Roadmap of STEM Teacher Recruitment

and PreparationVictoria Costa

California State University Fullerton

Presentation for the CSU Summit Transformative Change in the

Preparation of TeachersFebruary 2011

The Road to Recruiting and Preparing STEM Teachers

Essential Information Sharing• Publicize information on the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards of

teaching, the day-to-day responsibilities of a teacher, and the long-term career options.• Provide comprehensive information and advisement on

undergraduate and credential program pathways.• Offer University-wide advisement and dissemination.• Strengthen transfer student support and advisement.• Use multiple means, at multiple times, in multiple forms

See examples in Fullerton packet.

Ways to Inspire Future STEM Teachers Fellowships• Noyce FellowshipsScholarships• MAST Future Teacher

and Bilingual Future Teacher Scholarships

Internships• PRISE• STAR (CSU)• PSTI (NASA)

Conference Stipends• CSTA - Payne Scholars

(CSTA)Resources• Science Teacher Kits,

Instructional Resources• Reduced cost of summer

school courses• CSET Test Fees

Model Effective Instruction • Seeds of Science/Roots

of Reading, JASON Project, BrainPop, Intel materials

• Support your faculty through professional development

Mentoring• SciNET• Match options to

candidate needs

Inquiry-Oriented Programs and Features• Science Teacher as Researcher (STAR) Intern Program• NASA Preservice Science Teacher Institute• Minors in Natural Science/Mathematics

– With special courses for future teachers– With sample academic plans for STEM teaching objectives

• Incorporate learning of science content into Multiple and Single Subject Program methods courses– Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading– EDSC 442 “Learn Some Science” (through digital interactives and science

notebooks

Early Field Experiences and Multiple Pathways• Early Field Experiences

• Introduction to Teaching Courses include 40-hour classroom observations• PRISE Summer Internship Program include 90-hour internship in informal

science education agency• Student Clubs, such as Student CSTA offer opportunities to share STEM with

public• Tutoring and Teaching Assistantships in Undergraduate Courses

• Multiple Pathways to STEM Credentials• FLM/FLGS, Intern Program, Multiple Subject and Beyond, Part-Time, STEP, and

Traditional• Sample Academic Plans for FLM/FLGS

Business, Industry, Agency Internal• Intel Education• NASA• PRISE Partners

• Discovery Science Center, Ocean Institute, Santa Ana Zoo, Project Tomorrow, Irvine Great Park

• APLU SMTI TLC• CSTA• Seeds of Science/Delta

Education/Lawrence Hall of Science• Digital “Partners”

• BrainPop, JASON Project, HHMI

• College of NSM Programs that Support STEM Majors• Test-Up• Guiding and Preparing STEM Students

(GPSS)• SI (Supplemental Instructional)

• Center for Careers in Teaching• EASE-UP• Teachers, Educators, and Partners and

Collaborators (TEPAC)• Secondary Teacher Education Program

(SecTEP) District Partnerships• Catalyst Research Center

Fullerton Math/Science Teacher Production

APLU SMTI TLC TARGETSBASELINE

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