Application Information

Thank you for your interest in the Office of Science Teaching Activities (OSTA) RET program for summer 2009. Before you begin to fill out your online application make sure to have the following documents/materials ready:

• A statement of why you wish to participate in RET
• A letter of support from your principal
• Two letters of recommendation
• A student demographic profile
• A student socio-economic profile

(Demographic & socio-economic profiles go under student population description on the application)

Additional materials are required to participate in the program. You will be contacted by our office with further instructions when we receive your application.

Please mail necessary support materials to:

Barry Golden
Office of Science Teaching Activities
1062 King Life Sciences Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295

All applications and Materials must be received by March 13, 2009 in order for your application to be considered.

Click here to start the online application

The SITP Network

The SITP Network will serve as a forum in which SITP participants can network with one another and maintain contact during the school year. The Network will allow the OSTA to administer program follow-up questions. Additionally, teachers will be able to upload and view lesson plans.

Each RET participant has their own profile page that includes up-to-date contact information, photos from their research experience, assessment/implementation questions, lesson plans, and presentations.

• None of the information contained here will be shared publically. It will be available to other SITP participants, OSTA staff, and county level administrators in charge of inservice. All infomation is kept "locked" so that personal information is not visible to the general public.

• SITP Participants and Alumni may access the SITP Network by using the given Network Username and Network Password.

Office of Science Teaching Activities (http://bio.fsu.edu/osta/)