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Subject: $150 Scholarship to Try Teaching, TLPL 101 Description: $150 SCHOLARSHIP TO TRY TEACHING! DO YOU LOVE MATH OR SCIENCE? HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT TEACHING? SIGN-UP FOR TLPL 101! 1 CREDIT Here's a chance to try teaching and earn a $150 scholarship for completing the course with a "B" grade or higher. The course will focus on inquiry-based teaching in an elementary school science or math classroom. Advantages to taking the course…you will strengthen your oral communication and organization skills. The course requires that you observe a local elementary school teacher twice and then teach two science or math lessons. Yes, that's correct. You are required to be in the elementary school ONLY a total of four times during normal public school hours. When doing a lesson, we suggest that you allow a 3-hour window when you are available to include travel time, set-up, and wrap-up. All of the schools are on the UM shuttle line. A background check is required. TLPL 101 will meet for one-hour and twenty minutes once a week during the semester. You do not have to be a science or math major to enroll. Try it, you may like it. Inspire the next generation of scientists or mathematicians! Course offerings for spring 2016: Monday, 2:30 pm – 3:50 pm Monday, 4:00 pm – 5:20 pm Tuesday, 2:30 pm – 3:50 pm Tuesday, 4:00 pm – 5:20 pm Contact Person: Travis Larmore Contact Email: [log in to unmask] Contact Phone Number: 301-405-0645 Website URL: http://tt.umd.edu