Alternative Careers in Teaching for STEM Professionals

行动!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个人提供必要的教学技能，以教授中学生，并在未来的学区提供科学和数学教育的领导。行动!专门招募学士学位后的职业中期STEM专业人士。该计划的交付和内容以成人学习的原则为基础。该计划旨在认识到具有科学或数学实际生活经验的个人可以为中学教学带来的独特背景，学习和经验，在教师准备计划中保持一定水平的收入的非常现实的需求，以及与维持家庭和工作义务相关的时间和地理限制。该项目为75名有义务在高需求学校任教的学生（5岁以上）提供关键的财政支持。提供财政支持的能力增强了项目的使命，即支持职业生涯中期的专业人士过渡到专业教育工作者的职业生涯。该项目将教师安置在威斯康星州的城市和农村地区，并与威斯康辛大学的三所服务于大密尔沃基地区的机构、威斯康辛大学沃基沙分校和两所服务于农村社区的机构——威斯康辛大学巴拉博索克县分校和威斯康辛大学里奇兰分校——建立了新的伙伴关系。该项目使该州三分之二的STEM专业人士都可以使用该计划，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.