This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $100,000 to Iowa State University to build partnerships and redesign their Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. The key goals are to: 1) Increase the number and diversity of applicants to the 12-month MAT program that prepares STEM graduates to become secondary math and science teachers, 2) Redesign the MAT curriculum to strengthen teacher candidates' cultural competency and integrate coursework with teaching experiences, and 3) Position the university to submit a proposal for the NSF's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program in 2025. This capacity-building project involves a partnership with the university's Science Bound program, which supports first-generation STEM students, to create summer teaching opportunities for MAT candidates. The award is intended to support research on integrating coursework and experiences, teacher candidate learning, and the partnership between the MAT program and Science Bound.
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