{"604502":{"#nid":"604502","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Stewart, Parris \u0026 Jones: 2018 Education Partnership Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/frank-stewart\u0022\u003EFrank Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/darren-parris\u0022\u003EDarren Joshua Parris\u003C\/a\u003E are the recipients of the 2018 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ctl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/awards\/ed-partnership\u0022\u003EEducation Partnership Award\u003C\/a\u003E for their collaborative \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/swimsgatech.wordpress.com\/\u0022\u003ESummer Workshop in Marine Science (SWiMS)\u003C\/a\u003E program. The award, from the Center for Teaching and Learning, recognizes genuine and substantial partnerships between the faculty and students of Georgia Tech and the K-12 community. Also receiving the award is their K-12 partner \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rchs.rockdaleschools.org\/directory\u0022\u003EJennifer Jones\u003C\/a\u003E, a chemistry teacher at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rchs.rockdaleschools.org\/\u0022\u003ERockdale County High School\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStewart is an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences and the advisor of Parris, a fifth-year Ph.D. student. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am honored and humbled to have the SWiMS partnership recognized by this award,\u0026rdquo; Stewart says.\u0026nbsp; \u0026ldquo;SWiMS has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career, largely because it fosters connections to people like Jennifer and Josh.\u0026nbsp; These are the connections that are honored here and that are so critical for advancing science literacy in our schools and elsewhere.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStewart conceived SWiMS in 2012 as a way to promote understanding of ocean science and microbiology. With oil spills, coral reef collapse, sea level rise, and ocean acidification often being front-page news, he believes the general public should have a basic understanding of these phenomena. For Stewart, these issues are just as important to policymakers and the general public as they are to researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESWiMS is a five-day workshop to help middle and high school teachers develop curricula and project-learning exercises to teach marine science in the context of global change. \u0026ldquo;My overarching goal was to use marine science to enhance earth and life science education in middle and high schools, specifically targeting those in academically underperforming districts in Fulton County,\u0026rdquo; Stewart says. SWiMS draws on the expertise of marine scientists at Georgia Tech and education experts at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParris joined the program in summer 2015. \u0026ldquo;To put it bluntly, this program would likely not have been possible without Josh,\u0026rdquo; Stewart says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParris has roles throughout all stages of the program. He wrote, edited, and tested several of the education modules used in SWiMS. During workshops, he serves as instructor, preparing rigorously to guide the workshop participants. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESWiMS includes a two-day trip to Sapelo Island, a barrier island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. The trip provides participants firsthand experience and an opportunity to collect samples to take back to their classrooms. For this trip, Parris has served as primary field team leader, planning the logistics as well as conducting activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMost impressively, Stewart says, Parris continues to engage with teachers after the workshop. He helps teachers with curriculum-related problems arising during the school year and continues to prepare modules for teachers upon request. He recently visited \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/centralgwinnett.net\/\u0022\u003ECentral Gwinnet High School\u003C\/a\u003E to lecture about marine pollution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;I am very grateful to have been a part of the SWiMS program,\u0026rdquo; Parris says. \u0026ldquo;I have been able to see firsthand the positive impact scientists can have outside of research.\u0026nbsp; SWiMS is an awesome example of using partnerships between scientists and educators to advance science education in schools.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJones began as a participant in the workshop in 2015, returned as a mentor in 2016, and joined again in 2017 as an education consultant. A veteran teacher of 16 years, Jones had a keen sense of which concepts would translate into the classroom and which wouldn\u0026rsquo;t. Her unique insight was vital to identifying and troubleshooting obstacles and translating the curricula into targeted lesson plans. She also helped other teachers develop classroom-specific plans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe collaboration of a scientist, a Ph.D. student, and a high school teacher has yielded remarkable outcomes. \u0026ldquo;The SWiMS program has enhanced my instruction in the classroom,\u0026rdquo; Jones says. \u0026ldquo;My students were able to understand that topics in science overlap: marine science touched Earth science, which touched environmental science, which touched chemistry. I am grateful to all the participants; they have inspired me to explore and expand my teaching so that students may experience science in a memorable way.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Helping teachers bring marine science to middle and high schools"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrank Stewart and Darren Parris are being recognized for their collaborative Summer Workshop in Marine Science (SWiMS) program. The award recognizes genuine and substantial partnerships between Georgia Tech faculty and students and the K-12 community. Also receiving the award is their K-12 partner Jennifer Jones, a chemistry teacher at Rockdale County High School.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Frank Stewant and Darren Parris, with Jennifer Jones at Rockdale County High School, are the recipients of the 2018 Education Partnership Award. 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