2012 Noyce Conference Program - The Robert Noyce Scholarship ...

WORKSHOP ABSTRACTS1.11 From Candidate to Teacher: Innovative Induction andMentoring in the PhysTEC Noyce ProgramLength of Session: 75 minutesJon Anderson, anderson.jon.p@gmail.com, Centennial HighSchool, PhysTEC Noyce ProgramB Lippitt, B.Lippitt@systemsbiology.org, Seattle Pacific UniversityHeidi Rowles, rowleh@spu.edu, Seattle Pacific University, NoyceScholarJacob Clark Blickenstaff, blickenstaff@aps.org, American PhysicalSocietyTarget Audience: Undergraduate and/or Graduate Noyce Scholars,Noyce Master Teachers, Project PIs, Co‐PIs, Other Faculty/Staff, School and District AdministratorsTopic: Supporting New TeachersThe PhysTEC Noyce program works with six university campusesacross the country to attract, prepare, and support new highschool physics teachers. One of the most important componentsof induction and mentoring at our sites has been the hiringof Visiting Master Teachers (VMTs). VMTs are experienced highschool physics teachers who act as the most direct contact betweenthe program and our scholars. VMTs and scholars meetregularly, and communicate frequently by email and telephone.The VMTs’ knowledge of the local school systems providesinvaluable information to scholars as they look for employmentand begin their first teaching positions.The workshop facilitators include a current Noyce scholar fromSeattle Pacific University (SPU), the VMT from SPU, and our VMTcoordinator‐‐ a high school physics teacher. This workshop willbe very interactive, as we ask participants to consider how bestto support new science teachers as they transition from studentteaching to their first employment. Our team will share whatbest practices have evolved over the years we have implementedthe VMT program.1.12 Recruiting Today's Engineering Students to BecomeTomorrow's TeachersLength of Session: 60 minutesTrina Crowley, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, pcrowley@umassd.eduTesfay Meressi, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth,tmeressi@umassd.eduJustin Mare, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth,jmare@umassd.eduMatt Huberman, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth,mhuberman@umassd.eduTarget Audience: Project PIs, Co‐PIs, Other Faculty/Staff, HigherEducation Institution Administrators, Evaluators/Education ResearchersTopic: Recruitment and Marketing StrategiesThere are alarmingly low numbers of engineering students whochoose to pursue teaching as a profession. This phenomenonhas led to a lack of highly qualified, content knowledgeableteachers with engineering credentials in our K‐12 schools. Thepurpose of this workshop will be to discuss ways in which K‐12schools are currently preparing students for engineering; to discusshow undergraduates, who select Engineering as their major,perceive teaching as a profession (as well as what or who influencedtheir ideas about teaching); and to look at selection criteriafor acceptance to teacher licensure programs in regards tothe Engineering student population. Outcomes from this workshopcould be how we can increase the numbers of highly qualified,content knowledgeable engineering teaching professionalsfor K‐12 classrooms, as well as how to inform more effective K‐12 practices ‐ such as coursework, programs, preparation, andrecruitment methods for attracting engineers into the teachingprofession where they could provide rich content material totheir students. Leading this workshop will be the Associate Deanof the College of Engineering, two Noyce Scholars (one who hadmajored in Engineering ,but changed to Mathematics, and onewho has been in Mathematics his whole college experience) andthe Director of Academic Programs, School of Education, PublicPolicy & Civic Engagement.1.13 Social Media for STEM Educators: How to Build anOnline Community Around STEM Ideas and Market Yourselfas a Leader in the FieldSession Length: 60 minutesSteven Fletcher, St. Edward's University, ssfletch@gmail.comJorge Sanhueza‐Lyon, jsanhuezalyon@mac.com, University ofTexas at AustinTarget Audience: Undergraduate and/or Graduate Noyce Scholars,Noyce Teaching Fellows, Noyce Master Teachers, Project PIs,Co‐PIs, Other Faculty/StaffTopic: Teacher LeadershipThis session will address how social media (like facebook, twitter,tumblr, posterus, storify, pinterst) can be utilized by STEMeducators. Participants will explore examples of ways that thesetools have been used by journalists and others to tell stories andcreate global communities around current issues. They will thenwork together to translate themes that are useful in the work ofSTEM education. Examples of how teachers use social media inthe classroom with students will also be explored and examinedin the session. Participants will receive links to materials and2012 NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Conference19