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The Science Education Teaching Unit Preparation ProjectS E T U PPrepared for the National Science FoundationNSF 01-136: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teacher Preparation (STEMTP)Prepared by Dr. Chris HasegawaCalifornia State University, Monterey BayCST 308Fall 2001Professor Carolyn SabinTeam Members Gillian Keisker, Enrico Monteleone and Maria Valladares
Needs Analysis: Teachers The Salinas High School District needs standards-based teaching • One in five teachers in the Salinas Valley and neighboring communities does not have a proper teaching credential • Eighty of the district's 540 teachers are in the first or second year of service. • The majority who are teaching Math, and Science, are teaching with a substandard credential.
Needs Analysis: Students The Salinas High School District is ethnically diverse Majority population is Latino (Mexican-American labor)
Needs Analysis: MPUSD teachers • Every year about 5% are new to the profession • From those 11% lack full credentials • By their fifth year 20% have left the district • Different ethnic background • 26% non white teachers • 40% of the students are minority • Little or no training in teaching to state/national standards
Needs Analysis: MPUSD students • Monterey Peninsula Unified School District • MPUSD students outscores Salinas High School District, but • results are also dismal • 20.3% of its graduates are UC/CSU eligible • 35.6% statewide are UC/CSU eligible • This disparity affects all racial/ethnic groups • Low income families
Needs Analysis: Conclusion • Under-prepared teachers • Low income • Background differences Factors to the poor academic performance
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