Describe a degree program in Earth science and teaching

Please use this form to describe your degree program in Earth science for future teachers. This may include variety of options, such as:

A secondary science teaching major (BA or BS) in Earth science,
A BA or BS degree in Earth science that is meant to be paired with a professional education program or a post-baccalaureate certification program,
A minor in Earth science for teaching or education majors,
An MS or MAT in Earth science teaching.

We are especially interested in how your program integrates geoscience content and skills, approaches recruitment and retention of students, how your program is tied to other departments on campus, and how these efforts are paying off. What do you see as the keys to success for your programs?
When you have completed this form, our staff will use your responses to make a web page for your program that is something like this profile of the Jackson State University (opens in a new window).

Complete the following form and click on SUBMIT to submit your information. Be sure to hit the SUBMIT button before leaving this page, or your information will be lost. You may wish to compose your answers to the longer questions in a word processor and to cut and paste the resulting text into this form. Also, you may want to look through the form before beginning to fill it out, to make sure that you have all of the information you'll need at your fingertips.

Note that after you submit your form you can edit, refine and update it via your SERC account. Instructions for that will appear after you submit this form.

About You and Your InstitutionYour Name:

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Context

Please situate this program in the context of your department, institution, community, etc. Information could include answers to such questions as:

What is the size and scope of the teacher preparation program at the university, including elementary education, middle-level science, and secondary science/secondary Earth science?
What degrees are offered?
How does the program fit into the regional or state network?

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About the Program

Please enter the name of your degree program and a short description here. Provide a link to website if one exists.

Program Name:

Program Description:

Program website:
If there is a website for the program, please include the full URL (beginning with http://) here.

Summaries

Please provide a sentence summarizing the key aspects to your program's success in: integrating geoscience content and skills into the curriculum, recruiting, supporting and preparing students in the program, and networking with the community. You will be asked for more detailed information below.

Integrating geoscience content and skills into the curriculum

Attracting new students

Preparing students for STEM teaching careers

Working with local and regional networks

More Detail

Now please provide more detail about the different aspects of recruiting, supporting, and preparing students that you summarized above. In each area, provide one or two paragraphs about each of the key aspects you listed.

Integrating geoscience content and skills into the curriculum
Where and how do future teachers get their geoscience content and geoscientific thinking skills? Do you offer content courses or integrated pedagogy and content courses targeted for students in this program? What about science teaching methods courses or field opportunities?

Attracting new students
How do you attract students to your degree program? What is your ideal number of students to have in the degree program?

Preparing students for STEM teaching careers
When and how do students get the opportunity to practice teaching geoscience content and skills in the K-12 classroom? How do you support students in achieving certification and endorsements?

Working with local and regional networks
How do you maintain relationships with local schools and districts that hire your students? Regional two-year colleges whose students transfer in to your programs? State certification boards?

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Who is the original creator/copyright holder of the information in this file?

Provenance/Acknowledgements

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Reuse License

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Without permission you should not upload the file. There are several options in this case:

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You can find a substitute that isn't encumbered by copyright.
You can create a substitute yourself. Remember, ideas can't be copyrighted, only particular expressions of those ideas. Of course you'll want to give credit the original author.

The Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center has more good information about copyright as it applies to academic settings.

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Who is the original creator/copyright holder of the information in this file?

Provenance/Acknowledgements

A short description of where the material came from. Include names and institutions of authors and contributors as well as acknowledgment of any work from which this was derived.

Reuse License

If none of the above licenses apply describe the conditions under which this material appears on this site as well as any information about reuse beyond this site.

More Information about reuse and choosing a license

Without permission you should not upload the file. There are several options in this case:

You can contact the original author to get permission.
You can provide a link to (or a description of how to get) the original material rather than uploading it here.
You can find a substitute that isn't encumbered by copyright.
You can create a substitute yourself. Remember, ideas can't be copyrighted, only particular expressions of those ideas. Of course you'll want to give credit the original author.

The Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center has more good information about copyright as it applies to academic settings.

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All uploaded files are public unless you are in a private workspace

Title: A descriptive, human readable title.

e.g. 'Student Handout for Sauerkraut Assignment'

Select the file: Make sure it has an appropriate suffix (e.g. .doc) or specify the type in the Optional Fields below

Description: A very brief description of the file.

Show Optional Fields

File Type:

The system will attempt to determine the correct file type based on the name of the file you've selected. Choosing the correct file type here will override that.

File Name:

Authorship/Reuse

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Who is the original creator/copyright holder of the information in this file?

Provenance/Acknowledgements

A short description of where the material came from. Include names and institutions of authors and contributors as well as acknowledgment of any work from which this was derived.

Reuse License

If none of the above licenses apply describe the conditions under which this material appears on this site as well as any information about reuse beyond this site.

More Information about reuse and choosing a license

Without permission you should not upload the file. There are several options in this case:

You can contact the original author to get permission.
You can provide a link to (or a description of how to get) the original material rather than uploading it here.
You can find a substitute that isn't encumbered by copyright.
You can create a substitute yourself. Remember, ideas can't be copyrighted, only particular expressions of those ideas. Of course you'll want to give credit the original author.

The Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center has more good information about copyright as it applies to academic settings.

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