Noyce Fellowship Application - Page 2

Part I: Personal Information

Student Name (Required)

Last Name, First Name

Student ID (Required)

Student Email (Required)

Mailing Address (Required)

Phone Number (Required)

Date of Birth (Required)

/ /

Race/Ethnicity

American Indian or Alaskan
Asian or Pacific Islander
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic
White, non-Hispanic
Other

I am applying for funding to begin (Required)

Fall 2008

Part II: Education

What is your expected graduation date? (Required)

Have you completed all of your core requirements? (Required)

Yes
No

Have you applied to the School of Education Teacher Certification Program or Masters Plus Program? (Required)

If you have not applied to a Teacher Certification Program, why not and when do you intend to apply?

What is your major? (Required)

What is your current cumulative GPA at CU Boulder? (Required)

What School of Education courses do you intend to take next semester? (Required)

Part III: Learning Assistant Experience

Please list, starting with the most recent, courses for which you have you been a learning assistant. For each course, please give the course number, professor's name, and the class name. (Required)

ESSAY: In an essay of 250 to 500 words please describe: a) Why do you want to teach mathematics, science or computer science? b) What are your strengths as a teacher? c) What prepares you to be successful in a high-needs school? (Required)

How has the LA experience influenced your decision to pursue the Teacher Certification Program, if at all? Please provide as much detail as you can. (Required)

As a Noyce Fellow, you will still have an assignment throughout the semester. Noyce Fellows in the past have found this type of work to be valuable and rewarding. Please rank your top three interests from the following list: (Required)

Mathematics Education Research, Science Education Research, Lead Learning Assistant, Course Reform, Design/Software Development, Other (please explain).

As a Noyce Fellow, you will be expected to attend the Homecoming Scholarship Event in the Fall semesters and approximately 3 meetings throughout each semester. Are you prepared to do this? (Required)

Yes
No

Part IV: Interest in Teaching

Below you will find a list of 10 factors that have been reported to attract people to teaching careers.

Rank, from 1 to 10, the factors that made you seek the LA teaching experience (1 being the most attractive and 10 being the least attractive)

Curiosity (Required)

A sense of being good at teaching (Required)

To give back to the community/society (Required)

Working with people of about my age/situation (Required)

To improve my CV with math/science teaching experience (Required)

Earning money (or credits) for school (Required)

Interact with faculty at different levels (Required)

Review the material or work more with a subject I enjoy (Required)

Friends/family members did it (Required)

Someone recommended or invited me (Required)

K-12

What aspects of K-12 teaching are most attractive to you?

Mark with a "1" your first reason and with a "2" your second reason. Mark only two reasons.

Have an impact on people's lives

Summer vacations and school schedule

The affective exchange with children

Not a highly demanding job

The complexity of teaching

Being an authority figure or role model

Number of job opportunities

Possibilities of further education and professional development

Creative job

High prestige of teachers in society

"Low risk" job

(if I make a mistake, still I wouldn't be killing anybody or sending anybody to jail, or driving anybody into bankruptcy, etc.)

What aspects of K-12 teaching are least attractive to you?

Mark with a "1" your first reason and with a "2" your second reason. Mark only two reasons.

Routinized work

Nonintellectual work

Lower scholarly demands as compared to higher academic institutions

No need of further education

Limited possibilities of professional advancement to more powerful positions

Lower salaries

No free choice of what to teach or what to do

Dealing with parents and administrators

Being in front of a class

Job not highly regarded in society

"Babysitting" students

(dealing with discipline, mainly just spending time at school with students while doing some work, etc.)

Part V: Activities While in College

Honors/Awards: (Required)

Community Involvement: (Required)

Extracurricular Activities: (Required)

Part VI: Faculty References

Please list the names and email addresses of two faculty members who have agreed to provide references for you. We will contact them on your behalf with a Reference for Noyce Fellowship Program form.

Professor's Name: (Required)

Email Address: (Required)

Professor's Name: (Required)

Email Address: (Required)

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