Robert noyce teacher scholarship program track 1 at quinnipiac university

The National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Quinnipiac University $751,755 under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to address the national shortage of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, supports the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 1, which provides comprehensive services to prepare highly qualified STEM professionals and recent graduates as secondary and elementary teachers. The primary service delivered is a 15-month immersive Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) residency program serving 18 scholars over three years (six scholars annually) in chemistry, biology, mathematics, and elementary education with STEM backgrounds. The residency places pre-service teachers in co-teaching partnerships with experienced mentors in partner school districts in New Haven, East Haven, and Hamden, Connecticut.

In addition to the core residency program, the award funds supplementary professional development services including workshops led by STEM experts, opportunities for residents to plan and lead STEM events for K-12 audiences, and attendance at STEM teacher conferences. The project also provides three years of post-certification induction support and mentorship to enhance teacher effectiveness and retention in the profession. The anticipated outcomes include developing highly effective STEM educators who will demonstrate improved student engagement and STEM learning outcomes among K-12 students served, with rigorous iterative evaluation to measure program impact on both student achievement and teacher retention rates.

Abstract

The noyce track 1 project aims to serve the national need to address the science, technology, engineering, and math (stem) teacher shortage by preparing highly qualified stem teachers through a teacher residency for highly qualified stem professionals and recent graduates. Additionally, this project will support 18 scholars from stem majors, including mathematics, biology, chemistry, and stem elementary, by providing a 15-month immersive master of arts in teaching (mat) residency followed by three years of mentorship (induction) support. The project will leverage eight years of a successful mat residency, which places pre-service candidates with a CO-teaching mentor in one classroom for one year. Additional opportunities for residents include workshops led by stem experts, planning and leading stem events for k-12 audiences, and attending stem teacher conferences. The proposed project components will enable high-achieving prospective teachers to become highly effective secondary stem teachers or elementary teachers (with a stem background) who will demonstrate higher effectiveness and greater positive outcomes among k-12 students and higher retention rates in the teaching profession. The project at quinnipiac university (QU) includes partnerships with new haven, east haven, and hamden school districts. Project goals include supporting six highly-qualified prospective k-12 stem teachers per year, over three years, in chemistry, biology, mathematics, or elementary education (with a qualifying stem major) in an immersive master of arts in teaching (mat) residency and subsequent induction support. This project will be iteratively evaluated. Evaluation of the project will be guided by the following evaluation question(s): (a) what is the evidence that being in the classroom of a noyce resident scholar leads to improved student engagement and stem outcomes? (b) how do the outcomes in terms of retention, graduation, teacher persistence, and impact compare based on the teacher preparation model? The results of this project will be disseminated to help enhance the field. Project measures of effectiveness, efficacy, impacts on learners, and retention will be compared to those of teachers who completed an existing traditional teacher preparation program. 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 effectiveness and retention 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.- subawards are not planned for this award.