Noyce by the Numbers Midwest Regional Noyce Conference October 29, 2015 Teri (TJ) Murphy, Program Officer NSF/EHR/DUE/Noyce tmurphy@nsf.gov
If America is going to compete for the jobs and industries of tomorrow, we need to make sure our children are getting the best education possible. Teachers matter, and great teachers deserve our support. President Obama, July 17, 2012
NSF Strategic Plan 2011-2016 Transform the Frontiers Innovate for Society Perform as a Model Organization Performance Goal: Prepare and engage a diverse STEM workforce motivated to participate at the frontiers.
Act of Congress Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program 2002: established scholarships and stipends. 2007: The America COMPETES Act added NSF TF and NSF MTF.
Act of Congress Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program The goal is to encourage talented STEM majors and STEM professionals to become K-12 STEM teachers. Scholarship, stipend, and fellowship recipients must teach in a high-need school district for a specified number of years. Institutions are responsible for tracking recipients and monitoring teacher service (or repayment).
Definitions of Terms High-Need Local Educational Agency (LEA) (e.g., a high-need school district) A high percentage of individuals from families with incomes below the poverty line; or A high percentage of secondary school teachers not teaching in the content area in which they were trained to teach; or A high teacher turnover rate. http://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea98/sec201.html
Track 1 (S&S) Scholarships & Stipends undergraduate STEM majors and/or STEM career changers Track 2 (TF) NSF Teaching Fellowships STEM career changers Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Solicitation NSF 15-530 Track 3 (MTF) NSF Master Teaching Fellowships exemplary, experienced STEM teachers Track 4 (Noyce Research) Research on the Preparation, Recruitment, and Retention of K-12 STEM Teachers
Track 1 (S&S) Scholarships & Stipends undergraduate STEM majors and/or STEM career changers Major in STEM, participate in project programming, and teach in a high-need school district for 2 years for each year of support.
Track 2 (TF) NSF Teaching Fellowships STEM career changers Earn teacher certification through a master s degree program and teach in a high-need school district for 4 years.
Already have a degree in their field, participate in project programming to develop teacher leaders, and teach in a high-need school district for 5 years Track 3 (MTF) NSF Master Teaching Fellowships exemplary, experienced STEM teachers
Scholar/Fellow Obligations for Tracks 1, 2, and 3 Provide the institution with annual certification of employment. Participate in activities (including surveys) conducted as part of institution project-level and NSF programlevel evaluation. Complete the teaching commitment or repay the scholarship/stipend/fellowship as a loan. See the solicitation for additional expectations and details.
Institutional Obligations for Tracks 1, 2, and 3 Ensure the scholarship/stipend/fellowship recipients accept the terms. Monitor (including tracking) and report on the compliance of recipients (including repayment if necessary). Supply relevant statistical and demographic data as requested. Cooperate with NSF third-party project monitoring. See the solicitation for additional expectations and details.
Millions of Dollars Noyce Budget Appropriations & Supplemental Funds FY 2002-2015 $70 $60 $50 $40 Appropriation Supplemental FY 2009 Stimulus Funds FY 2008 Supplemental Funds $30 $20 $10 $0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Fiscal Year
Noyce Disciplines FY 2002-2015 10 1 4 5 6 6 14 18 COMPUTING EARTH SCIENCES ENGINEERING 88 CHEMISTRY PHYSICS BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SOCIAL and BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 410 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INTERDISCIPLINARY / MULTIDISCIPLINARY Unreported
Institution Types FY 2002-2015 32 8 38 Associate Bachelors 171 Masters Doctorate Other 313
Noyce Awards 2002-2015
Noyce Tracks, FY 2002-2015 Category Midwest National PH I Schol 72 332 PH II Schol 13 70 PH I TF 2 20 PH I MTF 1 19 PH I TF/MTF 2 14 PH II TF 0 1 PH II MTF 0 2 PH II TF/MTF 1 2 CB 12 54 PL 6 23 Special 3 23 Research 1 2 Total 113 562
Noyce Impact 539 Awards since 2002 Over 550 colleges and universities and over 2200 school districts in 50 states, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and DC. Expected to produce about 13,700 new STEM teachers and 585 Master teachers who will be teaching in high need school districts throughout the country.
Website run by AAAS: nsfnoyce.org
Contact Information Kathleen B. Bergin, Lead Program Director, (703) 292-5171, kbergin@nsf.gov Teri J. Murphy, Co-Lead Program Director, (703) 292-2109, tmurphy@nsf.gov Keith A. Sverdrup, Co-Lead Program Director, (703) 292-4653, ksverdru@nsf.gov Nicole Bennett, (703) 292-5128, nbennett@nsf.gov Lidia C. Yoshida, (703) 292-4644, lyoshida@nsf.gov