CEEMS MSP FELLOW APPLICATION 2013-2014

INSTRUCTIONS

Please carefully read the job description before completing the application. Follow the instructions below to complete your application.

  1. Complete all sections of the application form.
  1. Include official transcript(s) from each post-secondary school you have attended.
  1. Submit two letters of recommendation (one letter from your advisor and a letter from a faculty member) who can comment on your scholastic record and/or an individual who can comment on your commitment or abilities to teach youth. The letter from your faculty advisor should include clear support of your participation in this project, including how it will further your professional pathway. In particular, if your goal is to become a faculty member, please have your advisor indicate how your work as a CEEMS MSP Fellow will further this objective.
  1. Attach a copy of your resume.
  1. Submit the completed application by April 19, 2013. Interviews will be conducted at the end of April.

Full Name:

UC ID # Email (UC):

(Please print email address)

Email (Personal):

(Please print email address)

Phone Numbers: Cell Other (home, lab, etc.)

Permanent Address

Address ______
City, State ______
Zip Code______/

Mailing Address

Address ______
City, State ______
Zip Code______

EDUCATION:

Please list all educational institutions attended(begin with the most recent)

Degree / Institution /

Overall GPA & Year if Completed

Expected Graduation Quarter and Year:

GRE Scores: Verbal Reasoning: Quantitative Reasoning:

Analytical Writing:

Date when GRE was taken:

(Attach a copy of the GRE score sheet; if GRE not required for admission, just note this)

What is your class schedule for the 2013-2014 school year?

Summer 2013 / Hours / Fall 2013 / Hours / Spring 2014 / Hours

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE(chronological starting with most recent):

Position / Place / Dates / Relevant Responsibilities

INTERESTS:

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES(chronological starting with most recent and going back - add additional sheet if needed):

Title / Sponsor / Dates / How were you chosen for this?

OPTIONAL INFORMATION(does not affect selection criteria, but is needed for NSF reporting in aggregate form):

Gender:

Ethnicity:

□ Asian/Asian-American/Pacific Islander□ Native American/Alaskan Native

□ Black (non-Hispanic)/African-American□ White (non-Hispanic)

□ Hispanic/Latino□ Other (please specify):

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS:

Please answer each of the following questions with 325 words (plus or minus 25 words) – start each response on a separate page:

  1. Discuss your plans after you graduate.
  1. Explain a significant event that involved you in a teaching or outreach (K-12 or undergraduate) volunteer or paid role. Describe the situation, what you did, how you felt, how you feel about it now and what you would change if anything about the event.
  1. Please explain your level of familiarity with the United States K-12 educational system. Please cite examples of any K-12 outreach or volunteer activities.
  1. Please review some information about challenge-based learning at the following site, and then describe your understanding of challenge-based learning. Please describe an example of how you could integrate challenge-based learning into a middle school or high school math or science classroom. Please be specific about what content would be covered in this unit.
  1. How could a teacher integrate the engineering design process into a middle school or high school math or science lesson? Please provide a hypothetical example.
  1. In your opinion, what types of teaching methods or pedagogies help middle school and high school students learn best? Please explain why your chosen approach would produce the best results.
  1. What obstacles do K-12 teachers encounter when they attempt to adopt innovative pedagogies in their classrooms?
  1. How could working in the K-12 educational system help you better prepare a future post-secondary faculty member?

If chosen as a Fellow, how would you manage your new responsibilities with your graduate studies? If possible, please cite other times in your academic career when you have managed multiple responsibilities simultaneously.

  1. What is a common misconception about you? Why do you think that this is so?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Attach a one page plan formulated by you and your Research Advisor explaining how you both will interact with possible CEEMS activities. Give specific examples.

CEEMS is funded by National Science Foundation, grant # 1102990.