INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP

PROGRAM
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN THE U.S.

Kathy Marrs, Director of UCASE, the Urban Center for the

Advancement of STEM Education, IUPUI

28 February 2011
 Welcome to IUPUI!
US State Department International delegation on STEM education

•IUPUI = Indiana's Urban Public Research University; $1.2 B annual budget

•Life and Health Science Campus of Indiana = Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing.
•Purdue University and Indiana University = over 250 degrees in 21 schools
•IUPUI ranked 5th by U.S. News and World Report "Up-and-Coming National
Universities”, 8th best public university in the Midwest by Forbes magazine
•Home of the IUPUI Jaguars, Indiana’s first B.S. in
Forensic and Investigative Science, and the nation’s first
B.S. in Motorsports .
IUPUI and the National Effort to Increase
Excellence in STEM Education
January 2010: President Obama’ $250 Million Initiative for Science, Math Teachers
Planned to improve STEM instruction, aiming to help the US compete in key fields
Rising Above the Gathering Storm
National Academy of Sciences, 2007

Five recommendations to improve STEM education:

1. Quadruple MS and HS STEM course success (including AP and IB),
2. Recruit 10,000 new STEM teachers per year,
3. Strengthen the skills of 250,000 current STEM teachers,
4. Increase the number of STEM BA/BS degrees awarded, and
5. Support graduate and early-career research in STEM fields.

The America COMPETES Act (signed into law August 2007)

Bipartisan legislative response to NAS “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”
and the Council on Competitiveness “Innovate America” report:

Expand NSF STEP: Science talent expansion program

Expand NSF Robert Noyce Program for STEM teachers in high-need schools
Support 4-year BS/BA degrees in STEM + Teaching credentials (Noyce Teach Science
Expand NSF GK-12 Graduate Research Fellowship Programs
Expand Teacher loan forgiveness programs in high-need districts

America COMPETES: Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in

Technology, Education, and Science Act
Need for Highly Qualified STEM teachers, Part I

NAEP 2009, TIMSS 2007, PISA 2006 (Program for International Student Assessment) = 15 year olds
UCASE / IUPUI Leadership Collaborative Goals:
• Goal I: Recruit More STEM Teachers, Especially from
Underrepresented Groups, to Meet State/District Needs
• Goal II: Prepare High Quality STEM teachers
• Goal III: Support Teacher Education Graduates to Increase
Retention and Effectiveness
• Goal IV: Provide Continuing Learning Opportunities and Advanced
Degrees for Program Graduates and Others
• Goal V: Encourage, Support, and Reward Expanded Faculty
Leadership, Scholarship, and Advocacy in the Broader P-20 STEM
Education Policy Arena

Establishing IUPUI as a Statewide and

National Center for STEM Education
 University Groups Back Major Push to Train Science and Math Teachers

IUPUI selected as one of 27 universities

To join The Leadership Collaborative
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

Teach Science Undergraduate option: Science BA/BS + Teacher Certification

Urban Educators T2T option: 18 Credit Hour Post-Bac. Teacher Certification
Noyce Summer Internship Award: 10-week, Informal Science Education Internship
Noyce Conference Award: New (March 2010), $356K / 2 years
The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship

Cohort 1: June 2009, Certification in June 2010, MS in May 2011, 3 years of mentoring.
Cohort 2: June 2010, …
Cohort 3: June 2011, … 3 Options: MS Ed, MS Math, MS Technology
The Indianapolis Urban Teacher Residency

School of Education at IUPUI in Partnership with IPS, UCASE, & Natl. WW

$2.7M, 5 year, Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) - One of only 28 grants funded
Woodrow Wilson STEM MS + Special Education certification

Cohort 1: June 2010, June 2011 = STEM certification, May 2012 = Special Education
certification and STEM MS, 1 year mentoring. (4 cohorts)
Woodrow Wilson / IUTR Curriculum

Seminar I: Introduction to STEM and STEM Teaching

Seminar II: Diversity and Learning

Seminar III: Classroom Management and Positive Behavior

Support

Seminar IV: Middle School Curriculum, Instruction and

Assessment (full middle school semester)

Seminar V: High School Curriculum, Instruction and

Assessment (full high school semester)

Seminar VI: Professional Issues / Foundations

Seminar VI: New Teacher Induction / Action Research

Core Principles, Strands, and Guiding Questions
INQUIRY:
How do we use the tools of inquiry within the STEM disciplines to teach and
learn for understanding?
IDENTITY:
How do our personal identities impact our STEM teaching identities and our
relationships with students, families, colleagues and communities?
EQUITY
How can we create STEM learning communities that nurture excellence,
equity, and high expectations for all students?
COLLABORATION
How can our cohort build and sustain a personal and professional STEM
learning community and build strong partnerships with schools, families and
communities?
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE AND PRAXIS
How can we engage in critical reflection in order to continually improve our
knowledge, skills, and dispositions and to empower students to be creative
problem solvers and active citizens in a democracy?
 Goal IV: Continued
Teacher Excellence

