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

PI POSTER ABSTRACTSlife of the program. For the most part, it is expected that teachinglicensure will be obtained via a combination of selected undergraduatecourses and a one year post‐baccalaureate program.We are partnering with several Upper Cumberland LEA'sto facilitate teaching residency and job placement. Another significantpartnership is with the Millard Oakley STEM Center onthe TTU campus, through which we will offer exploratory earlyteaching experiences and mid‐program internships. During thefirst 9 months of the program we have developed recruiting materials,set up a website, held informational meetings, and begunrecruiting participants for an early teaching experience, a well asour first cohort of Noyce scholars.104Title: TAMU aggieTEACH Robert Noyce Scholarship ProgramNSF Noyce Award Number: 0934887Principal Investigator: Timothy P. ScottEmail: tim@science.tamu.eduInstitution: Texas A&M UniversityCo‐PI(s): Carolyn M. SchroderPresenter(s): Timothy P. Scott ,Texas A&M University,tim@science.tamu.eduJose Amaya, Texas A&M University, j.amaya401@gmail.comThe goal of the TAMU aggieTEACH Program is to provide scholarshipsto approximately 20 students ‐ junior/senior level undergraduatestudents majoring in science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) pursuing teaching careers in grades 8‐12. For the third year, 15 scholarships have been awarded: 10Scholars are female and 5 are male; 11 are mathematics majorand 4 are science majors. Texas A&M University continues tolead the state in the production of university prepared scienceand mathematics teachers. The aggieTEACH Noyce ScholarshipProgram offers financial support to these students as they completetheir teacher preparation program as well as programmaticactivities focused on preparing exceptional science and mathematicsteachers.Our poster presentation will describe the components of theaggieTEACH Program and the aggieTEACH Noyce ScholarshipProgram. We will demonstrate that our aggieTEACH NoyceScholars rank high among their peers and that our recruitmentefforts in maintaining a high level of STEM majors pursuingteaching have been successful. We will present all program activitiesthat our Scholars have participated in and will spotlightcollaboration among districts and other funded programs of theCenter of Mathematics and Science Education linked to theaggieTEACH Noyce Scholarship Program. We will highlight twonew programs for this year, the aggieTEACH Tutor Program andthe TAMU STEM Teacher Preparation Academy. Lastly, we willshare preliminary evaluation of our project regarding students’perceived intent to teach beyond scholarship requirements.105Title: Self‐determination and Perceptions of Teaching in NoyceScholarsNSF Noyce Award Number: 0833326Principal Investigator: Jerry DwyerEmail: jeffrey.lee@ttu.eduInstitution: Texas Tech UniversityCo‐PI(s): Dominick Casadonte, Jeffrey M. Lee, LawrenceSchovanec, and Tara StevensPresenter(s): Jeffrey M. Lee, Texas Tech University, jeffrey.lee@ttu.eduNoyce Scholars completed a series of measures to evaluate theirself‐determination, perceptions of autonomy support providedby their mentors, and perceptions of the field of teaching. Overall,the scholars had positive perceptions of the teaching professionand reported low impersonal qualities and controlling qualities,but high levels of autonomy. This suggests that the scholarstended to not depend on rewards or other controls (e.g., emphasizingwealth, fame, or other extrinsic factors) and instead appearedto seek activities that are interesting and challenging.Although statistically significant changes were not observed betweenthe second and third year project measures scores, participantsreceiving the Noyce summer stipends reported significantlylower levels of controlling qualities after engaging in theirsummer teaching assignments. The Noyce summer stipends areawarded to expose math and science majors to teaching.106Title: The Tougaloo College Robert Noyce Teacher ScholarshipProgramNSF Noyce Award Number: 1136765Principal Investigator: Bettye Sue HenningtonEmail: bhennington@tougaloo.eduInstitution: Tougaloo CollegeCo‐PI(s): Pamela RussPresenter(s): Bettye Sue Hennington, Tougaloo College, bhennington@tougaloo.eduTougaloo College, a minority‐serving institution, is awarding two‐year scholarships to talented, upper‐level students with a majorin biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics who desire certificationin secondary education and are committed to completingfour years of teaching in grades 7‐12 in high‐need school districtsin Mississippi. The substantial curriculum is being driven by clinicalfield‐based experiences in formal and informal settings, seminars,and workshops in collaboration with established localschool districts and community partners. The Noyce Program isbeing structured around undergraduate and post‐graduate mentoringby STEM and Education Division faculty and master 7‐12teachers, professional development activities and networking.Scholars are being prepared to enter the 7‐12 STEM classroomsas highly qualified, highly effective teachers and are provided2012 NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program ConferenceA42