You will not be enrolled in any graduate level course. If you wish to earn graduate credit, indicate this on your application for planning purposes.  We will contact you to see if it can be arranged, but it is not covered through the grant.

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The Fellowship term for the Cohort will be September through August. During the first year, you will begin to formulate your individual professional development growth plan and the timeline associated with that work. This means that you may want to carry out part of your plan during the summer, but you will not have to. You will have a portfolio due in August.

No, the monthly meetings are in the evenings, and on an occasional Saturday, from September-June each year. The priority is, first and foremost, your teaching. There may be a conference in May which will require Friday attendance. Wipro SEF will reimburse your district for the cost of the substitute.

Yes, due to the nature of the CCLS, groups will be expected to meet at times convenient and negotiated by the group itself. These meetings will occur between the monthly meetings.

The Collaborative Coaching and Learning of Science (CCLS) groups have grown out of the work of the Boston Science Partnership (www.bostonscience.org). The groups are small professional learning communities that determine their own schedules, courses of study, and the lessons that will be taped and observed. Within the first year of the Fellowship, CCLS groups will meet 4-6 times as a group and engage in deep, meaningful professional development in the areas instruction, reflective practice, adult learning and leadership. The meetings are used to develop skills that will benefit all Fellows.

Yes. A key component of the Wipro SEF program is the use of classroom videotaping as a way to reflect on teacher practice. The expectation is that the Fellows will videotape their own classroom while teaching, following district policies as they pertain to video release forms, and parental consent. Videotapes are being viewed by peer teachers in their CCLS group as a vehicle for discussion around science teaching and learning and are not being used to evaluate individual students or teachers. Videos will not be published or shared anywhere without the express permission of the teacher, students and district. Video tapes will be stored on Panopto at UMC. All applicants will be provided an IPad and tripod and will be trained how to upload videos to Panopto.

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No. You will be able to list mentor preferences, but we do not intend to match you with your district coordinator.

Wipro SEF has a pool of potential advisers with varied interests and expertise. We will do our best to match your interests with the expertise of the advisers. 

Please contact wiprosef@missouri.edu.