- Year 2024
- NSF Noyce Award # 2050397
- First Name Keith
- Last Name Hubbard
- Registration Faculty/Administrator/Other
- Discipline Chemistry, Life Sciences, Mathematics, STEM Education (general)
- Role Principal Investigator (PI)
- Presenters
Keith Hubbard, Chrissy Cross, Jane Long, Brian Church, and Amber Wagnon, Stephen F. Austin State University
Need
This project is working to attract and retain STEM teaching majors at a regional comprehensive university, along with four surrounding community colleges. Nearly every school within a 200-mile radius is high-need, so the need for highly qualified STEM teachers is great.
Research Questions
1. What attracts STEM majors to a realistic teaching preview? 2. What STEM majors are most likely to stay in teaching after completing a realist teaching preview?
Approach
We catalog 12 years of STEM-teacher related recruiting and examine the demographics, along with the persistence patterns, of the STEM majors we attracted.
Outcomes
We have successfully attracted hundreds of STEM majors to the two teacher-recruitment activities the poster will focus on: a one-week job-shadow and a Step 1 (UTeach inspired course). Dozens of these interested majors have gone on to certify and teach STEM.
Broader Impacts
The teachers we have trained are having a huge impact! However, we believe that sharing our recruiting ideas and experiences through this poster will also allow other projects to reflect on their own recruiting practice and benefit from the idea exchange.
