeting, Beckman Center
Phase I
1994
November
Initial Contract with DOD awarded
Staff hired and DRIAB appointed
1995
February
First DRIAB Meeting
March
Haberman Interview Training Workshop
April
Applicant files reviewed
May
Interviews with applicants
June
Schools secured
Evaluator selected
Fellows accepted
Phase II
July
Fellows began CSULB program
Second DRIAB Meeting
August
RFP for second cohort credential program issued
September
Informational meeting for Proposal for Second Cohort
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FINAL REPORT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE On the DEFENSE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE
It was in this context that the NRC convened a two-day planning meeting at the Beckman Center in Irvine, California to study the feasibility and potential design of a project which would offer displaced aerospace and defense personnel an opportunity to become well-qualified, effective mathematics and science teachers. Scientists and engineers leaving the military, defense-related industry, aerospace careers, and national laboratories were assumed to represent a potentially large pool of talent for career teachers who can teach according to the guidelines in the national standards for mathematics and science education. Appendix B is the report from the planning meeting. The issues addressed at the planning meeting were:
types of alternative teacher certification programs that existed, primarily in California;
credential or licensure requirements for teachers who enter the teaching work force through alternative certification programs;
placement and employment opportunities in schools for scientists and engineers after the retraining period;
support needed from the current employers of scientists and engineers wishing to make a shift into teaching careers;
appropriate role(s) for the various players, including the NRC, colleges and universities, state credential board, cooperating school systems, federal agencies and laboratories, industry, and others; and
key elements of successful certification programs.
PROGRAM SCOPE
The DRI project was divided into five phases plus the pre-award activities described above, as indicated in the following chronology of events.
Pre-award Activities
1993
October
Feasibility Discussion Group Meeting, Beckman Center
Phase I
1994
November
Initial Contract with DOD awarded
Staff hired and DRIAB appointed
1995
February
First DRIAB Meeting
March
Haberman Interview Training Workshop
April
Applicant files reviewed
May
Interviews with applicants
June
Schools secured
Evaluator selected
Fellows accepted
Phase II
July
Fellows began CSULB program
Second DRIAB Meeting
August
RFP for second cohort credential program issued
September
Informational meeting for Proposal for Second Cohort
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FINAL REPORT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE On the DEFENSE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE
October
Professional Development Seminar at California Museum of Science and Industry, Reception for Los Angeles Dignitaries
November
Third DRIAB Meeting
Phase III
November
Site for Second Cohort selected
Professional Development Seminar at California Institute of Technology
1996
January
Workshop for Cooperating Teachers
June
Fellows began Student Teaching
August
Fellows completed credential program
Fourth DRIAB Meeting
Professional Development Seminar at Discovery Museum’s Launch Pad
September
Most Fellows began teaching
Phase IV
November
First Saturday Seminar for Fellows
1997
February
Saturday Seminar for Fellows
April
Two Saturday Seminars for Fellows
Paper presented at National Association for Alternative Educator
Preparation, Certification, and Licensure meeting, Norfolk, VA
May
Fifth DRIAB Meeting
Saturday Seminar for Fellows
August
Summer Workshops for Fellows
September
Two Saturday Seminars for Fellows
November
Saturday Seminar for Fellows
1998
February
Sixth DRIAB Meeting (half-day)
Two Saturday Seminars for Fellows
March
Two Saturday Seminars for Fellows
May
Saturday Seminar for Fellows
Phase V
September
Final DRIAB Meeting
Final Report Drafted
Two Saturday Seminars for Fellow (following amendment to contract)
December
Mentoring Workshop for Fellows (following amendment to contract)
