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STEM fields are rapidly changing and expanding. Yet, the lack of accessibility to STEM education in high-need schools limits children and families in Black and Brown, and/or low-income communities as we plow ahead into unknown sociotechnical territory. This lack of accessibility gives even greater impetus to prepare STEM teachers to persist in high-need schools so […]

Consider the multitude of decisions a teacher makes every day: choosing whether to stick with their instructional plan or follow a pedagogical opportunity that emerged organically; weighing which student to call on; determining which ideas from a small group discussion to bring to the whole class; making split second decisions to address, disregard, or redirect […]

Multilingual learners (MLs) are the fastest growing population in public schools in the US, increasing by 60% over the last 10 years, yet these students rarely reach academic parity with their English-speaking peers (NAEP, 2022). Simultaneously, STEM careers are the fastest growing professions for high school and college graduates (USBLS, 2022). However, ML preparation in […]

—Preservice STEM Teacher To teach is to be occasionally surprised, baffled, and frustrated by our students, our administrators, and even by our own teaching. How do we prepare new STEM teachers to respond with compassion and self-reflection to these experiences? We have found that autoethnography, a process of self-inquiry that reveals our often-hidden beliefs and […]

Mercer University’s College of Education offers endorsement programs for in-service teachers including a STEM endorsement program consisting of three courses. Program standards are aligned with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission, and the learning opportunities designed to help meet these standards are significant. We can work with a range of in-service teachers from rural, urban, and […]