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Topics include the importance of animal research in understanding the causes of disease, solving health problems in humans and animals, and discovering new and better medical treatments for diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, learning and memory disorders and other diseases.
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Student Academic Preparation
Professional Development for Educators
Health Outreach
Workshops & Demonstrations
Informational Outreach
Internships, Research Experience, Career Exploration
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This program provides diagnostic tests of mathematics critical for continued
success to students in grades 7-12.
There are six California Student Opportunity and Access Program (CAL-SOAP)
consortia, each serving a
specific geographical area of the state, and all working toward a common goal: improving the
flow of
information about postsecondary education and financial aid, and raising the achievement levels
of students
historically underrepresented in postsecondary educationÑboth low-income and ethnic
students. UCSD
participates as the fiscal, supervising agent.
This is a bilingual/bicultural site that serves as an educational center and a research
site, examining the
influence of language and culture on problem solving.
UCSD physicians provide information and guidance to the students of Clear View Charter School on science and medicine. Cox Communications provides a fiber-optic link between the two facilities to enable live teleconferences. Each year students research a different medical discipline, which the physicians then review.
Pre-med students offer their services in elementary classrooms to help tutor
children in English.
An after school program using specially modified computer games and problem-solving activities to support a mix of learning and play. Undergraduate students work in community-based clubs and centers to gain research skill while children benefit from interacting with the older people.
This program provides an opportunity for high school students to engage in science
and health-related
research in a laboratory setting. Eligible students may enroll in a biology summer course.
Students
matriculating to UCSD may also take a gross anatomy course.
This program enhances and promotes science and medicine programs. An assigned comprehensive research project, overseen by a UCSD research scientist, provides students with an academic and pre-professional activity to prepare them for careers in the health professions.
PAL enables UCSD undergraduate students to serve as "big brothers" or "big
sisters" to elementary school
students in the urban center of San Diego. Students receive public service credit for their tutoring
and
mentoring efforts through Thurgood Marshall College, UCSD.
The Teacher Education Program places undergraduate students in elementary and
secondary classrooms,
including AVID classrooms, where they serve as classroom aides and mentors to small groups of
students.
AVID is an "untracking program" that operates through San Diego County. Students from low
income and
ethnic or linguistic minority backgrounds with high potential but poor academic records are
placed into
academically rigorous, college prep classrooms. Many of the students who participate in the
practicum later
join the Teacher Education Program.
This program identifies and facilitates the entry of minority students into the health
professions by offering
enrichment programs, tutoring, and counseling at the high school, undergraduate, and
post-baccalaureate levels.
The Summer Scholars Program provides high school seniors an opportunity to
sample college life.
Students live on campus and enroll in one of three courses offered. Students are involved in
lectures,
discussions, projects, field trips, sports and social activities.
UC Student Assistance and TutorialsSummerbridge San Diego is designed to ''get
younger students into
learning and older students into teaching." In this program, talented high school and college
students
provide year-round academic and social support to culturally and linguistically diverse fifth and
sixth grade
students in order to prepare them for rigorous junior high and high school academic programs.
Summerbridge is a collaboration between the University of California, San Diego, San Diego
Unified
School District and The Bishops School.
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The California History-Social Science Project at
UCSD is a professional development program for
K-12 teachers in San Diego and Imperial Counties.
The Project sponsors intensive summer institutes,
Extension courses, and academic year meetings.
The programs are designed to provide opportunities
for teachers to access current scholarship, work
collaboratively with university faculty, refine
pedagogical strategies, and develop curriculum
materials.
The mission of the subject matter project, CPE-HP, is to change the traditional and institutional borders that serve as barriers to effective instructional programs in physical education and heatlh education so that K-14 students in San Diego, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino and Imperial Counties have the knowledge and skills to choose: (i) Physically active lifestyles; and, (ii) positive health practices. This is accomplished through various venues, the first being the provision of teacher staff development involving teachers teaching teachers the most recent content and pedagogy for health and physical education, leadership skills in the area of change processes, and a strong network of profession support for growth.
The statewide office of the California Reading and
Literature Project (CRLP) is housed on the UCSD
campus. This project offers professional
development programs for teachers of Reading and
Literature from kindergarten through the university
level. CRLP programs operate year-round beginning
with intensive summer and intersession institutes
that include follow-up activities for two years.
CRLP learning community programs are offered
through the year to continue drawing on and
developing the teacher leadership necessary to
improve instruction in California's schools. CRLP
is also developing a research program to assess the
effectiveness of teachers who have participated in
the project's programs by measurement of the
academic improvement of their students.
