Physics Teacher Education Coalition070303 PTEC Recruiting.ppt Author: Theodore Hodapp Created Date: 3/3/2007 9:08:36 AM

Physics TeacherEducation Coalition

3 March 2007Boulder, CO

Recruitment: A Critical Element in Addressing theNational Shortage of Physics Teachers

Theodore HodappDirector of Education and Diversity

American Physical Society

2www.PTEC.org ©2007, T. Hodapp www.PhysTEC.org

PTEC Project StaffAPS (Theodore Hodapp, PI)AAPT (Warren Hein, co-PI)

AIP (Jack Hehn, co-PI)

Mary Fehrs, Coalition DevelopmentVictoria Kwasiborski, Project Management


Calls to Action

• Rising Above the Gathering Storm:

Action A-1: Annually recruit 10,000 science andmathematics teachers by awarding 4-year scholarshipsand thereby educating 10 million minds.

Action C-1: Increase the number and proportion of UScitizens who earn physical-sciences, life-sciences,engineering, and mathematics bachelor’s degrees byproviding 25,000 new 4-year competitive undergraduatescholarships each year to US citizens attending USinstitutions.



America COMPETES Act of 2007

• Double funding for the National Science Foundation to$11.2 billion by 2011

• Expand the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program• Develop and implement programs for bachelor’s degrees in

math, science, and engineering with concurrent teachingcredentials and part-time master’s in education programsfor math, and science teachers to enhance both contentknowledge and teaching skills.

• Facilitate expansion of Advanced Placement (AP) andInternational Baccalaureate (IB) programs by increasing thenumber of teachers prepared to teach AP/IB and pre-AP/IBmath, and science in high need schools


Teacher ShortagesU.S. Department of Education estimates that an additional2.2 million teachers will be needed over the next decade,exceeding the annual production rate of new teachers.

More specifically, “hard-to-staff” schools in high-povertyurban and rural districts will require more than 700,000new teachers in the next 10 years.

Many states also have identified specific subject-areashortages that exist across their schools in topics such asmath and science.

Education Commission of the Stateshttp://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/61/61/6161.htm


Need for High SchoolPhysics Teachers

2002 AAEE(AmericanAssociation ofEmployment inEducation)EducatorSupply andDemand in theUnited StatesReport


Recruitment Strategies 101

• Identify contact person inside physics departmentknowledgeable about teaching certification/preparation

• Published degree track for HS teaching in physicsdepartment

• Identify and track students interested in HS teaching• Invite HS teachers to speak in physics department• Raise scholarship funds (e.g. Noyce) to assist

prospective teachers


National Task Force onUndergraduate Physics

• Joint AAPT/APS/AIP task force

• SPIN-UP Report 2003:

Strategic Programs for Innovation inUndergraduate Physics

www.aapt.org/Projects/ntfup.cfm



Recruitment Strategies 501

Surprise Attack:Give students an authentic teaching experience

Two examples:• Learning Assistants• UTeach: STEP-I, STEP-II


Coalition Activities• Now 72 PTEC Institutions• National Conference on

Physics and Physical ScienceTeacher Education: 3-4 Mar 2007 Theme:Recruitment (Boulder, CO) 22-23 Feb 2008 Theme:Master Teachers (Austin, TX)

• Physics Teacher Education Digital Library www.PTEC.org• Best-practice book to bring together information on Physics

Teacher Education, Editor: David Meltzer


Coalition Activities

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Physics Teacher Education Coalition070303 PTEC Recruiting.ppt Author: Theodore Hodapp Created Date: 3/3/2007 9:08:36 AM