1. Develop a joint planning document between the State of Illinois, Chicago public and
private Catholic schools for the teacher training institute which outlines components of a
best practices model for system change.
2. Develop an educational framework for engaged learning for each teacher's ninth grade
biology classroom during the summer institute, with appropriate strategies for working as
change agents within the educational environment.
3. Apply a learning and technology framework to the classroom and school environment
during the school year as developed during the 1997 summer institute.
4. Share with participants from an additional 20 schools, the curricula packages and
learning experiences which incorporate technology into the biology curriculum as developed
by the existing ninth grade teacher participants. (This will be done during the summer
institute 1998 and continue throughout the 1998-99 academic year. It will be repeated in
the summer of 1999 with 20 new schools.)
5. Implement a learning and technology framework into the classrooms of new ninth grade
teacher participants between September 1998 and May 30, 1999, and again between September
1999 and May 2000 based on information gained the previous summer.
6. Disseminate professional development training program and outcomes on an ongoing
basis to other schools within the Chicago Public School boundaries and disseminate to
other interested communities. (Information may be disseminated at mid-semester, via the
web site, through personal e-mail, the institutes and press conferences.)
