Elementary Teachers Engaged in Authentic Math and Science

ETEAMS is a 3- year, $1.5 million Targeted Math & Science Partnership from the National Science Foundation,

between Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Independent

School District.

Our guiding purpose is to support an inclusive culture of STEM success by

developing STEM talent and achievement through authentic and

relevant experiences involving grades 4-8 students and teachers in

economically disadvantaged urban schools

Our vision is to develop an inclusive community of learners in which

preservice elementary teachers and underrepresented adolescents build

STEM content knowledge, have authentic STEM experiences and build

positive beliefs and favorable dispositions that are needed to support

achievement in STEM teaching and learning.

Our mission is to develop an outstanding preservice teaching fellowship program to support

elementary education majors to build their STEM awareness, content

knowledge, self-efficacy, and interest in teaching middle levels mathematics and

science.

Who is ETEAMS?Cohorts of 18 Fellows per

semester who are field basing and student teaching at our three partner schools.

Who is ETEAMS?

14 Teacher Leaders at our partner schools who

participate in common planning and authentic

research.

Who is ETEAMS?Leadership Team

Jim Silliman Cherie McCollough

Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator

Who is ETEAMS?Leadership Team

Pamela Wright Tonya Jeffery Joe Champion Co-Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator

Who is ETEAMS?Scientists and Mathematicians

Lee Smee Avery Scherer Faye Bruun

Katie Sikes

Who is ETEAMS?Project Management

Kim Moore Christina Martinez Project Manager Program Assistant

What is ETEAMS?

• STEM Thursdays - Students and teachers participate in engaging science and math experiences led by university scientists and mathematicians.

• Authentic Science Research - Pre-service and inservice teachers will participate in original science research with university researchers. Participants will not only learn about science, they will become scientists as they work in the field and lab.

• Highly Qualified Math & Science Teachers – Year long workshops will help both pre-service and inservice teachers add a grades 4-8 math or science teaching certification

STEM THURSDAYS Building Baseball Towers

STEM THURSDAYS

Marble Roll Relay

STEM THURSDAYS

Puff Mobile Derby

STEM THURSDAYS

Making Rainbows

STEM THURSDAYS

Mixing Up Matter

Authentic Research Experience

Authentic Research Experience

Authentic Research Experience

Authentic Research Experience

Highlights of Year One

• 100% of our graduating Fellows from Cohort I seeking jobs are currently employed.

• Two of of our Fellows, Harry Samuels and Lisa Coates, are working in our partner schools, Tom Browne and Schanen Estates.

• Our website eteamscc.com features 27 lessons created for 15 STEM Thursdays delivered at our schools.

• 42 Fellows and Teachers Leaders participated in Authentic Research during the summer of 2014.

Highlights of Year One contd.• Fellows presented at ME by the Sea

conference. Our fellows were on the cover of the Caller Times.

• Local news featured Lee Smee and one of our fellows, Christina Escobar.

Fall 2014• Implemented mentoring program for our

graduated first year teachers.

• Added sixteen lessons to our website, eteamscc.com.

• Expanded STEM Thursdays to have an impact on more 4-8 students at our partner schools.

• Thirteen fellows from Cohort II graduated.

• Two of our fellows, Miriam Fuentes and Elizabeth Bradshaw, attended the Pre-Service Teacher Institute at NASA.

Fall 2014• Sent four of our fellows from Cohort

II to the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST): Isabelle Garza, Mary Lou McClendon, Adriane Taylor, Leslie Villa. These students co-presented an ETEAMS lesson, Alien Genetics, with Dr. Jeffery and Ms. Moore.

Teacher Leaders and Fellows will have the opportunity to the Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching (CAMT) in Houston this summer.

Coming: Summer 2015

For More Information

Find us on the web at:eteamscc.com