At the beginning of 2009 the Society launched their Teaching Fellow Scheme. For 2010 this has been renamed as the Teaching Internship scheme and the invitation for applications is now open.

The Royal Meteorological Society is looking to appoint 2 Teacher Fellows to work with the Society in the summer of 2010 to develop teaching resources in weather and climate and to enhance the provision of material on their new educational website www.metlink.org

The key tasks of the Fellows over the summer period would be to:

- Identify which of the ideas (from the list attached) best suits their interests and produce resources which are linked to this area of the curriculum specifically. These resources are usually teaching notes and explanations with at least two lessons worth of material. It is envisaged 4 days would be needed to produce these resources.

- Spend a day with a relevant subject specialist, identified by the Society to enhance the production of these materials

Fellows will be awarded £500, 6 months membership of the Society + expenses. All materials developed will be made freely available via the Royal Meteorological Society educational website MetLink www.metlink.org

If you are an interested teacher with at least one year’s classroom experience you should send their application to Rachael Fordham at education@rmets.org by the end of April 2010. This should include:

- a chosen topic area, with clear curriculum links, that they would like to focus on, demonstrating awareness of what resources already exist in the area (if any)

- a brief CV including details of qualifications, experience and current position

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact Rachael Fordham directly at education@rmets.org or by telephone 0118 956 8500.

Adam O\'Neill 2010-03-17

Go4SET offers an excellent opportunity for Key stage 3 students (Year 8/9) to get involved with a real hand’s on STEM related project. By linking a team of 6 students, a teacher, and an engineer from a local organisation, their aim is to raise young people’s awareness, providing them with an insight into the world of Science, Engineering and Technology, as well as providing the ideal opportunity to develop industry links between local companies and your school. The scheme encompasses a Launch Day, to be held on Monday 19th April at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle, which is followed 10 weeks later by a Celebration and Assessment Day, venue tbc, where the students verbally and visually present their project. The projects can be accredited through the British Association CREST awards at the Silver level and have a competition format, and the work contributes towards CPD training for teachers, as recognised by The College of Teachers.

The scheme costs £200 + vat for each team of 6 pupils (£33 per pupil) but any additional team in a school is £100 (£17 per pupil). There is also a cost to the sponsor company so if funding is available to offset this charge through subsidiaries such as Aim Higher or After School Science and Engineering Clubs, or indeed existing links within industry already exist, please let us know. Linking the school and company is a difficult task and is done on a first come first served basis so any help you can give us towards this process makes scheme run smoother.

The next step: Registration is now available for a Spring 2010 start. The next step is to send a registration email, which enables you to resister for the scheme online with minimal fuss. The email will contain your personal code on our systems as well as the code for the school, both of which need to be entered when you link through to the on-line registration process.

If you have any queries about anything above, contact Mark Wood the Head of Education Liaison at EDT (details below)

Mark Wood
T: 0161 278 2496
F: 0161 278 2499
E: m.wood@yini.org.uk

Adam O'Neill 2010-03-17