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Mercy College Intensive STEM Teacher Initiative (MISTI): Preparing Math and Science Teachers for High-need Schools

  • Year 2017
  • NSF Noyce Award # 1339951
  • First Name Meghan
  • Last Name Marrero
  • Discipline Other: Math & Biology
  • Co-PI(s)

    Amanda Gunning, Mercy College, agunning@mercy.edu
    Marion Ben-Jacob, Mercy College mbenjacob@mercy.edu
    Anthony Canger, Mercy College acanger@mercy.edu

  • Presenters

    Meghan Marrero, Mercy College (mmarrero3@mercy.edu)

Need

The MISTI program uses a clinically rich model to prepare diverse teacher candidates to teach in high-need settings. Most of our candidates are first generation college students and have had high-need upbringings themselves, and thus we have created a program based on support and mentorship from faculty, cooperating teachers, and peers. MISTI has supported the students’ persistence from undergraduate to graduate programs, and will continue to support them in their induction years.

Goals

Goals for this project include recruiting strong undergraduate math and science students and preparing them to teach in high-need schools, and giving teacher candidates intensive support throughout their journey. One goal is to have more than 50% of our scholars be women or minorities.

Approach

Key activities for undergraduates include:
-Monthly cohort meetings

-Intensive classroom observation hours and reflection
-Support in preparing for GRE and teacher certification exams
-Summer engineering program

Key activities for graduate students include:
-Year-long clinical residency
-Intensive clinical supervision
-Use of collaborative video analysis to examine teaching and learning
-Intensive support in preparing for edTPA exam
-Guest speakers
-Career development preparation

Key activities for new teachers:
-Monthly cohort meetings
-Continued support from faculty and clinical supervisors
-Use of collaborative video analysis to examine teaching and learning
-Professional development initiatives

Outcomes

A key finding so far is that our teacher candidates need tremendous support. Supportive measures have taken on a variety of forms including intensive mentoring, counseling and test preparation.

Broader Impacts

Through this project, we are learning how to better serve the high-need college students who have become our teacher candidates.

URLs

https://www.mercy.edu/misti

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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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