Scientists in School Working in Partnership with Ontario School Boards

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Scientists in School Working in Partnership
with Ontario School Boards

• Because every child deserves to be sparked by
  science!

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I Wonder
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A Few Quick Facts About SiS

• Scientists in School (SiS) is a dynamic
  charitable organization dedicated to establishing
  a strong foundation of science and innovation
  among Canadian youth.
• Our mission is to ignite scientific curiosity in
  children so that they
• question intelligently
• learn through discovery
• connect scientific knowledge to their world and
• consider a career in science.
• Through early positive exposure to science and
  technology, SiS cultivates tomorrows leaders
  the scientists, innovators, technologists and
  environmentalists that Canada needs for the new
  economy.

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• A collaborative effort of community scientists
  educators and business, founded in 1989
• Over 21,000 Ontario classrooms participated last
  year 21 partner school boards
• 570,000 K to Grade 8 students every year become a
  scientist in their school
• Fueled by the passion and skills of 400
  well-trained presenters with degrees and career
  experience across the sciences, technology and
  engineering
• 50,000 enthusiastic parent volunteers who both
  support and learn
• An in-classroom PD opportunity for teachers,
  providing new ideas, resources and science
  expertise
• Science becomes fun for everyone and science
  literacy soars

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• It takes a whole community to educate a child.

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What you can count on from Scientists in School

• Knowledge.
• Workshops that build the skills young people need
  and that have real-world applications.
• Commitment to Quality.
• Active, integrated and fun.
• Collaboration.

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Program Quality Customer Satisfaction 2008/09

• Comprehensive re-alignment of all workshops to
  support the new Ontario S T Curriculum.
• SiS has an extensive evaluation process that
  includes teacher evaluations, customer follow-up
  calls and over 450 quality assurance visits
  annually.
• Teacher satisfaction gt98
• School booking retention of 96.

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Program Evaluation

• OISE at the University of Toronto research study
  measured the impact of
• Scientists in School. The results across 2,500
  participants showed
• 75 of students were more interested in science
  as result of participation
• 99 of teachers reported that Scientists in
  School enriched their students
• learning in science and technology
• 90 of teachers indicated an enhanced
  confidence in teaching science and
• technology
• 100 of parents reported they believe the
  program helped students to
• better understand science concepts

In my 39 years of teaching, I have never had
such a worthwhile experience brought to students
directly in the classroom! Teacher, Ancaster
P.S.
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SiS Moving Forward the Next Five Years

• Expand provincially and nationally
• Deepen in existing SiS regions
• Increase reach to under-served students,
  especially through increasing our fund for
  complimentary workshops
• Culture of continuous improvement and
  collaboration
• How can we help school boards meet their needs
  better?

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Thank you
in their own words
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Questions or ideas
Cindy Adams, Executive Director -
cindy.adams_at_scientistsinschool.ca www.scientistsin
school.ca
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