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Noyce Alumni: Where Are They Now?

We are pleased to highlight Noyce alumni who are making a difference in high-need schools. If you would like to recommend an alumni from a Noyce program, please contact Betty Calinger, bcalinge@aaas.org.

Pascale Haug

Brainerd High School, Hamilton County (TN) School District; Algebra II, State Dual Credit Pre-calculus

My Noyce program sponsored a professional development opportunity where we discussed meeting students where they are and the importance of being an informed teacher. Many of my students have experienced unbelievable trauma in their lives; many have difficulty expressing themselves. Learning about de-escalation techniques was extremely helpful. I learned to address the root of the emotion rather than the behavior. I learned that many of my students acted out not as a way to make my life difficult, but because they had a hard time coping with other events in their life. Learning how to meet the emotional needs of kids helped me to have better relationships with them and to spend less time correcting behavior and more time teaching.

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Samuel Thomas

Hoboken High School, Hoboken, NJ; Biomedical Sciences, grades 9-12

The biggest lesson the teaching program taught me was to make the classroom have the feeling of a community—like a home. Students should feel a sense of responsibility toward each other and to the overall progress of the classroom. By accomplishing individual tasks, the students can experience community, interdependence, group work, and cooperation which will carry over to other aspects of practical living.  I believe the key words for describing student tasks are “important” and “constructive.” Students should know whether their actions and opinions impact the classroom or not. Students must be given enough responsibility and see that they are a vital part of the classroom “body.” 

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Carlos Perez

Cypress Ridge High School, Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D, Houston TX; Biology and Biology for ESL students

When teaching in a cross-cultural setting, it is imperative to learn about students: who are they, how do I pronounce their names correctly (apologizing when I mispronounce it the first time and practice to get their name right next time), what are their strengths, what experiences do they bring to my class, how am I going to help all students to learn this content, and other information that helps me to understand the social emotional aspect of my students. In order to ensure that all my students learn, the foundations of learning are established in the first week--for me the most important week of the school year. During this time, my focus is on learning about my students and building relationships.

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Rebecca Hiatt

Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk, Houston, TX, 7th Grade Scientific Decision-Making

I try to use what I have learned during the Noyce program in my classroom, in particular, those strategies gained during the meetings/trainings. They have been useful for engaging all students and getting everyone to participate in some way. One strategy I use quite often that I learned last summer is the 3-2-1 strategy. This usually comes at the end of a lesson or unit where the students write down three things they learned, two questions (or ideas) they still have, and one thing they are still wondering about. I love this strategy because it is a good way to see how the students felt about the lesson and to clear up any questions or misconceptions they might still have.

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Krista (Roop) Seager

Booker T. Washington H.S., Norfolk, VA, Math Interventionist (Algebra 2 and Math Analysis)

Two courses were especially helpful at Virginia Tech.  As an undergraduate, “Race, Class, and Gender” opened my eyes to how inequitable our public school system was and encouraged my desire to contribute to change. In graduate school, a course taught by Dr. Pitts Bannister, focused on diversity, forced me to productively struggle with how others see me, how I see others, and the significance of seeing, celebrating, and being able to support all students. The course instilled the importance of researching backgrounds and histories before making judgments.

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Arami Rosales

Northeast Early College High School, Austin, TX, Introduction to Engineering Design, Engineering Design and Problem Solving

The Noyce program allowed me to focus my time on interning in engineering classrooms across several high schools. Gaining firsthand experience with not only the content I was interested in teaching, but also the students, prepared me for my teaching assignment. Engineering classrooms are different from other types of classes, and the students are as well. Our students who have elected to take part in a four-year engineering pathway are doing hands-on work and are in groups 90% of the time. They learn through their failures in a way that is unique to engineering -- not every class will allow you to break a bridge to learn about structural dynamics!

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Jeanette Hogan

O'Donnell Middle School, Stoughton, MA, 8th grade mathematics and Algebra

My Noyce cohort had regular discussions about culturally responsive teaching; these discussions became more meaningful once I was in my own classroom.  These opportunities for discussion and to remain connected with cohort members and the Noyce team continued after graduation.  I am very fortunate to be able to participate in the Noyce Program Community of Practice at Stonehill College as a Noyce Scholar Graduate and then take “best practices” back to my own classroom. 

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Dieuwertje (DJ) Kast

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, STEM Programs Manager, Young Scientists Program

Drs. Frederick Freking and Anthony Maddox were my science pedagogy professors during the USC Noyce program that awarded the MAT@USC to science majors. I learned about inquiry-based science instruction and flipping the classroom; I became more of a facilitator of science learning aka the “guide on the side” in contrast to the “sage on the stage” model. One of my favorite classes in the program--Framing the Social Context of High Needs Schools-- looked closely at the assumptions you make about your students. In part, it’s due to this class that I am devoting my career to leveling the playing field for low-income students of color in STEM.

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Jamie MacDonald

John Greenleaf Whittier Middle School, Haverhill School District, Haverhill, MA, 5th grade science and math

The Noyce program at Bridgewater State University provided a strong foundation for understanding and working with students in high-need districts. I developed an Action Research project that identified a need in my student teaching school, located in an immigrant community, based on disadvantages that the student population might face. To prepare, I read Start Where You Are but Don’t Stay There: Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms (Milner, 2010). This book gave me a better understanding of the needs of my students when I was placed in a high-need school.

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Brandon Begay

Shiprock High School, Shiprock, NM on the Navajo Nation, Algebra 1-2, Geometry, Financial Literacy, AP Calculus AB, College Success II

The Noyce program has taught me to jump for any opportunities that come my way. I did not do this in my first years of teaching, but now that I am confident stepping outside of my comfort zone, I have been able to attend conferences and workshops and meet many great educators. I am always on the lookout for math workshops in the area. I am currently applying for the Rural School Leadership Academy. If selected, I would travel to schools in rural communities across the southwest and learn about administrative roles in school leadership.

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Keeden Mikhail Hopkins

Innovation Early College High School at East Carolina University, Pitt County Schools, Greenville, NC, Biology, Physics, Earth Science

The Noyce program helped reinforce what I learned during my Master’s program--that all students are different and come from various backgrounds and that I need to be aware of and sensitive to this while I am in the classroom. I was taught different exercises that would help students learn on a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic level. I practiced this during my internship to see what worked and what students preferred and found a way to incorporate all styles into the classroom.

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Lesley Anderson

High Tech High, San Diego, CA, Instructional Coach

I always wanted to be a science teacher. When I got to college, I realized I wanted to teach from personal experiences, not the text book. This would be difficult without becoming a biologist first. I met a professor at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, who talked to me about opportunities through the Noyce Scholars Program. The Noyce STEM Teachers and Researchers (STAR) Program would allow me to conduct research in the summers and transform the research into lessons for my students during the school year as a “teacher-researcher.” I applied to become a Noyce Scholar and have been a teacher-researcher ever since.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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