- Year 2024
- NSF Noyce Award # 2150955
- First Name Kevin
- Last Name Carr
- Institution Pacific University
- Role/Position Co-PI
- Proposal Type Lightning Talk
- Workshop Category Track 4: Noyce Research
- Workshop Disciplines Audience STEM Education (general)
- Target Audience Co-PIs, Evaluators/Education Researchers, Other Faculty/Staff, Project PIs
- Topics Developing self-identity, Recruiting with Retention in Mind
- Additional Presenter(s)
Jason Niedermeyer, wniederm@pacificu.edu
Proposal
How can we use autoethnography as a tool to recruit, prepare, and induct Noyce Scholars and TF/MTFs for persistence as STEM teacher leaders in high needs schools? We will first introduce the audience to autoethnography as a form of autobiographic storytelling that engages Scholars and TF/MTFs in deeply reflecting on their STEM and teaching identities as constructed from their life experiences. We will then invite a further table conversation about engaging Noyce participants in autoethnographic activities as a way to 1) recruit Noyce Scholars/TF/MTFs with retention in mind, 2) help pre-service Noyce Scholars/TFs develop self-identity and interpret clinical experience, and 3) promote retention teacher leadership in Noyce TF/MTFs.
