Aviation/Aerospace Teacher Education Workshops: Program Development and Implementation

Abstract

This paper addresses development of an Aviation/Aerospace Teacher Education Workshop. This of workshop, targeted toward elementary school teachers to encourage the promotion of aviation to their students, has been successfully offered nationwide. This paper addresses practi~ issues dealing with program development including program intent, benefit to the sponsoring institution, program model, credibility, co-sponsorship and potential problems. Establishing an effective advisory committee and considerations when performing formative and summative evaluations are also discussed.