UNC, Mines project secures $140,000 STEM grant

GREELEY — A national network focused on preparing and retaining 100,000 K-12 STEM teachers by 2021 has awarded a grant to a collaborative project between the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and the Colorado School of Mines in Golden.

The $140,000 grant is one of 10 announced by 100Kin10 as part of the Early Childhood STEM Learning Challenge that seeks to boost education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM.

The funding will support Partnerships for STEM Identity: 3 Populations of Active Learners, or PSI3.

“PSI3  reimagines science- and math-teacher preparation by pairing teacher candidates with seasoned elementary teachers to co-design and deliver engaging STEM lessons to K-3 classrooms,” said UNC associate professor Wendy Adams, PSI3 principal investigator, in a prepared statement.

“The grant will enable us to both continue to nurture this program, while also broadening the reach of the project and expanding the number of STEM teacher candidates who are able to improve their pedagogical skills and the number of classroom teachers who receive rich, age-appropriate content.”

In addition to financial support to PSI3, the grant enables UNC and Mines to engage in an ongoing learning community using the latest research in improvement sciences and receive support from researchers and field experts led by the 100Kin10 Research and Innovation Team.

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