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Can Corporate America Help?

Can Corporate America Help?. How Xerox Does It With the Science Consultant Program Ewart Leblanc. Agenda. Introduction History Program Goals Organization SCP Kits Performance - Survey Results Summary Q&A. XSCP – What is it?. A partnership with Rochester N.Y. City School District

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Can Corporate America Help?

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  1. Can Corporate America Help? How Xerox Does It With the Science Consultant Program Ewart Leblanc

  2. Agenda • Introduction • History • Program Goals • Organization • SCP Kits • Performance - Survey Results • Summary • Q&A

  3. XSCP – What is it? • A partnership with Rochester N.Y. City School District • Xerox engineers visit elementary schools 2x/ month • Students engaged in hands-on Science projects

  4. SCP History • Started in 1968. Objective: Supplement School Science Programs • Original sponsors • American Chemical Society • Rochester Council for Scientific Societies • Xerox assumed full sponsorship in 1971

  5. The SCP Program Goals • Early engagement with students (4th – 6th grade) • Reinforce natural curiosity and interest in science • Make learning fun through hands-on activities • Assist students to develop problem solving skills • Assist students in preparation for the 4th grade ESPET • Provide positive role models to students

  6. Organization School Principal Classroom Teacher Manager Manager, Community Outreach Program SCP Consultant SCP Coordinator

  7. Science Consultant Kits • Section II. Physics • Introduction to Electricity • Static Electricity • Color Mixing • Magnetism • Light, Optics, Pin Hole Camera • Sound I • Sound II • Xerography • Kitchen Physics • Flight • Section I. Biology • Protozoa • Respiration • Seeds and Plants • Flower Dissection • Nutrition I • Nutrition II • Ecology I: pollution • Ecology II: Endangered Species • Frog/Earthworm dissection

  8. Science Consultant Kits • Section IV. Earth Science • Geology: 3 kinds of rocks • Minerals - Streak/Color • Minerals - Hardness • Minerals – Cleavage and fracture • Fossils • Introduction to Solar System • Solar system II • Mapping • Section III. Chemistry • Introduction to chemical reactions • Crystal growth • Mystery powders • Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide • Heat • Crystal microscopy • States of matter

  9. Science Consultant Kits • Section V. Miscellaneous • Probability & Chance • Optical Illusions • Tangrams I • Tangrams II • Engineering & Structures • Barge Building

  10. Procedures • Lesson preparations • School visitations • Materials • Lesson plans & Supplies • Supplies retrieval

  11. Other Program Elements • Classroom visits • Invention Convention • Challenge (Engineering Structures Competition) • Evening of Recognition

  12. 2002-2003 Survey • A total of 57 classroom surveys were distributed • 49 surveys (85%) returned • 50% of all classrooms surveyed were at the 4th grade level Survey Overview

  13. Survey - Preparation/Delivery of Lesson Plans • 81% of the teachers play active role in lesson plan development • 95% of the teachers reported that consultants are adequately prepared • 90% of the teachers responded that they speak or meet with their Consultants ahead of time to plan the curriculum. • When asked if their Consultants teach at the level of the students, 84% of the teachers agreed.

  14. Survey - SCP As Motivator • The Science Consultant Program has helped my students • develop a greater interest in Science & Technology

  15. Survey – Role model consultants The Science Consultants have been positive role models for our students

  16. Survey - State test preparation • The Science Consultant Program has been useful in preparing my 4th grade students for ESPET assessment

  17. Survey - Linkage to curriculum The science kits cover the majority of the subjects of the classroom science curriculum

  18. Survey - Instructional benefits • The Science Consultant Program has enhanced my comfort level to teach hands-on science

  19. Survey - Write in • “Our Science Consultant is a fabulous teacher. He is energetic and positive. The students love it when he comes and we greatly appreciate the much-needed science kits. What a great program! Thank you so much” • School #23

  20. Summary • Eighty-eight volunteers • Seventeen thousand student contacts/year • Success factors: • Solid Corporate sponsorship Consultants • Supportive School Districts • Committed Volunteers • Hands-on approach to teaching • Thirty six years of of program innovation

  21. Q&A

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