Alternative Careers in Teaching for STEM Professionals

ACT！是中学科学和数学（6-12年级）的替代教师执照计划，为高素质的STEM个人提供教育中学生所需的教学技能，并在他们未来的学区提供科学和数学教育的领导。ACT！专门招聘学士后职业生涯中期的STEM专业人士。该方案的交付和内容是基于成人学习的原则。 该计划旨在认识到独特的背景，学习和经验，个人在科学或数学的真实的生活经验可以带来中学教学，非常真实的需要保持一定的收入水平，而在教师准备计划，时间和地理限制有关维持家庭和工作的义务。该项目为75名有义务在高需求学校任教的学生（五年以上）提供关键的财政支持。提供财政支助的能力增强了该项目的使命，即支持职业生涯中期的专业人员过渡到专业教育工作者的职业。该项目将教师安置在整个威斯康星州的城市和农村地区，并正在与威斯康星州的三个服务于大密尔沃基地区的机构、威斯康星州沃基沙大学和两个服务于农村社区的机构-威斯康星州巴拉布索克县大学和威斯康星州里奇兰大学-建立新的伙伴关系。 该项目使该州三分之二地区的STEM专业人员能够接触到该项目，并为威斯康星州的大多数人口提供服务。

ACT! is an alternative teacher licensure program for secondary science and math (grades 6-12) providing highly qualified STEM individuals with the pedagogical skills necessary to teach secondary students and provide leadership in science and math education in their future school districts. ACT! specifically recruits post-baccalaureate mid-career STEM professionals. The delivery and content of the program are grounded in principles of adult learning. The program is designed to recognize the unique backgrounds, learning and experiences that individuals with real life experience in science or math can bring to secondary teaching, the very real need to maintain some level of income while in a teacher preparation program, and time and geographic limitations related to maintaining family and work obligations. This project is providing critical financial support for 75 students (over five years) who are obligated to teach in high need schools. The ability to provide financial support is enhancing the project's mission to support mid-career professionals as they transition to careers as professional educators. The project places teachers in urban and rural districts throughout Wisconsin and is establishing new partnerships with three University of Wisconsin institutions serving the greater Milwaukee area, the University of Wisconsin Waukeesha, and two institutions serving rural communities - the University of Wisconsin Baraboo Sauk County and University of Wisconsin Richland. This project is making the program accessible to STEM professionals in two thirds of the state geographically and serves the majority of the population in Wisconsin.