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Action Plan Guidelines This is your working document

What do you want to accomplish Who is going to do what When is it going to get done What resources did you see this week that you’d like to adapt for use What resources do you need for you plan

Tell us what helped you most; what’s missing, what needs improvement

As you work, post your Action Plan on the Ed Academy Community so that others may observe your work

Save your presentation on this USB Memory Stick. Please Title and name the file, identifying your location

Do not write or save over the template, keep it for reference.

A report out of accomplishments is due Nov. 15 Work with your Intel Education Manager to submit

Note: sample completed Action Plans from 2008 are on the website http://www.intel.com/education/isef/isef/overview.htm

Action Plan Intel ISEF 2009

Educator AcademyMay 2009

VIETNAM

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High Level Goals

• What do you want to accomplish for your school, region or country? Look at long term goals (3-5 years) and short term (1-2 years)

• Long term goals– Implement science inquiry in secondary schools. Change

the ways teachers teach & students learn & research science.

– Institutionalize management of science fairs and science programs for primary and secondary schools

– Increase the number of students participating in science fairs by 50% within 3 years

• Short term goals– Establish a bank of mentors to assist students– Start a new fair– Improve scientific review and judging

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Objectives

• How will you know you succeeded?:– Schools, students (about 20k) participation in affiliated

increases 50% over a three-year period.– Volunteers/mentors increases 15% during the 2009-2012

school year.– Systemic curriculum changes underway; 50% teachers

trained in Project Based Learning. Make the Science research a formal activities of the school year.

– MOE & Local DOET to reserve a certain amount of US$ to support the Science research and involve other agancies to donate $$$.

– Improved the quality of projects

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Action Plan Action Measure success Who’s

ResponsibleBy when

1.Do PR work to promote the

Intel ISEF to create awareness

for the public

1.The numbers of newpapers

covers through out country.

2. Promote through the Teachers

Online Community (# of hits).

Lam Dong DOET

Intel/RTA

On-going

On-going

2. Introduce the Intel ISEF rules to more schools managements to know.

12 local d’OET +59 Senior High Schools + 20 Junior High schools

Lam Dong DOET

Aug 2009

3. Organize training Workshops for Teachers & Students on Science Research

1000 teachers 20,000 students Lam Dong DOET

Sep 2009

4. Establish Schools SRC & IRB 59 High School + 20 Junior High school

Lam Dong DOET

Sep 2009

5. Training Workshop for Country wide SRC & IRB

8 provinces in proximity Lam Dong DOET & Mr. Nhat

Oct 2009.

6. Work with various Donors for supports

Youth Org, Nuclear Institute, Telco… Lam Dong On going

Intel ISEF Educator Academy

• The 2009 Ed Academy was very well & professionally organized with new change.

• The Community Website is a great resources for new country to learn from experienced countries.

• The Intel Chairman met with the Ed Academy official group showed Intel commitment to education and sciences.

• Well selected experienced presenters• The Shoptalks subjects covered are relevant & useful for

Vietnam team to improve the Science Fair.• Good chances to learn the real work done by other

countries saw the actual atmosphere of the students works & compared with other countries’.

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