The UTeach Institute
The UTeach Institute is a nonprofit organization created in 2006 in response to growing concerns[1] about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the United States and interest in the secondary STEM teacher certification program, UTeach, started in 1997 at The University of Texas at Austin.
The UTeach Institute issued its first request for proposals to replicate UTeach in 2007. An initial cohort of 13 universities was selected to receive individual grants of up to $1.4 million each to replicate the program over a four-year implementation period from 2008 to 2012. A second cohort of 8 universities was selected for a 2010-2014 grant cycle, and a third cohort of universities is expected to begin implementation in Spring 2012. As of February 2011, excluding the original UTeach program at The University of Texas at Austin, 4,190 students currently were enrolled in UTeach programs at 21 universities [2] across the country.
The UTeach Institute acts as the liaison between the original UTeach program at The University of Texas at Austin and individuals implementing the program on other university campuses. The Institute provides detailed technical assistance and support and hosts an annual conference [3] in Austin, Texas focusing on issues of STEM teacher preparation, national and state STEM education policy, the UTeach program model, and UTeach replication. In addition to assisting the universities implementing UTeach, the UTeach Institute conducts ongoing evaluations of progress and fulfills reporting requirements to various funders.
UTeach has been a model for mathematics and science education programs at other institutions, and has been expanded to involve an additional forty-four universities in twenty-one states by 2019.[4]
- 2008-2012 (cohort 1)
- Florida State University
- Louisiana State University
- Northern Arizona University
- Temple University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Irvine
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Florida
- University of Houston
- University of Kansas
- University of North Texas
- University of Texas, Dallas
- Western Kentucky University
- 2010-2014 (cohort 2)
- Cleveland State University
- Middle Tennessee State University
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- University of Memphis
- University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- University of Texas, Arlington
- University of Texas at Tyler
- 2011-2015 (cohort 3)
- Columbus State University
- Southern Polytechnic State University
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- University of West Georgia
- 2012-2016 (cohort 4)
- Boise State University
- Florida Institute of Technology
- Towson University
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- University of Central Arkansas
- University of Texas at Brownsville
- University of Texas, Pan American
- 2013-2018 (cohort 5)
- Drexel University
- Florida International University
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Oklahoma State University
- Old Dominion University
- University of Alabama, Birmingham
- 2015-2019 (cohort 6)
- George Washington University
- Louisiana Tech University
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
- University of Nevada, Reno
- West Virginia University
2016–2020 (cohort 7)
2017–2021 (cohort 8)
The UTeach Institute partners with corporations, foundations, states, and private donors to fund [5] UTeach replication.
References
[edit]- ^ The National Academies' Rising Above the Gathering Storm Report
- ^ UTeach National Replication Sites
- ^ "UTeach Conference | UTeach Institute". uteach-institute.org. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Universities Replicating UTeach Spring 2014 enrollment nationwide (6,704 students)" (PDF). UTeach-Institute.org. UTeach Institute. January 26, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ UTeach Institute Funding Models and Partners