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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           504/549-2341/fax 504-549-2061
    Date: 2/20/98
      Contact:                           Carol Dotson  61

SLU SUMMER TEACHER PROGRAMS RECEIVE GRANT RENEWALS 
     HAMMOND, LA --  Southeastern Louisiana University received the largest renewal
award from the Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program (LaSIP) for its summer teacher
professional development programs. 
     Southeastern received at total of $644,139 for its four summer teacher training programs.
LaSIP, a statewide effort to improve mathematics and science education, awarded more than $3.3
million in grants to eight universities and schools for 1998-99. 
     The projects, awarded on a competitive basis by out of state reviewers, focus on
improving teachers' content knowledge and teaching strategies in an effort to raise student
achievement in mathematics and science. In addition to the workshops, teachers receive
assistance thought the academic year to help them implement the new strategies in the classroom. 
     Receiving grants for Southeastern were: Project PRIME- $170,079; Project NOMIII: The
Nature of Mathematics- $154,991; Project M3- 144,069; and Project Cypress- $175,000.
     Project Prime (Primary Reform in Mathematics Education) is for teachers in grades K-3
and is designed to develop school teams to improve math education. 
     Project NOMIII: The Nature of Mathematics is for teams of secondary school math and
science teachers utilizing activities and hands on techniques that make learning fun and useful for
the student.
     Project M3 (Meaningful Math for Middle School) allows teachers in school teams from
grades 4-8, to investigate ways to make both the math content and activities more meaningful in
their classroom. 
     Project Cypress targets science teachers of grades 7-12 and is designed to bridge the gap
between scientists and science teachers. The session uses ecology in general and wetlands
ecology in particular to integrate the physical, earth and life sciences. 

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LaSIP grant renewals for SLU/ ADD ONE


     LaSIP is funded through grants from the National Science Foundation, the Louisiana
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the Louisiana Board of Regents. 
Some 5,000 teachers statewide have taken advantage of LaSIP's professional development
opportunities since the program's inception in 1991. As a result, the program has directly
impacted more than 300,000 students in every school district of the state. 
     Others receiving grants were: Ascension Parish Schools, LSU-Alexandria, LSU-Baton
Rouge and West Felciana Parish schools, Southern University Lab School, USL,  McNeese State
University and Jefferson Davis Parish and Calcasieu Parish Schools.
                                                          

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