TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (continued) Of the participating Fellows:
• Approximately 80 percent remain in the classroom after two years compared to an average of 67 percent of Texas math and science teachers.
• Approximately 95 percent continue to be employed by the district after two years.
The awardees invested a total of 425 hours in professional development and procured $73,000 worth of education technology to enhance classroom learning since the program began. Due to this success, the TI Foundation decided to extend funding the STEM Academy for another year.
Math Scholars
The TI Foundation continued funding of a fi ve-year, $1.1 million grant to the Math Scholars program at the University of North Texas Dallas, designed to encourage more students to seek mathematics degrees with math teacher certifi cation. Students selected for this program must agree to teach in Dallas-area school districts for a minimum of two years upon graduation. In 2009, the fi rst fi ve students received their teaching certifi cation from this program.
Promoting Diversity in STEM Women of TI Fund
In 2000, a group of senior TI female executives formed the Women of TI Fund to expand math, science, and technology education for girls in the Dallas area. The High-Tech High Heels three-pronged gender equity approach is designed to:
• reduce math and science educator biases through training • dispel stereotypes through guidance counselor workshops
• increase girls’ confi dence via summer physics camps to increase enrollment and passing rates of female students in AP courses.
Hispanic Engineering Science and Technology (HESTEC) Program TI sponsors the HESTEC program, which is organized by the University of Texas-Pan American to address the critical shortage of U.S. scientists and engineers. In 2009, TI’s Education Technology business contributed $10,000 in cash and $10,000 in technology to support the program and hosted technology workshops.
Texas Prefreshman Engineering Program (TexPREP) The TI Foundation gave $310,000 to the Dallas-based TexPREP as part of a three-year commitment in 2007. TexPREP identifi es achieving middle and high school students with an interest in STEM areas and strengthens their potential for related careers. With a focus on building a high-quality and diverse 21st century work force, women and members of minority groups – traditionally underrepresented in these areas – are special target groups.
TexPREP’s success statewide is clear. As of 2009: • 85% of the college attendees graduated from college. • 75% of the college graduates are members of minority groups. • 45% of the college graduates are science, mathematics or engineering majors.
• 68% of the STEM graduates are members of groups that are traditionally under-represented in these fi elds.
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