Earn $8,200 through an IISME Summer Fellowship

The IISME Summer Fellowship Program places Bay Area K-16 teachers of all subjects into paid industry and university Fellowships for 8 weeks during the summer. Teachers complete a project for their sponsors and are paid $8,200 for their work. In addition, teachers get paid time and support to focus on ways to transfer their Summer Fellowship experience back to their students and colleagues. Over the past 25 years, IISME has offered 2,673 Summer Fellowships to San Francisco Bay Area teachers. Applications are currently being accepted at www.iisme.org.  To apply, please register, log in and go to the Summer Fellowships tab on the left side of the home page to find the application.

2009 Teacher Quotes & Feedback

“IISME for me is the best type of experience because it is hands on and I get to develop curriculum that I will use in my classroom.  It also motivates me to improve my teaching because I see the direct impact in industry.”

“The truth is that I hadn’t experienced real scientific inquiry myself, had never been allowed to develop my own questions, never failed to design an appropriate procedure, and return to the drawing board to get it right the next time.  I graduated with a BS in physics and never did anything but cookbook laboratory exercises. This summer, finally, I have had the opportunity to observe and participate in science as it is truly carried out.  Now I know.  I will return to the classroom with a concrete idea of the skills students will need in the laboratory setting, but also the skills they will need to be able to assimilate the knowledge constructed in a laboratory ten thousand miles across the planet into a product or a service that will have value for people that may be ten thousand miles in another direction.  Wish me luck as I once again return to the drawing board with the intent of saving the world.  Our future depends on it!”

Apply today and experience an incredible professional development opportunity that will change the way you teach!  The Fellowship matching process begins in early March!

Please take a moment to view our informative brochure.  If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Kristen Harrison by phone at 408.553.2266 or by email: kharrison@iisme.org