UTeach One Reason University of Texas at Austin Named Best at “Saving America’s Schools” - August 28, 2007
Newsweek magazine has named The University of Texas at Austin the best university in the nation for “Saving America’s Schools,” citing the College of Education’s UTeach program as a key asset. The mention is part of Newsweek’s popular annual “25 Hottest Schools” ranking and appears in the Aug. 20-27 issue.
UTeach is a teacher preparation and retention program that is administered by the Colleges of Education and Natural Sciences. Created to boost the number of qualified secondary-level math and science teachers, the program is tailored to help high-achieving university math, science and computer science students become certified to teach without adding additional time to their degrees.
The program also benefits college graduates who would like to obtain certification, as well as new teachers who want professional support or experienced teachers who are seeking an advanced degree. Since its inception, the program has doubled the number of University of Texas at Austin students graduating with math and science teacher certification, and 80 percent of UTeach graduates that entered teaching four years ago are still teaching
In March of this year, ExxonMobil Foundation gave $125 million to The University of Texas at Austin’s newly-created National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) to expand the UTeach program nationally. The College of Natural Sciences’ UTeach Institute and NMSI plan to award grants this fall for up to 10 colleges and universities to replicate UTeach around the U.S.
Additionally, a gift of $75,000 from the AT&T Foundation has allowed UTeach to reconfigure a third-floor classroom in the Sanchez Building to serve the rapidly-expanding program and offer state-of-the-art technology training to future teachers. The $75,000 was part of a $1 million gift to The University of Texas at Austin, with the $1 million going to 11 different campus programs to support math, science, education and technology.
Dr. Larry Abraham, chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is co-director of UTeach in the College of Education. Drs. Lupita Carmona, Anthony Petrosino, Walter Stroup, Jennifer Smith and Jill Marshall are College of Education faculty who are instructors in the program. Dr. Michael Marder is UTeach co-director in the College of Natural Sciences.
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