This website is designed to help ASME sections plan and present workshops
that will be valuable to middle school science, math and technology teachers.
It includes tips for engineers on working with middle school teachers, understanding
curriculum standards, and technology training needs. Checklists, web
support ideas, lessons learned from others who have already held workshops,
and ideas for follow-up, are also included. We have also offer the guide
as a downloadable
PDF file.
Navigate through the main sections of the guide: Teacher
Needs, How
To Connect, Workshop
Planning, Ongoing
Contact, Workshop
Checklist, and Lessons
Learned.
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Why has this guide been written?
ASME has developed this guide to hosting meaningful teacher workshops in an
effort to help individual sections more effectively support their local teachers
and schools.
This guide has been assembled to assist ASME member engineers in planning, budgeting, promoting and evaluating workshops or almost any activity they might conduct for middle school educators.
Who should read this guide?
If you're an ASME member interested in putting together a workshop to help middle school educators integrate engineering and technological applications into their science, mathematics and technology curriculum, you should read this guide to help you streamline the planning process, learn from others who have hosted similar events, and help insure a successful workshop.
What's the best way to use this guide?
The guide is designed to be user friendly, and to walk you through the steps and issues you should consider when planning an educator workshop. You may want to share it with other engineers and volunteers who will be working with you in planning your workshop. It includes timelines and checklists as well as topics you should consider prior to selecting activities, such as the curriculum guidelines and standards for schools in your community.
ASME's Board on Precollege Education (BPC) has held workshops for a decade that
bring engineers together middle school science, mathematics, and technology
teachers. With support from the ASME Foundation, in 1999 the BPC began
to support local sections wishing to hold similar events to strengthen their
support for K-12 education in their communities. This guide captures the
lessons of those early section workshops and is intended as a resource for similar
endeavors.