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NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows Program Application

Deadline

March 10, 2004

About the program

The National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellowships in K-12 Education (GK-12) program will support teaching fellowships for UIUC graduate students in the sciences, mathematics, and social science disciplines. The selected students will collaborate with campus faculty and participating K-12 teachers to incorporate computer-based modeling, scientific visualization, and informatics tools in K-12 science, mathematics, and social science education. Responsibilities of the fellows include developing appropriate materials and visiting classrooms to observe, assist teachers, and co-teach courses. For more information about the current program please see http://gk12.ncsa.uiuc.edu.

Application procedure

Graduate students enrolled in the School of Life Sciences, the School of Chemical Sciences, the School of Library and Information Science, and the departments of Animal Sciences, Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Geography, History, Mathematics, and Physics are encouraged to apply for these teaching fellowships. This program requires a year-round commitment of approximately 20 hours/week, and travel to a collaborating school at least once per week during the academic year. Fellows will receive a $30,000 stipend, paid in monthly increments. Selection will be based on the student's education, teaching experience, communication skills, and scientific competence as represented in the submitted written materials and a personal interview. Prospective applicants are encouraged to discuss the program with one or more of the participating program faculty listed below, Project Director Deanna Raineri (raineri@uiuc.edu), or Project Coordinator Lisa Bievenue (bievenue@shodor.org).

Anthropology
  • Barry Lewis, blewis@uiuc.edu


  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Walter Robinson, warobins@uiuc.edu
  • Bob Wilhelmson, bw@ncsa.uiuc.edu
  • Don Wuebbles, wuebbles@uiuc.edu


  • Life Sciences
  • May Berenbaum, maybe@uiuc.edu
  • Tom Jacobs, t-jacobs@uiuc.edu
  • Eric Jakobsson, Ph.D., jake@ncsa.uiuc.edu
  • Deanna Raineri, Ph.D., raineri@uiuc.edu


  • Chemical Sciences
  • Richard Braatz, Ph.D. braatz@ncsa.uiuc.edu
  • Paul Kelter, pkelter@uiuc.edu
  • Jeffrey Moore, jsmoore@uiuc.edu
  • Steven Zumdahl, axdstev@uiuc.edu


  • Geography
  • Bruce Rhoads, brhoads@uiuc.edu


  • Mathematics
  • John Sullivan, Ph.D., jms@uiuc.edu
  • Jerry Uhl, Ph.D., j-uhl@uiuc.edu
  • Joseph Rosenblatt, rosnbltt@uiuc.edu


  • Sociology/History
  • Vernon Burton, ovburton@uiuc.edu


  • Animal Science
  • Sandra Rodriguez-Zas, Ph.D., rodrgzzs@staff.uiuc.edu


  • Library and Information Science
  • Bertram C. Bruce, Ph.D., chip@uiuc.edu


  • Physics
  • Mats Selen, Ph.D., mats@uiuc.edu
  • Alfred Hubler, a-hubler@uiuc.edu


  • A U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status is required.

    To apply, please submit:
  • your resume,
  • two letters of reference from appropriate faculty, and
  • a one-page essay on why you think you are appropriate for this program.


  • Please submit all documents by e-mail to the GK-12 Project Coordinator:
       Lisa Bievenue, bievenue@shodor.org

    If you have questions please contact Lisa by e-mail or phone: (217) 344-4660 x16.

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    Notices
    -- This site is archived --
    The grant that supported this program has come to an end. GK12 continues at UIUC under the auspices of LAS. You can find information about the continuation at http://gk12-uiuc.net/

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    News
    GK12 would like to thank the NSF and NCSA for supporting this program. We also congratulate the teacher-fellow teams over the last three years for their participation in GK12.


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    Highlights

    Teaching Materials
    Sample units in biology, chemistry, history, math and computer science are on the resources page.

    Publications and Presentations
    by fellows and evaluators are on the publications page

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