Science & Health Education Partnership
Cause Area
- Children & Youth
- Education & Literacy
Location
100 Medical Center WaySAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
The Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) is a collaboration between UC San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District. Scientists and educators from both organizations work in partnership to support quality science education for K-12 students. For SEP, the primary meaning of partnership is mutual teaching and learning among partners.
Description
SEP offers a diverse programmatic menu: a variety of classroom-based partnership models bring UCSF volunteers into K-12 classrooms, summer courses and seminars provide pedagogically rich content learning experiences for teachers, and a high school internship program pairs students from backgrounds underrepresented in the sciences with mentors and immerses them in a university environment conducting scientific research. SEP's programs are coordinated by a dedicated group of science educators and administrative support staff.