The School of Science leads a national initiative in High School Biomedical Sciences.
PLTW Biomedical Sciences: School of Science, IUPUI – since 2006 (Jeff Watt)
PLTW Engineering: IU-Kokomo, School of Engineering & Technology (Charlie Feldhaus)

IUPUI is one of only three national teacher training sites. 250 high school teachers from 32
states have become master teachers in a four-course biomedical sciences elective track.
STEM Opportunities in the Workforce
System Initiative - STEM works Indiana
• Charlie Feldhaus – I-STEM Resource Network, Department of
Computer Information Leadership Technology
• Indiana Private Industry Council (IPIC), DOL ($900K)
• Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development - Workplace Specialist
grant (IDOE).  IUPUI, Ball State, Indiana State
• Comprehensive pipeline initiative for disadvantaged students
through dislocated workers – educational pathways for STEM jobs
• Indiana AmeriCorps
• STEM Mentor Program – 83 mentors - MSDWT
Acknowledgements:
• School of Science - Bart Ng, Andy Gavrin, Jeff Watt, Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Sarah Lang, Patrick
Morton, Carl Cowen, GK-12 faculty, many others.
• School of Education – Pat Rogan, Dwight Schuster, Erik Tillema, Crystal Hill, Joy Seybold, Monica
Medina, Annela Teemant, Josh Smith, Gina Yoder, others.
• School of Engineering & Technology – Charlie Feldhaus, Nathan Mott, Adrie Kohler, Stephen Hundley,
Oner Yurtseven, Hasan Akay
• UCASE – Kim Nguyen, Jomo Mutegi, Kimberly Wilson, John Buckwalter
• Partner Schools and Teachers – North Central HS, Indianapolis Publis Schools, Southport HS, McKenzie
Career Center, Crispus Attucks, Arsenal Tech HS, Northview MS
• Lilly Endowment & Woodrow Wilson Foundation
• Urban Teacher Residency United
• US Department of Education & National Science Foundation

Thank you for your campus support!

 Thank you and
enjoy your visit

Bahrain Dr. Osama Mahdi Abdulla Ahmed ALMAHDI, Assistant Professor, Bahrain Teachers College (BTC)
 
BangladeshMr. Himangshu PANDEY, Headmaster, Kotalipara Union Institution

Egypt Mrs. Caroline Robert Pierre LAKAH, Teacher, Science Department, Pioneers Language Elementary School
 
Egypt Mr. Ashraf Maher Saad SAYED, Senior Education Quality Technical Advisor, Girls' Improved Learning Outcome (GILO)
 
Hungary Ms. Monika RETI, Researcher, Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development
 
Israel Ms. Nihal NASSER, Chemistry Instructor, Jaffa High School
 
Liberia Mr. Mohammed A. SARNOR, Chairman and High School Physics Instructor, Science Department, Ricks Institute
 
Mexico Mr. Cesari Domingo RICO Galeana, Technological Deputy Director, Mexico City Technical Secondary Schools System
 
New Zealand Ms. Sarah Jane BOASMAN, Head of Faculty, Biology, Diocesan School for Girls
 
Russia Dr. Petr Valentinovich SERGEEV, Head, Mathematics Department
 
Samoa Ms. Palepa Lenara TUPAI, Senior System Support Officer, Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture
 
Thailand Mr. Pattrawut PUSINGHA, Academic Staff, Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment Project
(GLOBE) program
 
Uruguay Ms. Gloria Raquel PERALTA, Professor of Science and Technology
Questions?

Kathy Marrs
kmarrs@iupui.edu
Dr. Osama Mahdi Abdulla Ahmed ALMAHDI, Assistant Professor, Bahrain Teachers
College (BTC), University of Bahrain,  Bahain
Mrs. Caroline Robert Pierre LAKAH, Teacher, Science Department,
Pioneers Language Elementary School, Egypt
Mr. Ashraf Maher Saad SAYED, Senior Education Quality Technical
Advisor, Egypt
Ms. Monika RETI, Researcher, Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development,
Hungary
Mr. Mohammed A. SARNOR, Chairman and High School Physics Instructor,
Science Department, Ricks Institute, Liberia
Ms. Sarah Jane BOASMAN, Head of Faculty, Biology,
Diocesan School for Girls, New Zealand
Ms. Palepa Lenara TUPAI, Senior System Support Officer, Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture, Samoa
Mr. Pattrawut PUSINGHA, Academic Staff, Global Learning and Observation to Benefit
the Environment Project (GLOBE) progra, Thailand