http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/ PTEC's Recruitment Articles en-US Copyright 2013, ComPADRE.org editor@ptec.org (Managing Editor) Tue, 21 May 2013 04:22:17 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/services/images/LogoSmallPTEC.gif http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/ 125 35 The PhysTEC collaboration includes diverse institutions each with their own methods of teacher recruitment. This page collects recruiting materials from the University of Arizona, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. The site also provides templates allowing the creation of individualized materials. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=8876 http://www.phystec.org/components/recruitment/materials.php http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=8876 Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 EST This poster is used at exhibitions to advertise the PTEC program. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=7580 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7580&DocID=597 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7580 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The Physics Teacher Education Coalition brochure advertises PTEC programs to the physics community and the public. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=7582 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7582&DocID=598 http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7582 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The need to recruit and prepare more physics teachers could not be clearer. The National Academies' report Rising Above the Gathering Storm states that the most consistent and powerful predictor of student achievement in science and mathematics is a teacher who is fully certified and has at least a bachelor's degree in the content area; however, two thirds of today's high school physics teachers did not major in physics, and over 90% of middle school physical science students are taught by teachers without a physical science major or certification. The American Association for Employment in Education consistently lists high school physics as one of the fields with the most severe teacher shortages. We will continue to see these kinds of statistics until physics departments around the country become deeply involved in teacher preparation. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=7017 http://phystec.org/components/recruitment/strategies.php http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7017 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EST In the State of Illinois, a significant number of science teaching positions are filled by cross-over science teachers. According to the State of Illinois, 2500 teaching positions will need to be filled by qualified science teachers during the next five years. The number of science teachers graduating from preparation programs is far less than the necessary 500 per year. From a reflection on many years of science teaching and teacher candidate preparation, science teachers, science teacher educators, science department chairpersons, and high school administrators have identified five criteria that they believe are crucial for informing a selection process that is geared toward obtaining the best possible science teacher candidates, and further, they have developed guidelines for creating the optimal environment for science teacher recruitment. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=7205 http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/pipeline/booklet4.pdf http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7205 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Undergraduate students at the University of Arizona who wish to become middle or high school science teachers have a unique opportunity to pursue their goal in the company of other science majors and under the guidance of science educators and experienced mentor teachers. This article presents some of the methods used to recruit science majors into the program, as well as plans to increase the number of students recruited. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=5917 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall06-spring07/novodvorsky.html http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5917 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The University of Arkansas has changed the structure of its undergraduate classes in order to more effectively recruit teachers. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=5927 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall06-spring07/gstewart.html http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5927 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Learning Assistants are talented undergraduates who work with faculty members to make large-enrollment courses more collaborative, student-centered, and interactive. Learning Assistant programs provide potential future teachers with strongly supported and low-stress early teaching experiences that can encourage them to pursue teaching certification. In many cases, these potential teachers can be unsuspecting students who do not know they have an interest in teaching until they try it. Thus, a Learning Assistant program broadens the pool of students from which you can recruit future physics teachers. In fact, research has shown that Learning Assistant programs improve undergraduate performance in physics courses, facilitate multi-disciplinary collaboration among faculty, involve more faculty in teacher preparation efforts, and recruit talented science majors to teaching careers. Learning Assistants also enhance their content knowledge through the process of teaching course material. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=7021 http://phystec.org/components/learning-assistants/strategies.php http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7021 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Many high-income countries experience great difficulty in attracting talented young people into physics teacher education (e.g. Smithers & Robinson, 2005). The USA and Canada even recruit science teachers in the Philippines which itself experiences a serious shortage of qualified and competent physics teachers. How can one develop an exemplary physics teacher education program and attract a critical mass of students? The Philippine program described below increased its enrollment from 1 to 30 students per year and provides some answers to this question. http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/items/detail.cfm?ID=5945 http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/spring2006/vandenberg.html http://www.compadre.org/PTEC/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5945 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST