MH-YES Teacher Application

MH-YES RET Fellows will work collaboratively with scientists, educators, and undergraduates to mentor local high school students in research on pertinent water quality issues in the Hudson Valley, and will help engage community members in these issues.

Application deadline: February 28, 2020

Questions? Please contact Dr. Alan Berkowitz: berkowitz@caryinstitute.org or (845) 677-7600 x 321.

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Describe your educational background (including degrees earned, environmental courses taken, etc.)

Describe your teaching style or approach. How do you use fieldwork, student-centered research, long-term monitoring, data analysis and/or applied technologies in your teaching?

What skills or content knowledge do you hope to gain from this professional development experience? Feel free to include topics or subjects you’d like to learn more about, experimental techniques, data analysis questions, etc.

How do you expect to apply the knowledge you gain through this program in your classes?

Do you have prior experience mentoring students outside of a classroom setting? If so, please describe. If not, please describe why you are interested in the opportunity to do so.

Do you have prior experience conducting research (particularly focused on aquatic ecology) with students outside of a classroom setting? If so, please describe. If not, please describe why you are interested in the opportunity to do so.

Describe the demographic makeup of your school (public/private, free/reduced lunch prices, urban/rural).

The following questions will help us understand what teachers need in their classrooms-your answers to them will not affect our decision on accepting you into our program.

Do you have access to computers with your students? Explain.

Does your school have the capacity to do cross-disciplinary projects that involve local data? Explain.

Please note: If you are a finalist for this program we will contact you to set up an interview, and will send you the required forms at that time.

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MH-YES Teacher Application

Previous Grade/Subject

The following questions will help us understand what teachers need in their classrooms-your answers to them will not affect our decision on accepting you into our program.

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