- Year 2017
- NSF Noyce Award # 1136431
- First Name David
- Last Name Kagan
- Discipline Other: STEM, STEM
- Co-PI(s)
Jennifer Oloff-Lewis, CSU Chico, joloff-lewis@csuchico.edu
- Presenters
Jennifer Oloff-Lewis, CSU Chico, joloff-lewis@csuchico.edu
Need
This Phase II proposal continues the Noyce Phase I TEMS work. It remains a joint proposal from California State University, Chico and CSU Sacramento, in partnership with three area school districts: Chico Unified School District, Oroville Union High School District, and Sacramento City Unified School District. In addition, the grant partners with The Northeastern California Curriculum Committee representing all the rural schools of Northeastern California.
Goals
The goal of this Noyce grant is to recruit and provide scholarship and stipends for STEM majors who want to be secondary math or science teachers. Through the TEMS II grant, we have provided the scholars with the following enhanced and expanded programs and activities:
Hands-On Lab science teaching experiences.
Project M.A.T.H. (Mathematics And Teaching on the Horizon).
New courses for STEM professionals allowing them to gain teaching credentials.
Expanded teacher recruitment activities.
Expanded early field experiences for pre-service teachers.
Approach
The CSU Chico Robert Noyce Scholars program encourages talented STEM majors to become mathematics or science teachers at the secondary level. Each Noyce Scholar may receive up to two years of funding of $10,000 per year plus $2000 for professional development. In return, scholars agree to teach two years in a ?high need? school district for each full year of support.
Outcomes
Evaluations and analysis of surveys from the Phase I and II grant have shown the importance to scholars of early field experiences with K-12 students, as well as opportunities to communicate with inservice math and science teachers. There has also been feedback from scholars that regional and professional conferences offer opportunities to network and begin professional development from the outset of their careers. The intent is to provide the scholars with a strong foundation in professional growth that will continue throughout their careers.
Broader Impacts
California State University, Chico (CSUC) and California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) have been collaborative partners in a Noyce Phase I grant (TEMS: Teaching Excellence in Math and Science, 9/15/07?8/31/11, $749,180 total, Sub-award to CSU Sacramento of $374,590) award number 0733758 as well as a Noyce Phase II grant (TEMS II, 9/1/2011-8/31/2016, $749,600, currently in no-cost extension until 8/31/2017, sub-award to Sacramento State $374,770) award number 1136431. To date, the total number of Scholars across both campuses totals 88 individual awardees, many with receiving two years of funding. We are currently in the 2016-2017 scholarship award year that will complete the funding for our Phase II grant.
