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Noyce Scholar Profile

Alan LaDuca

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Biology, English

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Science, Math, Language Arts, grades 6-12

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Fifth year or post-baccalaureate Noyce scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
Pacific University

Current academic or teaching status:
Year 1 of 1 in school

School and school district:
Woodburn School District

Background:

My past experience includes teaching ESL at the community college level, financial services, publishing, and newspaper reporting/editing.

Why do you want to teach:

I’m eager to work with middle and high school students to help them prepare for creative and interesting jobs that will be in demand when they graduate.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

I designed and taught a pond water lab my second week of my practicum. It was great to see how children get excited about learning science when they are involved in inquiry!

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

Receiving the Noyce Scholarship has made it possible to attend graduate school and will help me distinguish myself to employers.

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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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