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The IEEE Teacher In-Service Program. Litsa Micheli-Tzanakou IEEE Vice President, Educational Activities Professor, Biomedical Eng., RUTGERS Univ. Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain. September 26-27, 2008. What is IEEE?. A membership organization
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The IEEE Teacher In-Service Program Litsa Micheli-Tzanakou IEEE Vice President, Educational Activities Professor, Biomedical Eng., RUTGERS Univ. • Trinidad and Tobago • Port of Spain • September 26-27, 2008
What is IEEE? • A membership organization • A major creator and guardian of technical IP • A mechanism to bring people of common technical interests together • both geographically and disciplinarily • A guardian of the future of Engineering • An implementer of technology-related public Imperatives
What does IEEE do? • Publishes literature in engineering, technology and computing • Organizes conferences • Develops standards • Gets engineers and technologists from different locales together • Organizes professional activities among engineering students • Educates the public about Engineering
The Teacher in Service Program “Engineering in the classroom”
The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) • A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers • Based on approved Lesson Plans • Prepared by IEEE volunteers • Tested in classrooms • Associated with Education Standards • Designed to highlight engineering design principles • The cost is less than $100 for a class of 30
How does it work? • Volunteers of an IEEE Section organize a TISP training event • EAB provides logistical support and instructors • Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training • With teachers and school administrators • Volunteers spread the program in their school districts
Basics • IEEE Section engineers develop and present technology-oriented projects to local pre-university educators • Lesson plans in English and Spanish for teachers and engineers
Basics (2) • Lesson plans matched to educational standards • The program is focused at the primary (6-14) and secondary (15-18) school systems
What do we want to achieve in Port of Spain ? • Create a sustainable pre-university engineering education program • TISP program • Participation in TryEngineering.org • Reach 150 pre-university teachers in one year • All over the country • 300 teachers in the next two years • Make TryEngineering a popular resource among teachers and students in the pre-university and university communities in Trinidad and Tobago
Questions/Comments e.tzanakou@ieee.org etzanako@rci.rutgers.edu