NSF Org:	DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient:	RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Initial Amendment Date:	March 1, 2021
Latest Amendment Date:	May 21, 2024
Award Number:	2050634
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Josephine J. Rodriguez jrodrigu@nsf.gov  (703)292-0000 DUE  Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	April 1, 2021
End Date:	March 31, 2027 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$1,200,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$1,024,426.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2021 = $1,024,426.00
History of Investigator:	Wesley Pitts (Principal Investigator) wesley.pitts@lehman.cuny.edu Gillian Bayne (Co-Principal Investigator) Andrei Jitianu (Co-Principal Investigator) Celia Cruz (Co-Principal Investigator) Tiffany DeJaynes (Co-Principal Investigator) Serigne Gningue (Former Principal Investigator) Anne Marie Marshall (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York (Lehman) 250 BEDFORD PARK BLVD W BRONX NY  US  10468-1527 (718)960-8107
Sponsor Congressional District:	13
Primary Place of Performance:	Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York (Lehman) 250 Bedford Park Blvd West Bronx NY  US  10468-1589
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	13
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	DJ4SM8UQBHT7
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Robert Noyce Scholarship Pgm
Primary Program Source:	04002122DB NSF Education & Human Resource 04002425DB NSF STEM Education 04002526DB NSF STEM Education 04002627DB NSF STEM Education
Program Reference Code(s):
Program Element Code(s):	179500
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

The project aims to serve the national need of preparing highly qualified mathematics and science teachers to serve in high-need elementary and secondary schools. Future U.S. competitiveness depends on how well prepared the nation?s students are for 21st century careers in STEM. The CUNY-Lehman College teacher preparation program intends ensure that more students are prepared for these future STEM careers. To do so, it will recruit three cohorts of individuals who have obtained baccalaureate degrees in a STEM discipline and support them in earning a master?s degree in education with teacher certification. The support will include a two-semester, mentored experience in public schools. The project is expected to strengthen the pipeline into mathematics and science teaching in areas with high needs and to improve the quality of STEM teaching in public elementary, middle, and high schools in New York.

This project at the City University of New York-Lehman includes partnerships with high-need, New York school districts in the Bronx and in Mount Vernon. During each of the first three years of the project, it intends to recruit annual cohorts of nine individuals who have a STEM degree and provide them with scholarships and other support to complete a master?s degree. As a result, 27 new certified STEM teachers should be teaching in high need schools by the end of the award. The project will provide the Noyce Scholars with coursework that builds their content knowledge and pedagogical skills in working with elementary and secondary school students in science and mathematics classrooms. Additional project goals include development of the Noyce Scholars? ability to connect teaching and learning to the experiences of their linguistically and culturally diverse students. These skills are expected to be honed during a two-semester sequence of immersive experiences at New World High School in the Bronx and at a K-8 school in Mount Vernon, where the Noyce Scholars will be mentored by experienced in-service STEM classroom teachers. The project also aims to build the capacity of the host schools to provide high-quality, clinical experiences for pre-service teachers, both online and onsite, by becoming ?best practice? demonstration sites. The project also intends to reform and implement a joint elementary-secondary teacher preparation program to meet local school needs. Finally, the project aims to generate and disseminate new knowledge about the relationships between teacher effectiveness and their preparation in mathematics and science education. This Track 1 Scholarships and Stipends project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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