GSKyTeach General DescriptionIn partnership with the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) in Louisville, Kentucky and Ogden College of Science and Engineering, the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences has established a teacher residency program, called GSKyTeach, to prepare and place new math and science teachers in high-need high schools. GSKyTeach’s primary purpose is to improve teaching and learning in math and science in underperforming schools. Teacher residents from across the nation who have high levels of preparation in the sciences or math - but none in teaching - will be recruited, prepared, and placed in JCPS high-need high schools. The program will begin with the selection of 20 teacher residents who will experience an innovative program, called GSKyTeach for Graduate Southern Kentucky Teach, designed especially to prepare math and science teachers,. The program will be a replication of the highly successful and nationally recognized UTeach Program at UT-Austin funded by Exxon Mobil. Thus, GSKyTeach is inquiry based and supported by the National Research Council’s latest compilation of studies on teaching and learning. In this unique program, teacher resident candidates will experience carefully planned clinical experiences working alongside an experienced high-performing mentor teacher to develop strong teaching skills. Learning to teach will also be facilitated by master teachers modeling expert inquiry based teaching and learning. Links
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Dear Graduating Senior or Recent Graduate: If you have a major in physics, chemistry or mathematics, I sincerely invite you to consider GSKyTeach as your next career development experience. GSKyTeach is an innovative program developed jointly between Western Kentucky University (WKU) and the Jefferson County, Kentucky (Louisville) Public Schools that prepares new teachers to create an inquiry learning environment for high school math and science students. (