POLAND – Jessica Farrington of Poland Regional High School and Amy Troiano of Bruce M. Whittier Middle School were chosen to participate in the National Science Teachers Association’s new year-long professional development fellowship program.

Co-founded by the Amgen Foundation with a three-year, $3 million grant, the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy was established to help promote quality science teaching in the U.S. by providing professional development and mentoring support to early-career science teachers.

The 2007 Amgen-NSTA Fellows and Associate Fellows were selected from nearly 1,000 applications from across the country.

The Fellows and Associate Fellows will take part in a year-long program in a host of science-related activities and professional development opportunities.

Representing 37 states and the District of Columbia, the Fellows and Associate Fellows were selected on the basis of several criteria, including displaying a strong interest in growing as a professional science educator.

During their fellowship, recipients will engage in Web-based professional development activities, including a specially designated online learning community; attend the NSTA National Conference on Science Education in Boston, March 27 to 30; and participate in the research dissemination conference or a professional development institute.

For more information, visit www.nsta.org or http://www.amgen.com/citizenship/overview.html.