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Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education Program
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Partner Schools (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
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Danville High School
Danville High School is located in an industrial town district in Midwestern Illinois, with an estimated population of 112,000. The four-year high school has approximately 1,600 students. The school offers a diverse curriculum that includes subjects from applied technology, humanities, language arts, math, science, social studies, and special education divisions. DHS has an Honors Program for qualified students who may choose to instead participate in one of two specialized academies - AIMS (Academy for Interest in Medical Science) and MERIT (Math, Engineering, and Information Technology)
Hinsdale Central High School
Hinsdale Central High School is located in a suburban residential area located in the west suburbs of Chicago. Hinsdale Central High School serves approximately 2,325 students from the towns of Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Oak Brook, and portions of Burr Ridge, Willowbrook, and Westmont. At Hinsdale Central High School, approximately 2325 students are taught courses in disciplines that include art, business, English, health, industrial technology, mathematics, music, physical education, science and social studies. Over 98% of Hinsdale Central students complete high school, and over 86% pursue a college education after graduation. The school has a strong tradition of innovation, which extends to its strategic incorporation of technology in the classroom.
Oakland High School
Oakland High School
Bismarck-Henning High School
Bismarck-Henning High School is
located eight miles north of Danville, Illinois and serves approximately 275 students in grades 9-12.
The school offers a variety of courses from Art to Introduction to Drafting.
Hinsdale South High School
Hinsdale South High School primarily serves a middle and upper middle class residential suburban area, located approximately 20 miles southwest of Chicago in DuPage County, with some professional, business, and light industrial enterprises. Serving residents of Burr Ridge, Darien, Willowbrook and adjacent areas.
One of two 4-year comprehensive high schools in Hinsdale School District 86. Enrollment at South is approximately 1,860 students with 452 seniors in the class of 2004. Over 98% of South's students complete high school with 67% of the class of 2003 planning on attending a four-year school, 29% continuing at two-year colleges and the remainder attending trade schools, entering the military or securing full--time employment. Hinsdale South is a member of the North Central Association, the College Board, and both NACAC and IACAC. The average per pupil expenditure in 2001-2001 was $12,439.
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Past Partner Schools (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
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Technology Center of DuPage
Technology Center of DuPage is a public career high school that began in 1974. Juniors and seniors enrolled in any DuPage or western Cook county high school in one of 14 cooperating districts may choose to spend half days at TCD learning one of 22 careers. Some of the programs lead to college credit towards an associate's degree, state or federal licensing, state or federal certification, or apprenticeships. All of the programs offer hands-on, self-paced training. Most TCD students either go on to college or technical school, or are employed full-time in their career field within one year of high school graduation.
Centennial High School
Centennial High School (Champaign, IL, District #4) was constructed in 1963. Today, 1,402 ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students attend Centennial, which is the largest of the Champaign Schools. As a comprehensive high school, Centennial has long been recognized for its academic excellence and quality programs. Centennial has been a participant in the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Futures Planning project and a state finalist in the "Excellence in Education Award" program.
Urbana High School
Urbana High School is located in twin-cities that have an approximate population of 135,000. A major area of the twin-cities is embedded in an academic setting since they have a large university campus within their midst. UHS is a four-year high school and offers courses in applied technology, career and technical education, foreign language, medical career, science, art, English, music, social studies, business, multicultural studies, mathematics, and family and consumer services.
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| Notices |
-- This site is archived --
The grant that supported this program has come to an end. GK12 continues
at UIUC under the auspices of LAS. You can find information about the continuation
at http://gk12-uiuc.net/
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GK12 would like to thank the NSF and NCSA for supporting this program. We
also congratulate the teacher-fellow teams over the last three years for
their participation in GK12.
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Teaching Materials
Sample units in biology, chemistry, history, math and computer science
are on the resources
page.
Publications and Presentations
by fellows and evaluators are on the
publications page
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