San Francisco Bay Area Teachers The IISME Summer Fellowship Program places Bay Area K-16 teachers of all subjects into high-performance work sites for the summer. Teachers complete a project for their sponsors and are paid $8,200 for their work. Teachers also spend time focusing on ways to transfer their Summer Fellowship experience back to their students and colleagues. In the past 23 years, IISME has offered 2,375 Summer Fellowships to 1,351 individual teachers.  Sacramento Area Teachers The IISME Summer Fellowship Program is partnering with LEED to provide fellowships in the Sacramento area in 2008. Teachers will complete a project for their sponsors and are paid $7,400 for their work. Teachers also spend time focusing on ways to transfer their Summer Fellowship experience back to their students and colleagues.  How do teachers and sponsors benefit from the Summer Fellowship Program? Teachers gain:  Bay Area Teachers - Up to $8,200 income ($900 per week, plus $1000 in Fellowship Grants)   **** Sacramento Area Teachers - Up to $7,400 income ($800 per week, plus $1000 in Fellowship Grants)                 Hands-on, practical experience to broaden their perspective       Stimulus for standards-based curriculum development                        Better understanding of skill requirements needed in modern workplace       New & enhanced skills and discovery of hidden skills transferable to teaching       Improved opportunities for infusing their curriculum with relevance       Lasting partnership with their sponsor organization, based on personal contact       Professional community supportive of risk taking and change     An opportunity to raise awareness among employers of current developments in education Host employers gain:  A mature, seasoned temporary employee who works on a task or problem       An external opinion and new perspective brought by an educator       An opportunity to clarify skills needed for tomorrow's workforce       Enhancement of employer's image in the community     A leadership development opportunity for the employee who mentors an IISME teacher        The chance to make a real contribution to education                IISME Fellows bring to the workplace university degrees and many skills equivalent to their industry or government agency colleagues. On average, IISME Teacher Fellows have 8 years of teaching experience. They are self-directed, highly motivated, quick learners, and used to working independently.