The few county or district offices that report high quality support point to the influence of a science “champion.”  These champions may utilize a variety of strategies for supporting science education.  Some of the most frequently mentioned strategies include:

• Create partnerships with SREIs and private sector corporations
• Help teachers access existing Bay Area resources for professional development and materials implementation support
• Support inquiry science through use of supplemental materials in schools/districts that have “textbooks”
• Marshall external funding (parcel tax, special grants, local ed fund, etc.) to support science - i.e. a lab in every school, portable science carts.
• Provide instructional leadership for science so that science stays on teachers’ minds and in classrooms
• Keep district and school administration focused on science

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