PROGRAM INFORMATION

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is recruiting 20 Maryland high school science teachers for the fourth year of this comprehensive professional development program in chemistry, which begins Spring 2010. It is designed to enhance participant success in the classroom and will help teachers to become highly qualified in chemistry through face-to-face and online instruction with UMBC faculty. An education coordinator, who is an experienced high school science teacher, will help participants develop specific applications for course concepts and procedures. Workshop experiences have been designed to be easily repeated by participants in their classrooms and/or to reinforce teacher knowledge of chemistry topics.

Applicants must teach in public or private high schools in the State of Maryland Teachers who do not meet the criteria for "highly qualified" and those who teach in high need districts or schools are particularly encouraged to apply.

Participants joining the 2010-2011 TQC Program have the opportunity to earn up to $2,475 in attendance-based stipends and also to earn up to three graduate credits in Chemistry for successful completion of the program. Grant support will cover all TQC Program participant tuition costs.

Applications, which can soon be downloaded from this website and will be accepted until the program is filled. Review of Applications will begin February 1, 2010. Brochures about the program will be sent to every high school's science supervisor in the State of Maryland and to members of the NSTA.

Program Schedule

Note: Information about the Teacher Quality in Biology (TQB) Program is available at http://www.umbc.edu/TQB/