A $250,000 grant from Greater Texas Foundation will support the University of Houston-Clear Lake in establishing a UTeach program, branded UHCLTeach, to recruit STEM majors and prepare them to become teachers in economically and culturally diverse secondary-school settings. The program combines demanding STEM content preparation with an emphasis on student-centered inquiry and project-based teaching methods through a rigorous, research-based and clinically intensive instructional process. Graduates earn both a degree in their STEM discipline and a teaching certificate in four years. Students receive individual guidance and support, and there is no added time or expense to their undergraduate degree.
