2020 UCCS Department of Biology Teacher Mentor Program

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2020 UCCS Department of Biology Teacher Mentor Program

Featuring UCCS Professor, Margaret Gaddis, PH.D. 

The UCCS Biology Teacher Mentor Program is designed to train select Colorado high school teachers in UCCS Biology course pedagogy and material. The program allows trained teachers to be the Teacher Mentors for students at their high schools who wish to participate in a UCCS online Biology course in the fall 2020 or spring 2021 semester. Students will be enrolled with students from other high schools all over Colorado.

Summer 2020 Online Training:

Topic

Dates

Times

Earn

Where

Cost

Stipend

BIOL 1000/1060 - Biology in the Modern World with Lab

June 17-19

W: 8:30-10am

TH: 2:30-4pm

F: 8:30-10am

1 CEU =  10 Contact Hours

Online

$0

$250

 

 

Teacher Mentor expectations:

  • Attend all online class sessions to be trained by UCCS faculty in Biology course pedagogy and material.

  • Earn a $250 stipend when you successfully complete the Biology Teacher Mentor program. 

  • Recommend which students should be considered for the UCCS online Biology course offered fall 2020 or spring 2021. Tuition/fees are $550 per course with lab.

  • Be available to mentor the students in their high school who have signed up to take the online Biology course (offered fall 2020 or spring 2021). This includes checking in with students to ensure they are on-track with the course, answering any questions they might have or referring them to the professor, and helping the student to navigate the online course and expectations of a college level course.

  • Have regular communication with UCCS course professor and alert UCCS course professor if a student is struggling with their online course.

  • Provide future program improvements and recommendations.

High School Administrators expectations:

  • Recommend your teachers (maximum of 2 teachers per school) to apply for the 2020 UCCS Department of Biology Teacher Mentor Program. The teachers can be from any discipline, but more closely aligned subjects would likely be of more interest to the teacher. 

  • Recommend which students should be considered for the UCCS online Biology course offered fall 2020 or spring 2021. Tuition/fees are $550 per course with lab.

  • Consider providing enrolled students with dedicated school study hall period to work on the online Biology course.

  • Consider providing funding to pay or offset, students’ tuition for the UCCS online Biology course (otherwise parents/guardians will pay for the course).

  • Provide future program improvements and recommendations.

UCCS faculty and administration expectations:

  • Train high school teachers to be Biology Teacher Mentors

  • Pay high school teachers a $250 stipend when they complete the Biology Mentor program.

  • Provide quality Biology curriculum.

  • Provide quality instruction of curriculum.

  • Communicate with students and Teacher Mentors on a regular basis.

  • Award transcripted UCCS credit to students who enroll in, and complete, the online Biology course.

  • Analyze outcomes to make future program improvements and recommendations

 

Fall or Spring UCCS Online Biology courses for high school students: 

Fall 2020: August 24 - December 19 (student recommendation form deadline August 20)

Spring 2021: January 19 - May 15 (student recommendation form deadline December 15)

  • Space is limited, student recommendations will be reviewed in the order they are received.

  • Tuition/fees are $550 per course with lab (4 credits)

 

BIOL 1000: Biology in the Modern World (3 credits)

Designed for the nonmajor. The introductory principles of biology stressing the relationships between man and the environment. Concepts include heredity, evolution, genetics, nutrition, physiology, and ecology. Explore-Physical and Natural World. GT-SC2. To be taken with BIOL 1060 to satisfy the LAS laboratory requirement. 

 

BIOL 1060: Introductory Biology Laboratory (1 credit)

May be taken in conjunction with BIOL 1000 to satisfy the LAS science requirement and lab requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Physical and Natural World. GT-SC1.

 

 

How to Apply

Fill out the application for the UCCS Political Science Teacher Mentor Program.  The program is limited to 25 participants, applications will be reviewed in the order in which they are received.

Teacher Application
Student Recommendation

 

 

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