The Council for East Asian Studies Outreach
Programs include K-14 teacher training institutes,
curriculum articulation projects, and public
presentations on current topics in East Asian
scholarship.
This joint program with SDSU's Center for Research in Mathematics and Science
Education is aimed at
individuals with strong backgrounds in biology, chemistry, physics, or math who wish to
understand how
their subject is learned. It is expected that graduates from this program will influence the
educational
process by working at universities or in public school systems as curriculum specialists, trainers
of
teachers, or as developers of instructional materials for a formal or informal
setting.
The History-Social Science Program for New Teachers
is a professional development program for K-12
teachers with fewer than 4 years of experience.
The program, which works closely with the California
History-Social Science Project at UCSD, focuses on
the needs of the new teacher. The institutes
provide teachers access to current scholarship and
contemporary pedagogical strategies.
The Teaching and Learning Course Group offers a master of arts degree, designed to assist professional educators in local elementary and secondary schools make instructional decisions based on valid educational information. Participants are offered an extensive overview of principles of bilingual educational and deaf education research, which they use to design, implement, and evaluate a curriculum project in local K-12 classrooms.
The Teaching and Learning Course Group offers a master of arts degree, designed
to assist professional
educators in local elementary and secondary schools make instructional decisions based on valid
educational information. Participants are offered an extensive overview of principles of
educational
research, which they use to design, implement, and evaluate a curriculum project in local K-12
classrooms.
In addition to its primary function of training young scientists to pursue research
careers in exobiology, the
NSCORT/Exobiology program aims to foster knowledge and understanding of exobiology
(origin of life)
among high school and college students, teachers, and the general public. A curriculum in
exobiology is
being developed in cooperation with La Jolla High School.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has
funded a series of summer programs for educators.
Each of these interdisciplinary programs, taught
by university faculty, is an intensive 4 - 6 week
summer program on campus. Two seminars - one for
secondary school faculty, and one for college
faculty will be offered in the summer of 1998.
The Program for Teacher Enhancement in the Liberal
Arts at UCSD Extension provides discipline-based,
professional development programs for educators.
The courses and summer institutes include primary
source research, instructional strategies, and
curriculum development for K-12 and college
classrooms. Here's a website you can check out:
http://www-esps.ucsd.edu/educ/ptela.htm
This K-12 teacher training program increases the amount of science education
taught in the country's
school districts. UCSD faculty provide participants with a options for a more diverse science
curriculum.
Programs include Frontiers in Science/Leadership Conference; College Board/Pacesetter
Conference;
STEEP-Elementary School/Physical Science; California Science Project; STEP-Supercomputer
Teacher
Enhancement; and regional training opportunities. Teachers can apply lessons and content in the
classroom
upon completing these programs.
The San Diego Area Writing Project provides opportunities for professional development for practicing teachers, as well as curriculum and instruction specialists. The site maintains an exemplary 20-year reputation in professional development and teacher leadership and resides within the Teacher Education Program, Eleanor Roosevelt College, at the University of California, San Diego. The SDAWP is part of 17 sites in California and 150 similar sites in the nation, dedicated to the improvement of the teaching of writing. The SDAWP offers a variety of inservice opportunities during the school year to schools and/or districts, with the series tailored to the needs of the site. Our summer programs include a five-week examination of issues in the teaching of writing for 20 selected teachers, and three-week open institute programs, in both English and Spanish, on writing instruction for over 100 teachers from all grades and subject areas. UCSD credit is available for all programs. The SDAWP also offer a 12-day Young Writers' Camp during the summer for 150-200 students in grades 3-11, facilitated by SDAWP teacher leaders.
UCSD is a founding partner in the San Diego Science Alliance. The Science Alliance is a consortium of science-related industries, institutions of research and higher education, museums, medical health networks, and science competitions, dedicated to the greater San Diego K-12 literacy and education, fostering excellence in science education through its network of business, educators, and scientists. UCSD scientists participate in the Teacher's Workshops, classroom visits, and laboratory tours.
This bi-annual program consists of a Saturday
of four to give one-hour workshops conducted
by faculty members of the Department of Literature
for high school teachers. Topics are in areas
of literature, language, cultural studies, and
writing.
The School-to-Career programs provide intensive
summer institutes and extension courses for K-16
educators. The programs focus on the changing
nature of the workplace, and the implications for
schools and their curricula.
