ExxonMobil Commemorates UTeach 20th Anniversary with Grant to Support Classroom Projects
May 24 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Contribution to benefit nearly 2,000
UTeach program alumni teachers in 38 states
- Program reaches nearly 7,000 future
teachers at 45 universities in 21 states and the District of
Columbia
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the UTeach program,
ExxonMobil has provided a grant of more than $275,000 to
DonorsChoose.org that will provide each public school UTeach
alumnus with funding for classroom projects. The UTeach program is
an innovative, university-based teacher preparation initiative that
has significantly increased the number of qualified science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in U.S. secondary
schools.
“UTeach has dramatically reshaped STEM teaching and learning
across the nation, one community at a time,” said Ben Soraci,
general manager of public and government affairs for ExxonMobil and
president of the ExxonMobil Foundation. “We applaud UTeach alumni
for their dedication and work to help students develop critical
science and math skills to thrive in tomorrow’s careers.”
Together with the Entertainment Industry Foundation, the
DonorsChoose.org initiative is providing each public school UTeach
alumnus, nearly 2,000 teachers in 38 states and the District of
Columbia, with a $150 gift to purchase classroom supplies and
materials.
Research shows that teachers who are knowledgeable about their
content area are better able to teach and inspire students,
particularly in STEM subjects. The U.S., however, has long
struggled to recruit and retain qualified STEM teachers in K-12
classrooms. UTeach addresses this challenge by allowing college
students majoring in math, science or computer science to earn both
their STEM degree and teaching certification in just four years,
often with the benefit of free or reduced tuition.
With the support of ExxonMobil and other donors, and through
organizations such as the National Math and Science Initiative,
UTeach programs now reach about 6,900 college students from 45
partner universities in 21 states and the District of Columbia. By
2020, 8,000 UTeach graduates will have taught more than four
million students nationwide.
Over the past 16 years, ExxonMobil has contributed more than
$1.2 billion for education programs around the world, which
includes support for high-quality math and science educators
through grants to Teach for America, Teach for All, the National
Science Teachers Association, the Data Quality Campaign, among
others. In 2007, ExxonMobil was one of the founding sponsors of the
National Math and Science Initiative, which helps expand the UTeach
program nationally.
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About the UTeach Institute and the UTeach Institute
Originally developed in 1997 at the University of Texas at
Austin, UTeach is an innovative, university-based teacher
preparation program working to prepare STEM teachers for secondary
schools in the U.S. The program represents a unique collaboration
between colleges of education and science and combines rigorous
STEM degrees with secondary teaching certification without adding
time or cost to four-year degrees.
The UTeach Institute was established in 2006 both to support
expansion of UTeach to universities across the United States and to
lead efforts toward continuous improvement of the UTeach model.
UTeach Institute supports a national community that improves STEM
education by increasing the number of high quality teachers and
improving access to inquiry-based curriculum.
With a nationally scalable program for universities, UTeach is
producing a rapidly growing number of teachers who are educating
tomorrow’s scientists and engineers to play a vital role in
America’s economic growth. For more information, visit
https://uteach.utexas.edu/.
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