ESEA TITLE II, PART B, SUBPART 4, SECTION 2245: STEM Master Teacher Corps

Funding

$TBD, awarded competitively

Eligibility

SEAs, or SEAs in partnership with nonprofit organizations.

Sample Use of Funds

SEAs have flexibility to carry out a wide variety of activities consistent with their specific needs. Activities could include:

• Supporting the implementation, replication, or expansion of effective science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professional development programs in schools across the State through collaboration with school administrators, principals, and STEM educators; supporting the development of a State-wide STEM master teacher corps.

This grant has an extensive list of uses of funds. View the complete ESSA Federal Funding Guide below for the full list.

Key Provision: Definition of STEM Master Teacher Corps 

A State-led effort to elevate the status of the STEM teaching profession by recognizing, rewarding, attracting, and retaining outstanding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers, particularly in high-need and rural schools. States would be required to identify candidates for the corps based on content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and success in teaching, and to offer master teachers opportunities to (1) work together in scholarly communities, (2) participate in and lead high-quality professional development, and (3) receive additional compensation for their contributions to improved teaching and learning in STEM fields.

For more information, contact Tom Zembar at 202.822.7109 or [email protected]

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