Real World Externships for Teachers

 

Thanks to our Inaugural Partners
Allen Health System Black Hawk County Conservation Board Clipper Windpower The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Hagie Manufacturing Company
Kemin Industries, Inc. Pella Corporation Polk County Conservation Board Struxture Architects  

 

21st century Iowa must be a place where schools, businesses, and universities work together to educate our citizenry in mathematics and science education. The Iowa Mathematics & Science Education Partnership (IMSEP) has a program for doing just that:  externships for secondary teachers of mathematics and science.

 

 

INFORMATION FOR TEACHER EXTERNS

The benefits to teachers include the chance to modernize the curriculum and build in real-world lessons, build relationships with in-town partners, inspire students into mathematics and science fields, enjoy doing something different in the summer, earn two graduate credits, and earn respectable pay.

 

 

INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS HOSTS

The benefits to an Iowa business or industry of hosting a teacher for a summer externship is that scores of students each year, and hundreds over the career span of the educator, get inspired about mathematics and science career options right here in their home state.

 

 

 
Featured Extern

Rebecca Thayer

 

School

Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids

 

Host Business

Clipper Windpower - Cedar Rapids

Rebecca Thayer
Externship Summary

Rebecca Thayer will be a first year math teacher this coming school year at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School. She is externing with Clipper Windpower in Cedar Rapids.

Rebecca will be helping to lead a recycling program within the facility further enhancing Clipper's goal of being a "green" company.

Rebecca's leadership and organizational skills will be important to bring the different divisions together for this goal and communicate the expectations of the program.

 

Blogs of Current Externs
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Find the answers at IMSEP.

 

 

 

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Last Updated: March 8, 2010