Thanks for viewing our presentation! We're always excited to share about WISE, as we've now spent more than 10 years building the program and our community of STEM educators. We're currently "between" NSF funding periods (we hope!) while we shepherd our final group of scholars from the 2015-2020 grant toward degree completion and their first classrooms.

The focus of the presentation is on the community that has developed organically out of our project components through the years. We'd love to share more through dialog with you about:

• project components themselves (outlined in the video);
• the increase in the number of STEM educators we graduate since our first year of funding (2010) (HINT: It's more than 100%.);
• the addition of a program area;
• how we influenced a shift in our institution's model for secondary teacher preparation to primarily graduate level degrees (pursued after the content-based undergraduate program); and
• our astounding retention rate in STEM majors (both content-only and teacher preparation) among those who participate in our summer recruitment component...

...all of which we've come to attribute largely to the supportive relationships developed among those in the WISE community. So, please—ask questions about those topics or anything else of interest from the presentation. We look forward to interacting with you!

I absolutely LOVE how the teachers shared not only what they learned but how they developed professional relationships with other STEM teachers. That's essential because we can sometimes be an island.

I interested in learning more about how you encouraged these professional relationships and maintained that sense of community throughout the years.

Very nice presentation of your program! How do you evaluate your program/measure its impact? For example, how many Noyce Scholars have completed the program over the years and are most still teaching and in high-need districts? I am also interested in your "near-peer" mentorship - we have a program like this also, so I would love to know how you coordinate the mentorship program and the kinds of activities Scholars engage in as mentoring. Thanks!!

Wonderful video. The hands-on summer internship seems motivating and empowering. Are the alumni graduates of the Noyce program or are they also in-service teachers that have graduated from your education program? How do you involve your Noyce alumni and encourage them to continue to support your program? 

Thank you. A wonderful program!

Thank you it has been such a pleasure to watch the network grow, our graduates impact STEM education, and the natural mentoring that occurs in a variety of settings.

Nice to see this successful NOYCE program.  I work quite a bit with HS teachers (more through in-service Research Experience for Teachers) opportunities but really want to find a way to impact STEM majors and help them see a path toward being a STEM teacher.  You have given me some great ideas to think about.  Thank you for what you are doing to help elevate the teaching profession! 

WISE seems like an example of what we want Noyce programs to be. By keeping the alumnae connected to the program you are providing an more friendly network to support new teachers. Really seems almost like a family. That seems like just what students need to get off to a successful teaching career.

This is a wonderful video!  I love the connections that the teachers made and how they all stay connected.  I would like to replicate something like this in the future.  Thank you for sharing! 

Paige, we're glad our experience might inform your future work. Please know that we first just focused on content-based and professional development experiences, and the relationships just happened. We were a bit surprised to find later just how connected our alums had become (and remained)! Since we learned of that, we've become more cognizant of how we design events and activities so that connections can be made, and we're looking toward becoming even more overtly focused on relationships in the future. We'd love to chat--stay in touch!

Thanks for sharing this.  We have also found the relationships develop through interactions and projects.  Though we have taken a different approach, the outcome and sharing post-graduation is great to see.