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Indian teacher chosen for US space programme
Tuesday January 31, 2012 12:22:43 PM,
IANS
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Washington: A teacher
from Maharashtra in India has been chosen for the US Space
Foundation's elite 2012 Flight of Teacher Liaisons programme.
Vandana Suryawanshi of Vidya Valley School in Maharashtra is a
middle school educator who has been teaching biology, earth
science and general science for 20 years. He joins 19 other
outstanding educators selected for their active promotion of space
and science education.
The new flight of Teacher Liaisons will serve as advocates for
space-themed education across the curriculum and will use Space
Foundation-provided training and resources to further integrate
space principles into the classroom, the Colorado Springs based
non-profit leader in space awareness activities, educational
programmes announced.
The highly regarded Space Foundation Teacher Liaison programme has
more than 270 active participants.
The teachers are selected by a panel comprising experienced
Teacher Liaisons and representatives from the space industry and
the military.
The 2012 Teacher Liaisons will be publicly recognized at the Space
Foundation's 28th National Space Symposium, which is being held
April 16-19 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In addition to the recognition activities, the 2012 Teacher
Liaisons will participate in workshops and education programmes at
the 28th National Space Symposium.
Following the symposium, Teacher Liaisons can take advantage of
specialised training and instruction at Space Foundation and NASA
workshops with optional graduate-level credit; exclusive science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) professional development
experiences with optional continuing education credit; and special
space-oriented student programmes created just for Teacher
Liaisons.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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