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The University of Massachusetts–Lowell will be getting a $1.6 million grant to support the commonwealth’s teacher preparation program in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The funds are part of Massachusetts’ plans by the Patrick-Murray Administration to increase STEM-qualified teachers as part of the Race to the Top initiative.
UMass-Lowell won the grant through the U.S. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE). It is partnering with the University of Texas-Austin’s STEM teacher preparation program, called UTeach, to deliver the program. The $1.6 million grant, to be given over three years, will support 250 teachers in UMass-Lowell’s STEM teacher preparation program. UTeach includes a sustainability aspect to its program, to enable the teacher preparation program to last beyond the three-year plan. The Texas program will have an extra $400,000 in support from the ESE to help UMass-Lowell establish the program.
UMass-Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan said the program already has students enrolled for the spring semester. “The UTeach UMass Lowell program draws on our strengths in research and experiential education, working in partnership with the Lowell, Methuen and Lawrence school districts,” he said in a statement.
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