{"id":59009,"date":"2014-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-education-students-receive-scholarships-to-teach-science-math-in-public-schools-after-graduation\/"},"modified":"2014-05-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T00:00:00","slug":"uri-education-students-receive-scholarships-to-teach-science-math-in-public-schools-after-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/05\/uri-education-students-receive-scholarships-to-teach-science-math-in-public-schools-after-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 education students receive scholarships to teach science, math in public schools after graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNoyce Teacher Scholarship Program funded by $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 12, 2014 \u2013 Janelle Haire spent last summer as a camp counselor in Olneyville, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Providence. The experience changed her life.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI want to work with these kids, I want to encourage them, I want them to realize their full potential,\u201d says Haire, a junior at the 溏心vlog免费B站 who is studying to be a teacher. \u201cThese children need teachers who believe in them, and that\u2019s me.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThanks to a federal scholarship aimed at students studying education and math or science, the East Greenwich resident is on her way to achieving her dream: teaching in a poor urban school after she graduates from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2016.<\/p>\n


\nHaire and five other 溏心vlog免费B站 students are recipients of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship, funded by a $1.2 million grant from the prestigious National Science Foundation. <\/p>\n

The grant, awarded last summer to the School of Education in the College of Human Science and Services, is intended to inspire 溏心vlog免费B站 students to teach in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.<\/p>\n


\nAfter they graduate, the recipients will teach elementary, middle and high school students in poor school districts in Rhode Island and other communities in the country. (Haire says she will probably stay in Rhode Island.)<\/p>\n


\n\tThe other undergraduate recipients, also juniors, are Justin Ossa, of Warwick; Ian Pilitizer, of New Jersey; and Sarah Zawatsky, of East Providence. Each student received $10,000 this year and will get another $10,000 next year. The students are majoring in education and biology or mathematics.<\/p>\n


\n\tTwo graduate students also won scholarships: Andrea Drzewianowski, of South Kingstown, and Rachel Naylor, of West Warwick and Glocester. Each student received a $40,000 stipend and is pursuing a master\u2019s degree in education with teacher certification.<\/p>\n


\nAlso, freshmen and sophomores are receiving paid summer internships \u2013 at Save the Bay, the Norman Bird Sanctuary and the Providence Children\u2019s Museum \u2013 in STEM education areas.<\/p>\n


\nAn urban school is a perfect fit for Naylor. After receiving her bachelor\u2019s degree in biology in 2011 from Roanoke College in Virginia, she was an AmeriCorps member at Roger Willams Park Zoo in Providence for two years teaching youngsters from Providence, Central Falls and Pawtucket about the environment.<\/p>\n


\nShe enjoyed the work so much she decided to pursue her master\u2019s degree in education at 溏心vlog免费B站. With the Noyce scholarship, she doesn\u2019t have to work part-time and can now focus on her studies. She hopes to work in a Pawtucket high school after graduation in 2015.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI just fell in love with the kids when I did a practicum there,\u201d she says. \u201cI really connected with them. I\u2019ve worked with kids from pretty much every school district in the state and the kids from urban areas seem to appreciate the help the most. I want to push for them and be an advocate for them and do everything I can for them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nInitially, Haire was an environmental science major at 溏心vlog免费B站, but decided to change to education and biology to work more closely with people. She considers it an honor to teach children from underprivileged families. <\/p>\n


\nBesides working as a camp counselor for City Camp, a day camp run by the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, Haire also volunteered at Gilbert Stuart Middle School in Elmwood, Providence\u2019s poorest and toughest neighborhood. <\/p>\n


\n She recalls one student who stayed up on school nights until midnight because he had to accompany his parents to work. Another student had to care for a younger sibling and was always late to school. Many students were far behind in reading; an eighth-grade student, for example, was reading at a kindergarten level.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThey need someone to be there for them and to support them and, just as important, to have high expectations for them,\u201d she says. \u201cIf you have high expectations, students will try to fulfill them. If you have low expectations, they\u2019ll only get down on themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nWorking with poorer children presents challenges, but Haire says it’s also enormously fulfilling. The children appreciate the small pleasures she provides \u2013 a trip to a pond to swim or a daylong excursion to a museum. The children inspire her with their resilience and courage, Haire says. <\/p>\n


\nThe Noyce scholarship is named for Robert Noyce, co-founder of Intel Corp and the scientist awarded the 1961 patent for the integrated semiconductor. The scholarship was funded through the NSF Authorization Act of 2002 in response to a critical need for teachers in science and math.<\/p>\n


\nOver the next few years, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Noyce grant will continue to lure students studying math and science who might not have considered a career in teaching kindergarten through grade 12.<\/p>\n


\nThere is still grant money available to award more scholarships, says Anne Seitsinger, interim associate dean in the College of Human Science and Services and coordinator of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Noyce program. <\/p>\n


\nStudents interested in applying for a Noyce scholarship can contact Seitsinger at anneseitsinger@uri.edu. Graduates of the Noyce program are required to complete two years of teaching in a poor school district for every year of scholarship support. Working teachers also will receive regular professional support from 溏心vlog免费B站 education professors.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI\u2019ve been lucky to have a privileged life so far and now I want to give back,\u201d says Haire. \u201cIf I help these children get a better education, then I\u2019ll give them the opportunity to have a better life. What could be more important than that.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPictured above:

\nJanelle Haire, of East Greenwich, a junior at the 溏心vlog免费B站 who recently won a Noyce Teacher Scholarship to teach in a poor urban school after she graduates in 2016. Haire is majoring in education and biology.

\nPhoto courtesy of Janelle Haire.<\/p>\n


\nPhoto above, in blue sweatshirt: Rachel Taylor, of West Warwick and Glocester, won a $40,000 Noyce Teacher Scholarship to teach in an urban school after graduation. She is pursuing her master\u2019s degree in education from the 溏心vlog免费B站. Photo courtesy of Rachel Taylor.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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