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

PI POSTER ABSTRACTSto students' lives. In a section on TESOL capacity building, theposter will display the purpose of linguistic profiles at partnerschools, cross‐case analysis of commonalities of profiles, and across‐case analysis of professional development needs.4Title: PhysTEC Noyce ProgramNSF Noyce Award Number: 0833210Principal Investigator: Monica PlischEmail: blickenstaff@aps.orgInstitution: American Physical SocietyCo‐PI(s): Beth Cunningham, Jacob Clark Blickenstaff, LaurieMcNeil, and Robert ThornePresenter(s): Jacob Clark Blickenstaff, APS , Blickenstaff@aps.organd Monica Plisch, APS, Plisch@aps.orgThe mission of Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC,www.phystec.org) is to improve and promote the education offuture physics and physical science teachers. Specifically, theproject aims to: (1) Demonstrate successful models for increasingthe number of highly qualified high school physics teachersand for improving the quality of K‐8 physical science teachereducation; (2) Spread best‐practice ideas throughout the physicsteacher preparation community; and (3) Transform physics departmentsto engage in preparing physics teachers.PhysTEC is a partnership between the American Physical Society(APS) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).Funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, ithas alsoreceived significant funds from the APS 21st Century Campaign,as well as direct and in‐kind support from each of its partnerinstitutions.PhysTEC Supported Sites are selected colleges and universitiesthat are developing their physics teacher preparation programsinto national models with substantial project support. Fundedinstitutions have achieved a number of significant successes,including: (1) Increasing the number of physics and physicalscience teachers graduating from their programs; (2) Providingprospective teachers with early teaching experiences; (3) Disseminatingresults through publications and presentations atconferences and workshops; (4) Raising the profile of teacherpreparation efforts in the physics community.The project includes over 250 PhysTEC Member Institutionsandorganizes an annual national conference andsmaller regionaland topical workshops. In addition, the project has teamed upwith ComPADRE, the NSF‐funded digital library, to produce awebsite (www.ptec.org) that houses a collection of electronicresources for teacher preparation. The goal of PhysTEC Noyce isto recruit more students into physics teacher education programsestablished by the PhysTEC project.Six PhysTEC SupportedSites are participating in the PhysTEC Noyce. Theyinclude BallState University, Cornell University, Seattle Pacific University,University of Arkansas, University of North Carolina at ChapelHill, and Western Michigan University. More information on thePhysTEC programs at each of these sites can be found atwww.phystec.org.5Title: Math for America ‐ DC: Fellows Become TeachersNSF Noyce Award Number: 0934758Principal Investigator: Sarah Irvine BelsonEmail: sarah@american.eduInstitution: American UniversityCo‐PI(s): John Nolan, Maxine SingerPresenter(s): Sarah Irvine Belson, American University,sarah@american.eduMath for America DC (MfA DC) is a collaborative project betweenAmerican University’s School of Education, Teaching, andHealth and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, the Districtof Columbia Public Schools , a group of DC Public CharterSchools and the Carnegie Institution of Washington’s CarnegieAcademy for Science Education . The MfA DC project seeks toimprove the teaching of mathematics in Washington, DC secondarypublic schools by developing new teachers with strongbackgrounds in both mathematics and mathematics pedagogy.In our model, these teachers are committed teach in the DCschools for at least four years after completing a one‐year intensiveMasters Teaching Program. The project, in its second yearof implementation, is designed to build the pipeline of qualifiedmathematics teachers by recruiting highly qualified STEM professionalsinto teaching, providing a master’s program that integratesmathematics content with sound pedagogy, and providingsustained support for these teachers. The overarching projectgoals are to increase the number of highly qualified mathematicsteachers in high‐needs schools in Washington, DC, through effectiverecruitment, a high‐quality, intensive graduate programto prepare fellows for licensure, and retention through professionaldevelopment and mentoring support, all of which is designedto increase the quality of instruction and student achievementin mathematics.6Title: Science Teachers for AZ ‐ Recruitment and Retention(STARR)NSF Noyce Award Number: 0833311Principal Investigator: Julie A. Luft, Professor, School of Life SciencesEmail: suzanne.cassano@asu.eduInstitution: Arizona State UniversityCo‐PI(s): Steven Semken, Professor, School of Earth and SpaceExploration; Mari Koerner, Dean, Teachers College; Miles Orchinik,Associate Professor, School of Life SciencesPresenter(s): Suzanne Cassano, Arizona State University, suzanne.cassano@asu.edu2012 NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program ConferenceA2