Hoosier STEM Academy awarded $700K to train teachers
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The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has awarded more than $700,000 to a higher education collaborative seeking to increase the number of instructors teaching science, technology, engineering and math.
The Hoosier STEM Academy — a partnership among Ball State University, IUPUI and Purdue University — will use its newly awarded STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant to support its fellows and teachers programs, which offers stipends for those looking to become STEM-certified teachers.
The academy’s fellows program supports STEM professionals looking to enter teaching for the first time, while the teachers program provides opportunities to existing teachers who would like to teach dual-credit STEM classes. Both programs are offered to prepare individuals for high school level teaching.
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to continue working with Indiana pre-service and in-service STEM teachers,” Hoosier STEM Academy Director Kizmin Jones said in a news release. “Our efforts to help combat Indiana’s teacher shortage as well as help in-service teachers become dual-credit certified can continue with the generous funding from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.”
The Hoosier STEM Academy is among 19 organizations supported by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education as it looks to recruit, train and retain STEM educators. The commission has awarded a total of $10.5 million to such efforts.