Ensuring a Positive Induction Experience for Newly Certified Science Teachers Through a Noyce Program

• In Event: Park Central Roundtable Session 9
  In Roundtable Session: Improving Induction Programs

Abstract

The Noyce Science (PTS) is a collaborative program between a local university’s College of Education, College of Arts & Sciences, and a public school system. PTS addresses the desperate need to increase the number of science teachers in the school system through enabling recent science bachelor’s degree graduates to complete secondary science certification in an intensive four-semester program that culminates with certification and an earned master’s degree. To ensure that the investment in these newly certified teachers (Noyce Scholars) is successful, students participated in a two-year mentoring and induction program designed to provide classroom support after graduation.

Authors

• Andre M. Green, University of South Alabama

• Susan Ferguson Martin, University of South Alabama

• Andrea M. Kent, University of South Alabama