Best Practices in Biotechnology Education

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Best Practices in Biotechnology Education

• Linnea Fletcher Ph.D.

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Who is in the Audience?

• Technology K-12 Teachers?
• Science K-12 Teachers?
• K-12 Administrators?
• College Faculty?
• Current Knowledge Level about Biotechnology?
• Beginners
• Intermediate
• Advance

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Outcomes for this Presentation

• Learn What Constitutes a Best Practice Program
• Learn Where to Access Resources

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Best Practices

• Work Backwards Learning Outcomes for Students
  Based on What They Need to DO
• Work in industry
• Demonstrate specific skills and knowledge
• Move onto another school
• Make Sure the Pedagogy is STUDENT-CENTERED!!!!!!!
• Teacher Gains the Necessary Training, Curriculum,
  Tools, and Teach in the Proper Facility
• Teacher Has Administrative and Faculty Support
• Teacher Collaborates With Appropriate Partners
• Teacher Gains the Support of Students and, if
  applicable, Parents

WHAT ELSE????
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Started with a NSF-Advanced Technology Education
Grant in 2000

• Biology High School Teachers Community College
  Faculty Designed the Program
• 1 year course dual credit or credit-in-escrow
• New Teacher takes 1 semester college course free
  and gets all equipment, detailed curriculum, and
  total support (even in the classroom if
  necessary) for 3 years
• Agrees to mentor new teachers
• Now in 12 ISDs and 1 private school totaling 14
  high schools
• www.austincc.edu
• gt1000 students

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Alignment of Curriculum

• National Science Standards
• Industry-Endorsed Skill Standards
• Texas Skill Standards Board
• Dept of Labor http//www.careeronestop.org/compet
  encymodel/blockModel.aspx?tier_id4block_id522B
  IOSCIY
• Washington Skill Standards
• Bio-Link www.bio-link.org
• The Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and
  Collaborative

http//www.tssb.org/wwwpages/repos/index.htm
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Technological Literacy Standards
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Biotechnology Training

• NSF funded projects ATE center grant, Bio-Link
  www.bio-link.org
• Biotechnology Institute www.biotechinstitute.org/
• Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor
  www.dnalc.org/
• NIH funded Science Education Partnership Award
  (SEPA)
• Department of Labor (DOL) National Center for the
  Biotechnology Workforce www.biotechworkforce.org/

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Curricular Resources

• Some the Same as Training Resources
• Bio-Link Center Grant
• Austin Community College High School Program
• TEA Program
• Dolan DNA Learning Center
• Bioquest
• Others
• Textbooks
• http//www.bioteched.com/

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More Textbooks
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Equipment Resources

• Equipment List from Curricular resources
• Join the Bio-Link list serve
• Two and Four-year schools
• Garage Sales
• Companies
• Bio-Rad (kits)
• Carolina
• Edvotek

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Facilities

• Range from Basic to Elaborate
• water electricity bench safety

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Linnea Fletcher lafletch_at_nsf.gov

• Austin Community College
• linneaf_at_austincc.edu
• Steve Spurlock
• sspulock_at_austincc.edu