Summary
The proposed project plans to provide scholarships or stipends to enable 16 high-achieving preservice undergraduate and graduate students to become a STEM teacher in a secondary classroom in the New York metropolitan area and will support them through their first two years of induction as a new teacher. The project aims to serve the national need of preparing highly qualified STEM teachers who can educate a future science-informed workforce with the skillset to use next generation technologies such as drones, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. The use of these technologies requires