The Teacher Education Program prepares preservice teachers for multiple subjects
and single subjects
credentials. All graduates receive CLAD or BCLAD credentials. For the Multiple Subject
Credential,
graduate students are placed in both English-only and Spanish-English bilingual elementary
classrooms in
local public schools as student teachers, where they serve as a full-time classroom teacher. For
the Single
Subject Credential, graduate students participate in an internship program and are hired by local
school
districts half-time to full-time to teach English/ESL, mathematics, or science for one year in
secondary
classrooms (some students are placed in Spanish-English bilingual settings). Upon completion
of their
work, students receive a California teaching credential.
InternNet is a telecommunication network for Teacher Education Program interns,
UCSD and school
district advisors, supervisors and other college instructors. Equipment is available to the TEP
interns, and
software and training is provided to participating individuals and school sites.
UCSD UNEX provides a variety of K-12 instructional courses that educate
teachers in advanced certificate
programs, including special education, GATE, pupil personnel services, and
counseling.
"Visualizing Earth" addresses four primary goals:
Promote fundamental research in cognition and visualization:
Adapt existing GIS technology and data sources for ease of use in schools;
Develop model curriculum at the middle school level to support cognition and visualization
research;
Support implementation of national education standards in science, math and geography.
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The initial goal of this UCSD Community Pediatrics project is to establish a
computerized immunization
system for San Diego County. Eventually this jointly sponsored Health Department project will
be able to
monitor a broad range of child health indicators.
CATCH is an NIH-funded demonstration project directed by UCSD Community Pediatrics to test the effectiveness of an intervention for third- to fifth-grade students (in 24 schools in San Diego) on healthy eating habits, increasing physical activity, improving school cafeteria and physical education programs, establishing non-smoking curriculum and a non-smoking school environment, and involving parents in improving cardiovascular disease risk factors in children. Now that positive results of the program have been published Nationwide, the program is available to all interested schools.
Every year, 20 pediatric residents and approximately 3-4 other UCSD students in any field do a 1-month rotation (or a 10-week internship) in Community Pediatrics. This involves educating parents and school staff about keeping children healthy enough to learn optimally. These residents go to Head Start sites, Schools, Day care settings, Juvenile hall, Homeless teen settings, etc. The trainees are encouraged to support students, parents and school staff with health problems that affect learning. They do not provide clinical services, but they do teach the folks how to access them. The trainees are also encouraged to introduce themselves as UCSD trainees, to explain how they got to be where they are in their own training, and to consider themselves as role models for students of all ages.
UCSD Community Pediatrics has initiated a program in which children receive
their tuberculosis
medication under the direct observation of school staff. The project will demonstrate how
schools and
health agencies must work together to achieve their health objectives.
The Crawford Cluster program (elementary, junior, and high school) involves a
school nurse and/or social
worker addressing health care issues of adolescents in school. The Hablando Claro program
addresses
sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy problems, and health care in Barrio
Logan.
This program, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and based within
the Department of
Psychiatry at UCSD, educates the lay and professional public about depression through
brochures, lectures,
conferences with schools, parents, teachers, ethnic groups, etc. The goal of the program is to
increase
public knowledge about the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment options available within the San
Diego
community for depression.
In this medical student-driven program, approximately 50 medical students each quarter of the academic year provide health education in primary, middle, and secondary schools as well as community colleges in San Diego County on the subjects of alcohol, tobacco, AIDS, and rape. For primarily Spanish-speaking classes these sessions are presented in Spanish. Medical students attend seminars during the quarter covering both content and teaching effectiveness and prepare a short paper on their experience and complete an evaluation form at the end of the quarter.
Consultation services are provided by a UCSD physician in the form of technical
assistance on school
health issues.
The Carlsbad Unified School District and the North County PTA are working
together with members of
UCSD Department of Pediatrics to develop and evaluate an educational program for parents to
increase
their ability and efficiency with discussing HIV and AIDS with their children.
This partnership provides mutual assistance and benefit through shared time and
resources and promotes
academic and social growth through collaboration.
UCSD Community Pediatrics became concerned that when the Medicaid,
fee-for-service system of
reimbursement for health care was phased out, there would be no foundation for bringing health
services to
schools with medically underserved populations. Through collaboration with the school system,
the county,
and managed health care providers, a grant was secured from the Foundation Consortium to
study this
situation. The model will demonstrate how community health linkages with schools can be
established to
show how schools can continue to flourish in a managed care environment.
A UCSD physician consults with a school/student support team one morning per
week at an elementary
school in Southeast San Diego where as many as 17 languages are spoken. Children experiencing
difficulties in learning and behavior are discussed and plans are devised to assist
them.
An interagency, county-wide process of providing integrated social, health and
educational services to a
demonstration elementary school project.
