Industry Internships
industry Internships
Tucson Values Teachers, in partnership with the Arizona College of Education, Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies (TLS), launched an innovative master's degree program that includes a summer internship program placing K-12 teachers in area businesses. The program was funded by the Science Foundation Arizona with matching funds from area businesses.
Raytheon, SEBRA, UA/Bisophere 2, Texas Instruments, Sundt, General Plasma, Bio-Vigilant, Fort Huachuca and BeachFleischman all said "yes" to placing high-quality K-12 teachers who teach in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math in a six to eight week paid internship.
Feedback from last summer's internships was very positive. All of the businesses who participated are eager to continue in the program. A number of additional companies are stepping up to participate, and our waiting list of teachers continues to grow.
We are looking forward to this summer's internships for math and science teachers. We will be adding another group of twenty or more teachers in 2010. Applications are now available and are due before February 15, 2010.
For more information:
http://coe.arizona.edu/tls/sasmic
Teachers download a flier about the program.
Applications are available on the UA website above, or, email jkolsen@u.arizona.edu
