Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO EFFECT SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE EDUCATION BY TEACHING STUDENTS, TRAINING TEACHERS, AND ENGAGING THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.
THE ORGANIZATION BRINGS VOLUNTEER SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS MONTHLY TO CONDUCT "COOL" HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS IN SMALL GROUPS, USING CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY. THE EXPERIMENTS DRAW ON CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES TO SHOW THEM THAT SCIENCE IS ALL AROUND THEM AND IS FUN. THIS YEAR WE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 5000 CHILDREN IN 8 SCHOOLS.
THE SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY (SIE) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS INTENDED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL AND MEASURABLE IMPACT ON THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. CURRENT PARTNERS INCLUDE GOOGLE, LINKEDIN, SIE, MVWSD, AND THE CENTER TO SUPPORT EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING (CSET) AT THE STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. THE TWO YEAR PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THREE MAIN COMPONENTS: PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (PCK - A COMBINATION OF PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONTENT KNOWLEDGE), ONGOING MENTORING, AND PLANNING TIME (INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE). IT OFFERS 78 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 83 HOURS OF NEW PLANNING TIME OVER 2 YEARS
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Tzipor Ulman | PRESIDENT | 40 | $100,000 |
| Judith Szepesi | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Santiago Sinisterra | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tamara Mcinerney | TREASURER/CFO | 2 | $0 |
| Eric Li | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Haider Lasne | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Busch | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dariusz Blachowicz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Darren Adkinson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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