We, the undersigned,
are writing out of deep concern that for the second year in a row NOAA's
Teacher at Sea Program is proposed to be terminated in fiscal year 2015 as part
of a reorganization of Federal STEM education programs. This program offers
teachers a life-changing opportunity. Every year a select group of
educators each spend time on the science crew of one of NOAA's Research
Vessels. Teachers return to the classroom with a new understanding of what
science is, of the way science is done, and of how science should be
taught. What a gift.
For 25 years NOAA’s Teacher At Sea Program has brought STEM education of
the highest quality to teachers and their students from all around the United
States. Since NOAA is the only federal agency which is positioned to
bring personnel to and from a fleet of research vessels, it is the only agency
which is capable of offering teachers true hands-on experience in ocean science
working alongside the scientists themselves as they go about their study.
The loss of such a program after 25 highly successful years would be a true
tragedy. The loss of such a program at the moment when ocean science
enters science curriculum across the United States, in many cases for the first
time, would be an incalculable loss for the students of this nation.
Please restore funding to this important program and maintain it year to year
so that its future can be ensured at this time of critical need for more STEM
Education and ocean science training opportunities.
Updates
March 26, 2014
I am honestly overwhelmed by the response to this campaign because I truly never expected it to take off like this. This momentum belongs entirely to the teachers and students who understand why this program is so vital. It is incredibly moving to see so many people stepping up to protect these opportunities.
Reached 100 supporters
March 26, 2014
85 Comments
the Teacher at Sea experience cahnged the way my students saw me - as a real scientist, not someone just teaching. It cahnged my perspecitve on what students needed to know about science.
No other agency is positioned to place teachers on research vessels. Teacher at Sea simply cannot be replicated. This program has reached teachers in every state with an authentic opportunity to "do" science, which is a direct conduit to better teaching science. This program should be expanded, not defunded.
Being a Teacher at Sea was life changing and career changing. In a time when teachers are both battered by society and expected to perform extraordinary feats, we should applaud programs like Teacher at Sea and work to promote them, not defund them.
This is one of the most important programs teachers have to make the science real for students. Please restore funding for NOAA TAS Program. Continue to give teachers the chance to be active participants in meaningful science, so they have the answer when a student asks, when will I ever need to know this?
Over the years literally thousands of my students benifited from the knowledge I received. They continued their education in areas such as oceanography ,climatologyand research and developmen.t They work inlabs, Aquariums.
My technology/science teacher went on multiple of these voyages and has benefited from it. He has learned much from this experience and has shared this knowledge with us, furthering our knowledge and his.
Keep this program alive.
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We, the undersigned,
are writing out of deep concern that for the second year in a row NOAA's
Teacher at Sea Program is proposed to be terminated in fiscal year 2015 as part
of a reorganization of Federal STEM education programs. This program offers
teachers a life-changing opportunity. Every year a select group of
educators each spend time on the science crew of one of NOAA's Research
Vessels. Teachers return to the classroom with a new understanding of what
science is, of the way science is done, and of how science should be
taught. What a gift.
For 25 years NOAA’s Teacher At Sea Program has brought STEM education of
the highest quality to teachers and their students from all around the United
States. Since NOAA is the only federal agency which is positioned to
bring personnel to and from a fleet of research vessels, it is the only agency
which is capable of offering teachers true hands-on experience in ocean science
working alongside the scientists themselves as they go about their study.
The loss of such a program after 25 highly successful years would be a true
tragedy. The loss of such a program at the moment when ocean science
enters science curriculum across the United States, in many cases for the first
time, would be an incalculable loss for the students of this nation.
Please restore funding to this important program and maintain it year to year
so that its future can be ensured at this time of critical need for more STEM
Education and ocean science training opportunities.
Updates
March 26, 2014
I am honestly overwhelmed by the response to this campaign because I truly never expected it to take off like this. This momentum belongs entirely to the teachers and students who understand why this program is so vital. It is incredibly moving to see so many people stepping up to protect these opportunities.
Reached 100 supporters
March 26, 2014
85 Comments
For seven years I sailed on the NOAA Ship Ka'imimoana with several different teachers-at-sea and believe it to be an excellent program and will worth the time and money spent on it.
the Teacher at Sea experience cahnged the way my students saw me - as a real scientist, not someone just teaching. It cahnged my perspecitve on what students needed to know about science.
No other agency is positioned to place teachers on research vessels. Teacher at Sea simply cannot be replicated. This program has reached teachers in every state with an authentic opportunity to "do" science, which is a direct conduit to better teaching science. This program should be expanded, not defunded.
Being a Teacher at Sea was life changing and career changing. In a time when teachers are both battered by society and expected to perform extraordinary feats, we should applaud programs like Teacher at Sea and work to promote them, not defund them.
This is one of the most important programs teachers have to make the science real for students. Please restore funding for NOAA TAS Program. Continue to give teachers the chance to be active participants in meaningful science, so they have the answer when a student asks, when will I ever need to know this?
Over the years literally thousands of my students benifited from the knowledge I received. They continued their education in areas such as oceanography ,climatologyand research and developmen.t They work inlabs, Aquariums.
My technology/science teacher went on multiple of these voyages and has benefited from it. He has learned much from this experience and has shared this knowledge with us, furthering our knowledge and his.
Keep this program alive.
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For seven years I sailed on the NOAA Ship Ka'imimoana with several different teachers-at-sea and believe it to be an excellent program and will worth the time and money spent on it.