This community program focuses on educating adolescents about calcium
requirements and osteoporosis
prevention. Presentations are made to adolescents in local junior and senior high schools in San
Diego
County.
UCSD School of Medicine and Pacific Beach Middle School partnership enhances science and health education to students and teachers by providing curriculum materials, scientists, and other resources to prepare students for careers in science and research.
This is a student-designed, student-run elective in which Medical School students
work as patient
advocates in inner-city settings, e.g., at St. Vincent de Paul, a center for the homeless, San Diego
Youth
and Community Services with homeless teens, community clinics, etc. Students train in patient
assessment
and advocacy skills and actively participate in the health care and education programs at their
sites.
This school-based project links UCSD Community Pediatric care with a
comprehensive school support
system in order to improve academic and social outcomes for children with Attention Deficit
Disorder
(ADD). A new school-based clinic for these problems is being established at the New
Beginnings site at
Hamilton School.
Project PALS is a federally funded project designed to test the effectiveness of
social skills training/social
network restructuring and case management on drug treatment in female adolescents.
Participants are
referred from numerous sources, including the UCSD Adolescent Medicine and Teen OB clinics,
UCSD
Family Medicine clinics, Options for Recovery, San Diego City Schools drug treatment
(SANDAPP) and
Alternative Schools programs, and the County Juvenile Probation Program.
This coalition, now eight years old, was initiated by the UCSD Community Pediatrics staff. It now has over 200 organization/members, representing a wide variety of health, community, social and educational groups. Projects include immunization efforts, a health passport for children in San Diego, and advocacy for a strategic plan for maternal and child health goals for San Diego, and advocacy for a strategic plan for maternal and child health goals for San Diego for the next 5 to 10 years. It supports the Children's Initiative for San Diego with a broad range of projects to improve child health and educational status.
Consultation services are provided by a UCSD physician in the form of
presentations to parent/staff on
school health issues.
UCSD pediatricians serve as consultants to San Diego City and County Schools in
the areas of health
services and health education to assure that educational settings provide a safe and healthy
environment for
their students. This involves inservice programs, policy development, medical protocols, and
case
management.
This staff development program was developed with the assistance of a Federal
Maternal and Child Health
Grant. It is aimed at school nurses, teachers, counselors, principals and other school
administrators/staff.
The purpose is to increase communication and linkages between schools and health providers in
their
communities. Inter-professional communication skills and strategies and school restructuring are
reviewed.
A similar course exists for health professionals.
This study by UCSD Community Pediatrics of 351 initially 4-year-old
Mexican-American and Anglo
children and their mothers is examining their developing patterns of physical activity and eating
habits, and
the family and school influences on how children acquire these habits. In its current phase,
SCAN is
working with the same family cohort. Children are now ten years old.
The program provides peer advocate training to those high school students already involved in a peer advocate/counseling training program at their high school. Also, Family Medicine Residents have the opportunity to practice and sharpen their community education skills. Teachers in the program are Family Medicine Residents, community professionals, faculty and staff at UCSD. No one is compensated for teaching at Teen University.
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CHUM is a science outreach program for K-12 students that includes lectures,
laboratory experiences, and
science fair and curriculum consultations.
UCSD athletes donate two-to-four hours per week teaching physical education,
sports, and general fitness
techniques to students (kindergarten through third grade) in several local elementary
schools.
The goal of the outreach program during the months
of September-to-June is to increase the number
of qualified, college-bound underrepresented
minority and/low-income students by creating a
science enrichment program in three UCSD feeder
high schools -- Lincoln High, Morse High, and
Madison High. Students participate in university
visits, science clubs in their schools, and get
intensive support for their science fair projects.
Students from 52 middle schools in three nations gain new perspectives on planet
earth by operating a
digital camera mounted in the overhead window of the space shuttle. The KidSat program is a
unique
approach to education which utilizes the resources of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Johnson
Space Center,
and California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego to allow students to
actively
participate in the space program.
In 1997, UCSD joined as partners with KPBS to co-sponsor the Seek Out Science program which places scientists in city and county schools, focused on grades 7 through 12, to help change the public perception of science and research and show local school children the importance of science and research to their lives and what students need to know to have a career in science.
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UCSD researchers, physicians, veterinarian, and veterinary health care specialists speak to community groups and K-12 classes on the role of animals in biomedical research and the care and use of these animals. Faculty and staff also participate in countywide career days and special events such as Brain Awareness Week.
