Teaching in High-Need Schools

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Qualified STEM teachers are in high demand across Pennsylvania and the United States. Effective STEM teachers are especially needed in high-need schools. Effective STEM teachers have the ability to inspire the next generation of STEM professionals!

Examples of Regional Schools that Qualify as high-need

Here are school districts near Millersville University that qualify and are partners on the grant:

What is a high-need school?

The NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholar Program defines a high-need school as:

  • Meets at least one of the following four criteria:
    • not less than 20% of the children served by the agency are from low income families;
    • serves at least 10,000 children from low-income families;
    • is eligible for funding under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program under 20 U.S.C. 7345(b); or
    • is eligible for funding under the Rural and Low-Income School Program under 20 U.S.C. 7351(b)
  • And meets at least one of the following two criteria:
    • has a high percentage of teachers not teaching in the academic subject areas or grade levels in which the teachers were trained to teach; or
    • has a high teacher turnover rate or a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification or licensure.

Does your school qualify? Please reach out to the project team to be considered as a possible school for Noyce Scholar employment. 

“The Noyce Scholarship has been a profound asset to my professional development. Participating in this program has afforded me invaluable experience across diverse school districts, enabled me to present effective pedagogical strategies at the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics (PCTM), and equipped me to become a more effective educator for my students. The primary mission of the Noyce Scholarship is to place highly qualified teachers in underserved schools, reinforcing our commitment to sharing our passion for mathematics with the next generation. Without the training provided by the Noyce program, I would not be the educator I am today.”

- Alanna Thompson | Mathematics Educator

National Science Foundation

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2345074.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.