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Hamden Hall Country Day School hosts engineering and technology workshop for area elementary school teachers.

 

Hamden Hall Country Day School is hosting a hands-on professional development workshop for elementary school teachers to help foster engineering and technology literacy among children.

Sponsored by the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools and funded by a federal grant, the “Engineering is Elementary” day-long program on May 7 was designed in collaboration with the Boston Museum of Science and will be conducted at Hamden Hall’s Bayer Family Science Center.

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Thirty elementary school teachers from across the state will enhance their knowledge of engineering concepts and hone lesson plans for their classrooms in terms of science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum.
Hamden Hall Lower School science teachers David Bennett and Steven Jewett helped design and plan some of the day’s activities to best servethe wide array of educators who will be on hand.

The workshop is yet another facet of Hamden Hall’s thrust in science education leadership. The school’s Science, Innovation& Design Initiative commences in the 2012-2013 school year. The program is an interdisciplinary, cross-division program that encourages highly motivated and intellectually curious students to excel as they develop a panoply of skills.

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The signature program will also feature collaborations with Duke University and Princeton University and weekly Culture of Innovation Seminars for juniors and seniors.

“It’s clear that our future strongly hinges on innovative developments that will both advance the human condition and drive the 21st century economy,” said Hamden Hall Upper School science teacher Dr. Frank Gasparro, who serves as co-chair of the Steering Committee for the new initiative. “It is also clear that as we enter the 21st century, the way work gets done and the skills needed to complete tasks are shifting dramatically. It is with these thoughts that Hamden Hall is establishing the Hamden Hall Center for Science Innovation and Design.”


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