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Identifying Interest in Teaching Among STEM Majors When Recruiting UWF-Teach Noyce Scholars

  • Year 2018
  • NSF Noyce Award # 1660615
  • First Name John
  • Last Name Pecore
  • Discipline Other: Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, & Geosciences
  • Co-PI(s)

    Jaromy Kuhl, University of West Florida, jkuhl@uwf.edu; Kirk Bradley, Pensacola State University, kbradley@pensacolastate.edu; Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos, Institute for Biomedical Philosophy, mdemetr@biophi.org

  • Presenters

    John Pecore, University of West Florida, jpecore@uwf.edu

    Jaromy Kuhl, University of West Florida, jkuhl@uwf.edu

    Kirk Bradley, Pensacola State University, kbradley@pensacolastate.edu

    Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos, Institute for Biomedical Philosophy, mdemetr@biophi.org

Need

The critical shortage of middle and high school science and math teachers is of particular concern in high need schools. The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) reports that middle and high school science and math teachers are listed as critical shortage areas and are projected to increase over time. The highest portions of critical teacher shortages exist within urban and rural low-economic schools, which describe the majority of high needs schools in the counties served by UWF and its partners. Moreover, high needs schools have higher percentages of out-of-field teachers as compared to the statewide average. UWF-Teach implemented a variety of recruitment approaches to inform students of the UWF-Teach STEM degrees where students earn a STEM degree with teacher certification.

Goals

The goals of the project are as follows: 1) Recruit highly qualified STEM majors in the UWF-Teach program. 2) Increase the number and quality of certified STEM grades 6-12 teachers in Northwest Florida.

Approach

Early in their program, students will complete an experience-embedded-recruitment course focused on education themes and ideas while introducing students to a career in middle and secondary teaching. The creation of the UWF-Teach learning community, consisting of faculty, students, and experienced middle and high school STEM teachers (Master Mentors), will assist in supporting UWF-Teach students and graduates as they develop a professional identity. UWF-Teach faculty and Master Mentors will continue to participate in the Content focused coaching professional development created as part of the Noyce Scholarship capacity building grant. The creation of the UWF-Teach learning community, consisting of faculty, students, and experienced middle and high school STEM teachers (Master Mentors), will assist in supporting UWF-Teach students and graduates as they develop a professional identity. UWF-Teach NSP scholars participate in a citizen-based education research project.

Outcomes

This program expands the partnerships with Pensacola State College (PSC), Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC), STEM master teachers, informal STEM learning centers, and two area school districts (Escambia and Okaloosa counties) that were developed during the capacity building grant and which created a much needed infrastructure for recruiting and retaining 18 new highly qualified STEM teachers for grades 6-12 serving both urban and rural low-economic high needs schools in the Northwest Florida region. The UWF-Teach NSP project will achieve the following major outcomes: 1) Increase the number of highly qualified, certified Grades 6-12 STEM teachers in Northwest Florida by graduating an average of four Noyce Teacher Scholars per year. 2) Work with school district partners to retain UWF-Teach NSP graduates in teaching.

Broader Impacts

UWF-Teach NSP will recruit and retain a total of 18 new highly qualified STEM majors over a five-year period to pursue a career as a grades 6-12 STEM teacher in a high needs school district in the Northwest Florida region. Each highly qualified UWF-Teach NSP scholar will work with an average of 150 different students each year for a total of approximately 750 students every five years; therefore, 18 UWF-Teach NSP Scholars will impact an estimated 13,500 students every five years in high needs school districts. Working with the district, graduates will receive additional support to ensure their success as a novice teacher increasing the likelihood that UWF-Teach NSP scholars will remain in the teaching profession beyond five years and thus impact thousands of students.

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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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