The Office of Admission and Outreach operates two information centers on campus which provide information and assistance to prospective students and the general public. The services include campus information, admissions information, one hour group campus information sessions Monday - Friday, individual admission advising Monday - Friday, and campus tours each day Monday - Saturday. Information is mailed out to telephoned and mailed requests. Telephone inquiries receive information and advising Monday - Friday. The office also maintains a web site with complete campus and admissions information. Four e-mail information addresses respond with information and advise to prospective students and the general public.
The UCSD Campus Tour Program offers walking tours of the general campus by
student guides. This program
is geared towards prospective applicants, admitted students (freshman and transfer), and their
families. Special
tours are also conducted for school organizations. Information and reservations may be obtained
by calling the
recorded message at 619/534-1935.
The Office of Admission and Outreach conducts the Community and Family Outreach Program to inform community organizations and parents about the student opportunities at UCSD and preparation requirements for admissions. Outreach staff make presentations to community groups, community agencies, and parent groups. They also provide individual meetings with parents whose children have a high level of interest in UCSD.
The Office of Admission and Outreach maintains monthly visits throughout the school year to all local community colleges. The outreach officers make presentations on admission preparation and UCSD to classes and student groups. Individual admission advising is also provided. On campus transfer students are offered individual advising and campus tours. At each local community college the counselors are provided admissions workshops to insure that they have the most recent information about UCSD. Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) programs are in place with all local community colleges and six additional colleges in the state. Articulation agreements are maintained with all interested community colleges in California to assist students in the transfer process.
Students provide service to the community through one-time and ongoing projects.
One-time projects
include working at local soup kitchens and an annual Christmas food and clothing drive.
Ongoing projects
include a Rincon Indian Reservation Tutorial Outreach program and monthly excursions to
Tijuana barrios
and orphanages.
The UCSD Early Academic Outreach Program works with low-income and/or
student affirmative action junior
high and high school students in San Diego and Imperial Counties. EAOP's goal is to prepare
these students to
be UC-eligible upon completion of high school. EAOP provides one-to-one academic
counseling, campus
tours, career workshops, parent meetings, a summer residential component, writing workshops,
SAT
preparation courses to target population, and general presentation of financial aid and UC
entrance
requirements.
The UCSD Medical Center's "Day with a Doctor" hosts 20 high school students
from San Diego City and
County to participate with house staff physicians in a day at the hospital.
In the Fall of 1997 the Office of Admission and Outreach started presentations all middle school counselors in San Diego and Imperial Counties. These presentations are also provided to selected middle schools in the Los Angeles Area and San Francisco Bay Area. The presentations inform counselors about UCSD admission selection criteria and how students can best prepare to meet these requirements. The focus is on preparation prior to the 9th grade, 9th grade courses and the importance of honors, AP and IB courses.
The Office of Admissions and Outreach makes regular contact with high schools throughout the state of California to inform students, parents, teachers and counselors about the UCSD campus and our admission and application requirements. All high schools in California receive a packet of information each fall. In the fall and spring each high school in the state receives copies of our admissions newsletter "CounselorLink". In the fall of each year we visit all high schools in San Diego and Imperial Counties and over 250 additional high schools around the state. Each year we participate in five University of California Counselor Conferences around the state as well as over 150 college fairs. The Office of Admissions and Outreach provides telephone information lines, e-mail addresses and web site for quick response to counselor, student, parent and teacher questions about UCSD.
Walking and mini-van tours of the UCSD campus are offered on alternate Sundays.
The free tours offer an
overview of the campus and portions of the famed Stuart outdoor sculpture collection. Special
request tours are
also available.
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A cadre of SIO scientists provide programs focused on the proceses of scientific
research to prepare under served
children to seek careers in science and technology, and provide teacher institutes and
workshops.
This program provides high school students with research opportunities, offers role
models and mentors,
and makes them aware of other pre-college opportunities. Students conduct research in a faculty
member's
lab and then write a research paper and make a presentation at the end of the program. Students
must apply
to the program. (Target population: minorities and others).
The goal is to acquaint middle school students with the university environment; to
provide students with
the skills and knowledge to do research and start science fair projects; to provide them with role
models
and mentors; and to make them aware of other pre-college summer research opportunities.
Students must
apply to the program. (Target populations: seventh, eighth, and ninth grades; minorities and
others.)
The Lincoln High School-UCSD Medical Center Partnership enhances and
promotes the health
professionals magnet program at Lincoln Prep High School and provides students with academic
and
pre-professional activities to prepare them for careers in the health professions.
Minority students from the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades serve as research
interns during the summer
months.
Students act as research assistants on faculty research projects, learn to write a
research proposal or
research paper, and are taught research skills. Program provides stipends plus free
housing.
This partnership involves a program under which Torrey Pines High School
students participate in UCSD
activities in physics.