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Welcome
I am pleased to welcome you, as a member of the Society Committee on Education's Task Force, for the purpose of revising the 1984 SOCED publication //Guidelines and Recommendations for Teaching High School Chemistry: Facilities, Safety, and Professional Growth.// This site is dedicated to the revision of this document.

Progress to Date
The Society Committee on Education (SOCED) is charged with the mission of developing reports and recommendations to the Board and Council on ACS policies related to chemical education. The work of this task force will be submitted to SOCED for their review and further consideration. The work of the task force to date has been an initial review of the existing document by each member of the task force. Those reviews werecompiled and reviewed by SOCED at the Spring 2006 ACS National Meeting in Atlanta. These reviews are currently present in the 'notes pages' on this site. It is important to understand that the comments have been collated but not edited. Therefor you may see some duplication of comments, due to mutliple members expressing the same opinion. Al;so, we have not made any judgement as to the value of the various suggestions.

The Way of the Wiki
The next step in the process is to begin work on a revised edition of this document. Please edit the document on this site. To do this, just click the 'edit this document' button and type away! When you are done, click save. Don't worry about tracking, as all versions are stored under the 'history' tab at the top of the page, and are tagged with your name and time of the edit. By clicking on the History tab you can see every version of this document and can compare any two versions. The 'way of the wiki' relies on the power of the group in order to develop the best document possible. All additions are welcome. This document should reflect the wisdom of the group and the authenticity of practitioners. Any hints or tips you may have regarding the program could be valuable for future programmers.Please be a part of the process. Questions Call Michael Tinnesand with any questions about content or process in this revision. Thanks in advance for your help.