Fall 2015 GK-12 Program, Application deadline soon!

 GK-12 is an innovative education outreach program for graduate students and Post Docs

What is it?:  GK-12 is an exciting program organized through the Graduate School that gives graduate and post-doctoral students a mentored, in-depth opportunity to share their research with K-12 students and teachers in a local middle school.  This provides graduate and post-doctoral students with enhanced skills and experience in outreach, teaching and communication of their research.  Past participants have found that it makes them more competitive for jobs and significantly improves their ability to communicate their research.

How does it work?:  After an initial training session, participants in the GK-12 program will learn from and assist teachers in a local middle school for approximately one day a week for 10 weeks, and by the end of the semester they will develop and teach a lesson that brings their interests and research into a middle school classroom.  This is an extension of a very successful externally-funded program that ran for several years, and has now been successfully transitioned to a graduate school program.  While this program does not provide funding directly to the graduate student or post doc, some modest funding is available for expenses associated with materials for in-class activities.  Students may elect to register for 2 credit hours for their involvement, and the program is open to all Master’s, Ph.D., and Post-Doc students at Purdue (any and all disciplines).  

For more information about the Fall 2015 semester GK-12 program please read the attached brochure and feel free to email the program coordinator, Christopher Roemmele (croemmel@purdue.edu)