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...Das notes that the teachers were pleased with the volunteers' work this fall. "The competent, outgoing volunteers have done good jobs and have received positive feedback from both teachers and students," she says...
...philosophy of this particular program is to provide positive role models and show diversity in the scientific community," says Moupali Das '96, a biochemical sciences concentrator and the coordinator of the high school program...
Volunteers not only teach, but also participate in such activities as college advising, Das adds...
Unlike the volunteers in the elementary schools, who have a lot of latitude in choosing what to teach, high school ExperiMentors are much more constrained by a set curriculum and syllabus, Das says. Current volunteers teach honors chemistry and introductory biology classes in the high school...
...Das says high school teachers were initially reluctant to give up classroom time to volunteers. "They offer little freedom, because of AP's and other standard tests," she says...