COLLEGE PARK, MD (February, 2013) The Center for Mathematics Education (CfME) in the College of Education has joined a national partnership committed to the goal of recruiting, preparing, and retaining 100,000 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in 10 years.
100Kin10 is a multi–sector mobilization that responds to the national imperative to train 100,000 excellent science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers over the coming 10 years. The partnership was founded and is led by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Opportunity Equation.
The Center for Math Education is one of 159 100Kin10 partners unified by a single, ambitious goal: to prepare all students with the high–quality STEM knowledge and skills to equip them for success in college and the workplace.
“We are honored as a university–based center to be selected to participate in this national initiative,” said Professor Daniel Chazan, director of the Center for Mathematics Education. “Our selection recognizes our efforts on campus over the last decade to multiply the pathways by which STEM teachers are prepared. By multiplying the pathways toward certification as a STEM teacher, we have greatly increased the numbers of STEM teacher produced by our campus.”
Over the next 5 years, CfME, working with other colleagues from the University of Maryland and district partners, will prepare 100 STEM teachers per year. Half of these graduates will teach for at least 3 years in a high needs school. CFME aims to prepare a diverse pool of STEM teachers who exhibit disciplinary expertise, cultural competence, and commitment to students and achievement.
More and better trained STEM teachers are essential to prepare America’s students to fully participate in our democracy and to comprehend, and devise solutions to, complex national and global challenges. All students–not just those fortunate enough to attend certain schoolsmust have STEM literacy to find meaningful employment in a rapidly changing economy that has at its center a range of jobs based on skills grounded in the STEM disciplines.
Partner organizations were selected following a rigorous vetting process based on the innovation and boldness if of its commitment(s) toward expanding, improving, and retaining the best of the nations STEM teaching force. CfME was nominated and selected based on its demonstrated resources and know-how, as well as a proven ability to deploy those assets creatively and strategically to address the nations shortage of STEM teachers and ensure high-quality STEM learning for all students.
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