Research and development demands a solid educational foundation. We are working with the US Chamber of Commerce and the US Department of Education to establish the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW). Our goal is to help ensure continuing improvement in the quality of our education system and the skills of the US workforce. How? By assembling a team of companies who can help government link education policies to the best business practices.
GlaxoSmithKline provided a $1 million endowment that will be available to science teachers pursuing National Board Certification. This landmark initiative promises to bolster the quality of science education in America's schools by providing financial assistance to science teachers who choose to obtain National Board Certification, the highest credential in the teaching profession.
The GlaxoSmithKline Endowed Scholarship Fund for Science Candidates will provide funds for approximately 50 science teachers each year who pursue National Board Certification. The endowment expands nationwide a program that has already supported science teachers in Pennsylvania and North Carolina seeking this prestigious credential.
For the past ten years, we've supported local community groups dedicated to strengthening North Carolina's Research Triangle Park area schools. Programs we've supported include the K-8 Science Initiative, Education Summit, Food for Thought teacher grants, Leadership Academy, Task Force on Teacher Excellence, and Kenan Fellows.
In Philadelphia, we support the Philadelphia Education Fund with a grant enabling the Math and Science Coalition to address the pressing challenge of preparing our youth to excel in mathematics and science, and to help secure the future economic growth of our region and nation. The Coalition will initially focus on developing highly qualified math and science teachers through partnerships among universities, corporations and schools.
We support this self-contained laboratory with 12 lab stations for 24 students. The program encourages women and minority students to pursue science careers, and in 2005-06, Destiny visited 158 schools and served 8,363 students across North Carolina.
Students also benefit from the innovative training and classroom materials provided to their teachers during Destiny's professional development workshops. More than a quarter of a million students have been taught by Destiny-trained teachers.
How do you get children excited by science and stimulate their imaginations? Science in the Summer is a free, educational program made available by support from GlaxoSmithKline and held in local public libraries in the Greater Philadelphia area. The program helps elementary school children "grow into science" by getting them excited about studying science with hands-on experiments. Courses include bioscience, chemistry, genetics, oceanography, electricity, and how simple machines work.
To help young women explore the many ways to contribute to society through science, the GlaxoSmithKline Women in Science Scholars Program was created in 1993 to offer unique educational opportunities to North Carolina students. The program couples scholarships with a mentoring program in which professionals shepherd the scholars through the myriad of possible career paths, while explaining practical strategies for succeeding the workplace. The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation has funded more than $1,400,000 in endowed scholarships at 29 North Carolina colleges and universities.
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