Hello everyone!  Thank you for stopping by to watch our "We're REGAL" video.  It highlights the pipeline of STEM majors teaching in K-12 environments.  I want to thank my scholars Genae England and Brandon Palmer for their hard work this year; and Mr. Nicholas Jackson who has served as our technology person on the grant.  We look forward to the conversation during this showcase.

Great work!

Congratulations Dr. Shivers, Genae, and Brandon!!!  You are an incredible team!

I am humbled by your efforts to do such a great thing with the hope that this video inspires.  Thank you for promoting this effort.  

This is amazing! Great work everyone! Proud of you BP!

Bravo!  You make us all look good!

Thank you so much for your video to share about your engaging project! What challenges has the COVID-19 pandemic posed to your ongoing efforts? Have you found that the mentor teachers in your partner districts are able to reinforce the culturally relevant pedagogies you have worked into REGAL with your Noyce Scholars? Are the mentor teachers part of the professional development efforts you mentioned? 

Thank you for sharing such an equity driven project. Culturally relevant pedagogy focuses on multiple aspects of student achievement and supports students to uphold their cultural identities. How do lessons connect to your students’ experiences? Do the activities also help students develop cultural identity?

Congratulations to all involved in the project, Dr. Shivers and the two scholars highlighted in the video.  When the work is mutually beneficial it makes it all the more worthwhile.  The school districts will be receiving well-trained incoming teachers, and the scholars have gained valuable in-classroom experience with the local student population.  Job well done.

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing.  I loved hearing about the REGAL program and seeing your scholar teachers in action. 

I am curious about the paid summer internships for college freshmen and sophomores who are willing to explore an educational component of STEM. How does that work? It is a great idea to provide freshman and sophmores a chance to try out teaching.  Is that the purpose of the internships?  Are those internships funded through your Noyce grant too?  Are the internships a form of recruitment?

Deena, thank you for taking time to watch our video!  The internships are designed to have freshmen and sophomores “try out” the field.  The internships are funded by the Noyce Grant too, but the monies do not come with a commitment.  The internships are a form of recruitment.

Thank you for sharing your work.  This program seems thoughtfully developed to critically broaden the pipeline to STEM teaching through this Noyce Scholarship Program.  I'm curious about another aspect of your project, that you noted, involving "developing instructional curriculum and professional development that will assist educators and STEM professionals in modeling culturally relevant lessons in the classroom."  I am guessing this is to come in future years of the program, but wondering about how you are thinking about doing this?  It certainly has the potential to become great resources for the field and I am curious to know more.  Thank you!

Hello Ayanna. I enjoyed learning more about your Noyce REGAL program. Congratulations!  I also have    I was wondering how many transfer from your community college partner?

Hello, Paige!  Thank you for taking time to learn about our Noyce REGAL project.  Last year we did not have any transfers from our community college partner, but I believe that can be attributed to COVID and they were not able to engage as much as they would have liked.  This past semester, MACC assigned their advisors and we have started building a presence there.  I am looking forward to some transfer students in the 2023 cohort!!!