TEAMS Program
Teacher Experiences Advancing Mathematics and Science
Scholarship Opportunity for Future STEM Teachers
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship TEAMS Program provides undergraduates and graduate students, majoring in math or science with a career path into teaching at the middle or high school level.
Through this program, you can receive up to $34,000 in scholarships and other financial support to earn your bachelor's degree and teaching credential. You'll also gain valuable hands-on training within a school setting.
The program includes a residency with Oxnard Union High School District. Our goal is to develop aspiring STEM teachers with culturally sustaining teaching strategies to serve in our regional high-need schools.
How does it work?
The TEAMS program is a multi-year program
- Undergraduate Students: You'll start the program during your undergraduate senior year and begin taking teaching credential courses along with your undergraduate courses. Upon graduation, you'll advance to become TEAMS Candidate and begin a full-time, year-long teacher residency which will culminate with the earning of a California Teaching Credential. Upon hiring, you'll become a TEAMS Teacher and receive $1,000 in classroom supplies and collaborative support for your first four years as a certificated teacher.
- Graduate Students: You’ll start the program upon completion of foundational courses. Upon completion of these prerequisites, graduates will become TEAMS Candidates and begin a full-time year-long residency which will culminate with the earning of a California Teaching Credential. Upon hiring, you'll become a TEAMS Teacher and receive $1,000 in classroom supplies and collaborative support for your first four years as a certificated teacher.
What are the benefits?
- Senior year: $16,000 scholarship
- Teaching Credential year: $18,000 stipend
- Initial year on the job: Funding for classroom supplies
- Ongoing mentoring and professional development
- Candidates accepted into the program will make connections between theory and practice by participating in a year-long teacher residency program in a high school setting.
Who Can Apply?
You are eligible to apply if you are 1) A Cal Lutheran student currently in your Junior or Senior year; or 2) Any applicant to the Cal Lutheran Graduate School of Education. Applicants must have an undergraduate major or a bachelor degree in:
- Biological Sciences
- Computer Sciences
- Engineering
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Physical Sciences (e.g., Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geoscience, Physics)
Requirements
- Initial meeting with Lauren Prieto in Graduate Admissions office
- Application submitted to Graduate Admissions office
- A resume or curriculum vitae
- A one-page written essay on the value and importance of teaching STEM as informed by the GSOE’s vision statement
- Vision Statement:Guided by social justice and advocacy, we will reimagine education to disrupt inequities and to meet the future needs of students and communities
- One letter of recommendation from a current or former STEM instructor
- College transcripts with a minimum 3.0 GPA
Application Process
- Interviews will take place in Spring 2024
- Once accepted into the TEAM Program, students will be required to sign a contract of obligation requiring 2 years of teaching in a high-need school upon completion of the program for each year of scholarship/stipend received.
If you have any additional questions, you may contact Lauren Prieto in Graduate Admissons at lprieto@CalLutheran.edu.
Cameron Salehi
TEAMS Liaison
Oxnard Union High School District
Jill Craft
Key Personnel