GK-12 Program Callout
GK-12 is an exciting program organized through the Graduate School that gives Masters, Ph.D., 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 with diverse audiences. Past participants have found that it makes them more competitive for academic and professional jobs.
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 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, or simply do this program as a voluntary activity, and the program is open to all Masters, Ph.D., and Post-Doc students at Purdue (any and all disciplines).
For more information, please attend our Callout / Information Session Friday April 28th, from 4-5pm in Hampton Hall of Civil Engineering, Room 2244 and check out the two-page brochure that outlines the program for this coming semester at https://www.dropbox.com/s/jrqvww3clscyt2m/Fall%202017%20Participant%20Brochure.pdf?dl=0. The callout will provide more information and will give you an opportunity to interact with those presently in the program. For any additional questions or information please contact the program coordinator, Mohan Yang, at yang1178@purdue.edu.