National Congress on Science Education (NCSE)
NCSE - Congress 2009
The National Congress on Science Education (NCSE) is financially supported by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and NSTA’s State Chapters and Associated Groups. The Congress is an independent body that focuses on science education from local perspectives. The NCSE has had ten annual summer meetings. Congress delegates bring resolutions that reflect issues in science education to the Congress. NCSE resolutions may arise from the actions of the governing bodies of the State Chapters or the Current Issue Forums at the Congress meetings.
There are three types of Congress resolutions: those that are addressed to the attention of the Chapters and Associated Groups for their consideration, those that are addressed to the attention of the NSTA for consideration, and those which are statements of the position of the Congress on various issues.
The six Current issue Form at the 2009 Congress in Miami were:
ISSUE FORUM 1: RESOURCES FOR RETAINING TEACHERS
ISSUE FORUM 2: SUPPORTING SCIENCE LEADERS
ISSUE FORUM 3: MEETING THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE LEARNERS
ISSUE FORUM 4: COMPONENTS OF A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS
ISSUE FORUM 5: OPTIMIZING SCIENCE IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES
ISSUE FORUM 6: K-8 INTERGRATION OF SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
For the complete letter to state chapters including the many links to valuable resources on each topic see the following document: