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By Mary Beth Erskine
USF.edu News Writer
TAMPA, Fla. (July 27, 2010) – A $1.2 million grant awarded to USF by the National Science Foundation will go a long way in helping ensure the success of students who are committed to becoming tomorrow's science and mathematics teachers.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1.2 million Robert Noyce Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) grant to an interdisciplinary team of faculty from the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences. The funds will be used to provide stipends to professionals expert in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering who enroll in a one-year accelerated Master’s of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program to earn the credentials needed to teach mathematics or science in secondary schools.
The stipends are for $30,000 each and cover tuition and related expenses.
“The first cohort of the one-year accelerated MAT program will begin in fall 2011,” said Gladis Kersaint, associate professor in the College of Education’s Department of Secondary Education and principal investigator for the grant. “We encourage all interested individuals to apply for the MAT 6-12 program in mathematics or science now. Our goal is to fund as many qualified individuals as soon as possible so that we can provide highly effective teachers to schools in the Tampa Bay area.”
Those interested in the scholarships must already hold a bachelor’s degree in a STEM content field. This includes both change-of-career individuals and recent college graduates. The program is designed to specifically support individuals with no prior experience in education.
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