The Center for STEM Education awards 20 grants state-wide as a part of the Texas Teacher Externships Program (TEX2)
The Center for STEM Education is excited to announce the awarding of 20 grants to applicants from around the state of Texas to host teacher externship programs during the summer of 2018, as part of the new Texas Teacher Externships Program, with follow-up in classrooms during the fall semester of the 2018-19 school year. Awardees include Independent School Districts, Education Service Centers, Institutions of Higher Education, Charter Schools, and one non-profit organization. These organizations will use their awards to offer educators unique professional development opportunities that connect the classroom to the workplace to improve student academic achievement. By participating in a teacher externship experience, educators will engage in activities with business and industry to learn how classroom content and learning strategies are applied to the workplace. Externships will not only strengthen teachers’ knowledge and skills, but help them integrate new-found business/industry-based knowledge into their teaching practice.
The grant period, which began March 1, 2018, will run through February 28, 2019. Funded by the Texas Education Agency, TEX2 will provide resources and support to offer over 300 teachers experiences interacting directly with industry leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
To learn more about individual programs or connect with their project director, see the list below. To learn more about the Texas Teacher Externships program, please join our mailing list or contact Ellie Goldberg at, ellie.goldberg@utexas.edu.
2018 Texas Teacher Externships Projects
Business Brought To Life: An Innovative Externship to Introduce the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Teachers
Youth Code Jam – San Antonio, TX
Debi Pfitzenmaier
debi@youthcodejam.org
Career Ready Connally Cadets
Connally Independent School District – Waco, TX
Sara Rudd
srudd@connally.org
Crowley ISD Teacher Externships
Crowley Independent School District – Crowley, TX
Annette Duvall
annette.duvall@crowley.k12.tx.us
ESC Region 2 Externships
Education Service Center Region 2 – Corpus Christi
Patricia Garcia
patricia.garcia@esc2.us
ESC Region 8 Externships
Education Service Center Region 8 – Pittsburg, TX
Lisa Ellermann
lellermann@reg8.net
ESC Region 16 Externships
Education Service Center Region 16 – Amarillo, TX
Brenda Foster
brenda.foster@esc16.net
ESC Region 19 Externships
Education Service Center Region 19 – El Paso, TX
Patricia Juarez
pjuarez@esc19.net
ESC Region 20 Externships
Education Service Center Region 20 – San Antonio, TX
Nancy Rodriguez
nancy.rodriguez@esc20.net
Harlingen CISD Teacher Externships Program
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District – Harlingen, TX
Raul Alvarez
raul.alvarez@hcisd.org
HAYS CISD CTE Externships
Hays Consolidated Independent School District – Kyle, TX
Marco Pizana
marco.pizana@hayscisd.net
Judson ISD – Partnering For Our Future
Judson Independent School District – Live Oak, TX
Deborah Rice
drice@judsonisd.org
Leadership Prep School Externships
Leadership Prep School – Frisco, TX
Sheacy Thompson
sthompson@lpsfrisco.com
NASA Texas Space Grant STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Teacher Externships
UT Center for Space Research – Austin, TX
Margaret Baguio
baguio@tsgc.utexas.edu
NCTC Externships – Industry to Classroom Externships (ICE)
North Central Texas College – Gainesville, TX
Lisa Bellows
lbellows@nctc.edu
Rice University School Mathematics Project’s Texas Teacher Externships Program
Rice University – Houston, TX
Richard Parr
rparr@rice.edu
Roscoe Collegiate ISD Externships Project
Roscoe Independent School District – Roscoe, TX
Andy Wilson
awilson@roscoe.esc14.net
STEM Grant Sci-Tech Preparatory Externships Program
Wayside Schools – Austin, TX
Tammy Koelling
tkoelling@waysideschools.org
UTPB STEM Academy Teacher Externships
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin – Odessa, TX
Shannon Davidson
davidson_s@utpb.edu
Teacher Externships: A Pathway for Inspiring and Preparing the Future Workforce
The University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston, TX
Marguerite Sognier
masognie@utmb.edu
United Independent School District Externships
United Independent School District – Laredo, TX
Angelica R. Sanchez
asanchez@uisd.net
TEX2 Interest Form
Are you a teacher, administrator, or industry representative who’d like more information or to participate in this program? Join our contact list.
Contact
- Ellie Goldberg
- Teacher Externships Project Manager
- ellie.goldberg@utexas.edu
Victor Sampson, Ph.D.