Department of Energy Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS) Program

Grade 6-12 teachers will:

• Expand their content knowledge and develop inquiry-based teaching modules/lessons
• Enhance their professional & leadership skills and portfolio
• Network with colleagues, mentors, and laboratory staff
• Receive mini-grants to aquire key materials and to attend educator conferences/workshops
• Receive an $800 weekly summer stipend; Housing available to out-of-area teachers
• Experience multi-year and year-long activities
• Get plugged into the R & D enterprise of the laboratory with access to world-class tools, research, scientists, and engineers. Research Divisions.

  A full three-year participation is required in either program – including the summer and the academic year.

Teachers As Research Associates (TARA)
Summer Institute:  June 13-August 5, 2011
This option is for science teachers at grades 9-12 who seek an on-going research project with a scientist or engineer. Generally this option is more technical with less teacher-mediated collaboration.

Teachers as Investigators (TAI) Program
Summer Institute: This program is currently unavailable during the 2011 calendar year. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
This option is for science teachers at grades 6-10 who prefer to work together in a team as they create and conduct their own research project.

A three year program commitment is required. For a full listing of program expectations go to:
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/ACTS/about.htm

For detailed information about program logistics, travel, housing, timelines, deliverables, resources and other elements see the ANL-ACTS Program Guidelines.