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Reproducibles for leaders and teachers
  1. Recruiting
    1. Application forms
      1. Millbrook NY SYEFEST Application Form
    2. SYEFEST Announcements
      1. Hope MI SYEFEST Poster
    3. Cover letter to principals about SYE Institute opportunity
    4. Principal Endorsement Form
  2. Preparing for a summer workshop
    1. Checklist of workshop materials - a comprehensive list broken down into different categories, with the most essential items marked.
    2. Checklist of notebook contents and materials given to teachers.
      1. Millbrook NY SYEFEST Notebook
      2. Hope MI SYEFEST Teacher Supply List
    3. Budgets - sample budgets for SYE Institutes
    4. Sources of Funds - where can we get the money we need?
    5. Correspondence
      1. Sample letter to an outside resource person to participate
      2. Letter to teachers before workshop
  3. Assessment and evaluation forms and checklists

  4. A collection of the primary instruments used in SYEFEST evaluation. For each instrument, include a brief commentary describing how it was used.
    1. Summary of SYEFEST assessment
    2. Table of Common Science Teaching Styles of Elementary Teachers
    3. Pre-project teacher survey
    4. Summer Institute mid-way teacher survey
    5. Summer Institute evaluation by teachers
    6. Teacher reflection task (mid-way through school year)
    7. End-of-year survey
    8. Follow-up survey (mid-way through following school year)
    9. Summer Institute lead teacher/lead ecologist reflections
    10. Mid-Year Leader reflection survey
    11. SYEFEST "Report Cards"
    12. SYE Institute teacher portfolio rubric
    13. SYE Institute task scoring rubric
  5. Forms and handouts to use during a SYE Institute
    1. Institute Task Assignment – Millbrook NY SYEFEST
    2. Institute Task Assignment – Hope MI SYEFEST
    3. Institute Task Assignment – Oxford GA SYEFEST
  6. Forms for teachers to use
    1. Sample permission slip
    2. Student safety form
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