Innovative Noyce Project at City Tech and BMCC

• Year 2017
• NSF Noyce Award # 1340007
• First Name Fangyang
• Last Name Shen
• Discipline Computer Science
• Co-PI(s)

  Ahmet Mete Kok, Borough of Manhattan Community College, amkok@bmcc.cuny.edu

  Yi Han, Borough of Manhattan Community College, yhan@bmcc.cuny.edu

  Estela Rojas, New York City College of Technology,
  Erojas@citytech.cuny.edu

  Andrew Douglas, New York City College of Technology,
  adouglas@citytech.cuny.edu

• Presenters

  Fangyang Shen, New York City College of Technology, fshen@citytech.cuny.edu

  Ahmet Mete Kok, Borough of Manhattan Community College, amkok@bmcc.cuny.edu

  Yi Han, Borough of Manhattan Community College, yhan@bmcc.cuny.edu

Need

New York City College of Technology (City Tech) and Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), neighboring CUNY institutions, are implementing a Noyce Teacher Scholarship Phase I program (NEST) that increases the number of highly qualified STEM teachers in high need school districts in Brooklyn and the New York metropolitan area.

Goals

The overarching goal is to increase the number of highly qualified STEM teachers in high need school districts in Brooklyn and the New York metropolitan area.

Approach

Students at City Tech and BMCC participate in teaching internships at local middle schools and high schools in NYC and/or with Professors. Scholarships are also available and students participate in a STEM summer program.

Outcomes

This program will increase the number of STEM teachers in high need school districts in Brooklyn and the New York metropolitan area.

Broader Impacts

By increasing the number of high quality STEM teachers, this will address the problem of the shortage of STEM teachers in the local NYC area.