AccessExcellence.org a national educational program connecting science teachers

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Access Excellence @ the National Health Museum

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Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides health, biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web. The program was originally developed and launched by Genentech Inc., and in 1999 joined the National Health Museum, a non-profit organization founded by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop as a national center for health education. Access Excellence will form the core of the educational component of the National Health Museum Website that is currently under development. .

Access Excellence grew out of ongoing communication and volunteer activities between Genentech employees and local area science teachers. When science teachers were asked what Genentech could do to make a positive impact on science education, the teachers said they needed a way to "break the isolation" from other teachers and to be able to share teaching ideas, strategies and activities with their colleagues. They said it was this rare interaction that allowed them to effectively interest and inspire their students.

Guided in the first phase by a panel of education and scientific advisors, Access Excellence enhanced biology teaching by providing a computer network forum on which teachers could share their innovative teaching ideas and activities, accessing information, expert assistance, and the advice and experience of other teachers to create new ideas and best practices. Each year for the first three years of the program, the National Science Teachers Association chose one hundred Fellows to assist with the design and development of the program and the online forum, and to conduct outreach to other teachers. In 1997, the Fellows program was discontinued so that resources could be focused on the electronic forum on the World Wide Web. The core group of 310 Fellows continue as active participants and mentors, and new individuals and teaching communities are invited to participate via the Web.