Become a Project STEP Fellow Positions Available!

Project STEP is a joint effort between the College of Engineering and the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) to enhance educational opportunities for scientists who might want to become teachers. 
 
The purpose of the Science and Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) is to help science, engineering and technology university students bring their experiences and knowledge into the classroom to become educators. Effective science and mathematics education requires authentic and inquiry-based learning. Students must be able to link the relevance of their education with events and issues occurring within their community. They must be able to experience how it allows them to participate as effective citizens in a technology-driven society.

To that end, Project STEP involves nine graduate and eight advanced undergraduate Fellows, 22 secondary science and mathematics teachers (from two middle, three middle-high, and three high schools located in urban and suburban school districts of Cincinnati), ten UC faculty (from the College of Engineering and CECH). The teachers and Fellows will work in teams to design, develop and implement hands-on activities and technology-driven inquiry-based projects, which relate to the students’ community issues, as vehicles to authentically teach skills.

Right now, additional fellowships are available. A Track 2 Project STEP: “Building STEMcinnati City” National Science Foundation K–12 Grant opens the door for some enthusiastic, problem-solving, team players who have excellent communication skills. Fellows receive a $30,000 yearly stipend in exchange for designing, developing, implementing and assessing innovative lessons for math and science classrooms.

The application deadline is March 13.

Click here for more information, or contact Kelly Obarski, Project STEP Coordinator.
5506 French Hall
PO Box 210207
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati OH 45221-0207
513-556-1029 (o)
513-218-3138 (c) 
 
http://www.eng.uc.edu/STEP/