Syracuse University Project Advance faculty liaison, Professor Pinyuen Chen from the department of mathematics has received an award that honors the best publication each year from the journal of Sequential Analysis. The Abraham Wald Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of sequential analysis.
To read the full article, visit artsandsciences.syracuse.edu.
SUPA is proud to announce two new international school partners for the 2018-19 school year! Singapore American School and St. Michael’s (DR) both sent multiple teachers to the 2018 Summer Institute for training so they can offer Syracuse University courses in their schools.
Singapore American School (https://www.sas.edu.sg/) was founded in 1956 and has over 3,500 students representing 56 nationalities. Long considered one of the top international American schools, SAS graduates attend prestigious universities in the U.S. and around the world. Selecting Syracuse University as a concurrent enrollment partner was the product of years of diligent research by their administration to offer an alternative to Advanced Placement courses and to provide a rigorous, authentic and more well-rounded curriculum that would benefit their students academically and allow them to earn college credit. Three SAS teachers traveled to Syracuse to train for Physics and Psychology at the SUPA 2018 Summer Institute and have been certified to teach these courses as adjunct instructors for Syracuse University. A fourth SAS teacher will be teaching Economics starting the 2018-19 academic year.
St. Michael’s School (https://sms.edu.do/site/) , founded in 1991, is a private, college preparatory school located in the center of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. St. Michael’s, whose motto is “education without frontiers,” sent two teachers to train at Summer Institute to teach Syracuse University Calculus and Presentational Speaking courses.
SAS and St. Michael’s join the growing list of international school partners for Project Advance, including schools from Hong Kong, China and Vietnam. “We are honored and excited to welcome Singapore American School and St. Michael’s School into the SUPA family,” says Christina Parish, Ph.D., Director of Project Advance. “As educators, we all share similar goals, to offer students an academic experience that has the potential to be transformative and that gets students excited about learning and prepares them for higher education in the U.S. and elsewhere.”
Domestically, Project Advance continues to grow and thrive as well. Over 100 teachers were certified as Syracuse University adjunct instructors this year including teachers from 15 new partner schools.. “Usually a new school will start by offering one or two courses to see how well the program fits in their curriculum and how it is received by their school community,” says Rob Pusch, Ph.D., Senior Associate Director at Project Advance. “More often than not we will see new instructors for new courses from those schools in the following years. It’s a real testament to the quality of the courses and the program.”
Project Advance began in 1972 to provide challenging courses for high school seniors. To prepare them for college academics. That goal has remained unchanged for over 45 years, as thousands of students have benefited from taking a Syracuse University course in high school. While serving the students is our primary mission, Project Advance also seeks to provide the best professional development opportunities for teachers. Without teachers, SUPA doesn’t work! With this is mind, I wanted to share some of the opportunities that SUPA has to offer:
Summer Institute
For many, this is where it all begins! Summer Institute is where teachers are trained to offer the Syracuse University courses. Under direct supervision of SU faculty, teachers learn the course subject matter, instructional materials and pedagogy associated with the course, and become part of the community associated with each subject. (supa.syr.edu/summer-institute)
Seminars and Class Visits
Once certified teachers must attend a SUPA-run professional development seminar every semester they offer a Syracuse University course. Far from a burden, these seminars are an opportunity for teachers to not only connect with faculty and other high school instructors, but to remain up to date on course materials and goings-on in the world at large as it pertains to the subject matter.
In addition to the seminars, a class visit will occur every semester the instructor is offering a course. These visits are made by SU faculty and approved visitors and provide an opportunity for students to meet, ask questions and engage with university faculty. SIPA visitors will be happy to answer questions, monitor the progress of the students and meet with school administrators if requested.
Graduate Credit and Tuition Assistance
Certified instructors who wish to further their studies in their chosen field can apply to receive tuition assistance from Project Advance.
To be eligible for a Syracuse University Project Advance Adjunct Instructor Scholarship, teachers must be: (1) teaching at least one section of an SU course during the academic year; and (2) SUPA certified and in good standing. Syracuse University Project Advance reserves the right to limit scholarships as well as the amount of scholarships. (supa.syr.edu/prodev)
Workshops
Workshops are offered to teachers from partner schools. There is usually a reasonable cost associated.
Here are some examples of recent workshops:
Special Topics Workshops are facilitated by Syracuse University faculty and are open to secondary educators for discipline-specific professional development experience. Certified SUPA instructors have the added option of enrolling in these workshops for SU graduate credit at a significantly reduced tuition rate.
To help middle and high school instructors teach skills that anticipate the complex reading and writing practices students will encounter as they move through the grade levels and embark on their college and professional careers, SUPA has developed “Core Strategies: Preparing College-Ready Readers & Writers,” a set of three interrelated professional development workshops.
For more information on SUPA’s professional development, please visit supa.syr.edu/prodev
SUPA is proud to announce it has earned reaccreditation from the National Alliance for Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships!
The peer-reviewed designation is awarded to concurrent or dual enrollment programs that exhibit the highest standards to ensure students are being offered college courses with the same rigor and quality that are being offered on campus. Programs must demonstrate that they meet or exceed the standards of quality set by NACEP in the areas of curriculum, faculty, students, assessment, and program evaluation, and must apply every seven years for reaccreditation.
Project Advance was a founding member of NACEP and one of the first programs in the country to receive accreditation in 2004.
As the only national set of quality standards applicable to concurrent enrollment partnerships, NACEP’s standards currently serve as model standards that have been adapted or incorporated into state policy in 19 states and recognized by multiple disciplinary professional associations and regional institutional accreditors.
According to this NACEP press release, there are now 107 accredited programs in the United States.
