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STEMAZing Teacher Leader Program

he STEMAZing Project at the Office of the Pima County School Superintendent began at the end of October 2013 when the first STEMAZing Newsletter was sent out to PreK-12 educators. Since then, The STEMAZing Project has developed three main foci for positively impacting STEM education in Southern Arizona and beyond – The STEMAZing and iSTEM 4 ECE Newsletters, STEMAZing Professional Development, and STEMAZing Community Outreach.

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UA Community and School Garden Program

The University of Arizona’s Community and School Garden Program (CSGP) is aimed at connecting Tucson educators with university students eager to participate in the school garden movement occurring throughout the country.  The CSGP matches university student interns with Tucson community organizations and schools to support the installation, development and maintenance of a garden program.

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Teachers in Industry

Teachers in Industry integrates paid summer industry work experiences in local businesses across Arizona together with either a focused Master's of Artsin Teaching and Teacher Education or professional development credits. These activities are based in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines as well as teacher education & training. 

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Center for Recruitment and Retention of Math Teachers (CRR)

The Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers at the University of Arizona was created in August, 2001 to address the shortage of qualified mathematics teachers at the middle and high school levels.  Its goals are to retain mathematics teachers currently in the field and to attract mathematically talented college students to the teaching profession. Towards this end the Center coordinates several projects, including a program for new teachers (Induction Program), a Tutor Scholar Program to attract college students into mathematics education, teacher workshops, and an annual Mathematics Educator's Appreciation Day (MEAD) Conference for teachers, grades K-14. These and other projects are described in the pages linked in the menu above the photos.

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