High-School Physics Teachers Program
Practical information:
- Workshop usually held (10-4) M-H the week before the 4th of July.
- Have found that good to have something formal in the mornings. Long lunch and informal work in the afternoons
- Outreach and DEI TA will help with ground work.
- Department has money for anything needed.
- The lunches often the most important part (good to have students there)
- On the last day had a "bring a friend day"
- Student pannels for Q&A
- Discussions about physics careers from CMU Professional dev center
- https://www.cmu.edu/career/about-us/meet-the-team/cpdc-staff.html
- (Rachel Rosenfeld <rrosenf1@andrew.cmu.edu>)
- and BBQ (+ department social)
Example Forms:
Teachers emails: (all are on the physics )
- physics-teachers-program@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
Act48 credits:
Continuing eduction credits that PA teachers need
- Teachers program accredited through the CMU Gelfand Center:
- Miriam Wertheimer <mwerthei@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Pamela Piskurich: pjp@andrew.cmu.edu
2024 Program "Hardware-based"
- Spreadsheet with stuff ordered
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g1CNYapJ4QoAGz5A4oTNrgTDkyukVfQiiskJ53h_TQA/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- Notes during the workshop
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jrP-rzJqTN3EBNiDfwT4znNXSg7I7MEXRbBbQtJ-nk/edit
2023 Program "Software-based"
- Google doc with software programs built by teachers during the workshop
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1buWvhAjK1xsnS4pV0EeI9zK427PWbQFEnyL_uoa8G9M/edit?tab=t.0