coe-staff: Congratulations! New grant received by Jill Baxter and Colleagues

[Randy Kamphaus]

Dear Faculty and Staff,

I am honored to announce the receipt of a breakthrough STEM education training grant led by our own Jill Baxter (See abstract below).  This Noyce grant proposal required extraordinary skill and effort to create due to its curricular complexity, and the number of partners involved.  Jill deserves all of the credit for leading the work.

Congratulations, Jill!

Randy

The Noyce Program at the University of Oregon is a collaboration between the College of Education, the College of Arts and Sciences, Eugene 4J School District, Springfield School District, Bethel School District and Creswell School District. Over 5 years, the project will recruit 20 high-achieving students in STEM majors as sophomores or juniors, and prepare these scholars with intensive summer teacher research experiences, course work in promoting equity and diversity in our schools, rigorous science coursework, and teacher community-building activities. Noyce Scholars will experience extensive supervised field work in high-need school districts and graduate with a master's degree, an initial Oregon teaching license and an ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) endorsement. In the process, the project will add to the production of UO science teachers, nominally doubling the annual production and tripling UO homegrown science teachers.
Teachers who are recruited and prepared through the Noyce Program will be uniquely qualified to take leadership roles in high-need schools serving groups that are typically underrepresented in STEM fields, especially English language learners. With their background in scientific research, science teaching preparation, and ESOL training, alumni will have the skills and resources to realize the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013), including engaging their students in authentic practices of scientists augmented by an emphasis on social justice. As a consequence, these Noyce Scholars will recruit the next generation of scientists in Oregon. The project PI's will systematically study the impact of program activities on the recruitment, retention and teaching effectiveness of the Noyce Scholars. A primary goal is to inform the research on preparing teachers to engage students in science inquiry in high-need schools. For example, the teacher research experience coupled with acquisition of ESOL pedagogical skills prepares the Noyce Scholars to model the practices of scientists in high needs schools in a potentially transformative program.


For scheduling, please contact Maggie Bosworth at  magboz at uoregon.edu<mailto:%20magboz at uoregon.edu> or 541-346-6467.
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R.W. Kamphaus, Ph.D. | Professor and Dean
randyk at uoregon.edu<mailto:randyk at uoregon.edu> | 541-346-3405
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1215 University of Oregon | Eugene, OR 97403



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