Minority Teacher Recruitment Center Collegiate Grants
The RFP for the 2008-2009 Minority Teacher Recruitment Center Collegiate Grants is now available. For questions regarding the application process, e-mail gthompson@osrhe.edu.
Each year, MTRC awards grants to Oklahoma colleges and universities to help provide a vital interaction between state institutions of higher education, MTRC collegiate programs and K-12 school districts. These grants fund programs throughout the state that support teacher recruitment and college activities for pre-collegiate and collegiate students and pre-service and in-service teachers. The center is continually identifying and providing grants to fund programs and projects which support its overall goals and objectives. In the past two years, the following institutions have been recipients of the MTRC collegiate grants:
Cameron University – Cameron Secondary Teacher Education Program (CAMSTEP) is an integrated post-baccalaureate teacher education program designed for individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree with majors and/or subject specializations in certifiable teaching areas.
Cameron University – Campaign for Ethnic Learners is a program designed to increase the number of the university's undergraduate education majors as well as the number who are admitted to teacher education programs.
Cameron University – Gender and Ethnic Minority Graduate Student is a program geared toward effectively recruiting and retaining graduate teacher education students.
Langston University – Pre-Service Teacher Student Test Seminar is designed to increase the pass rates of pre-service teacher education students who take the licensure assessments.
Northeastern State University – Celebration of Teaching encourages students to consider teaching as a career. This conference is designed to promote collaboration among public school teachers, university professors, teacher education candidates and visiting students in the interest of education.
Northeastern State University – Minority Teacher Development Program is a collaborative effort of the university along with Tulsa Community College and Tulsa Public Schools to increase the number of high school minority students in teacher education programs.
Oklahoma Christian University – Avoiding Culture Clashes encourages teachers to experience the richness of specific cultures and offers them various tools and strategies to implement their knowledge into the classroom.
Oklahoma State University – Celebration of Teaching is a conference in which outstanding Oklahoma educators are honored, the teaching profession is highlighted and academically talented students are encouraged to consider a career in education. Students also have the opportunity to experience university classes.
Oklahoma State University – Growing NBPTS Leadership provides support and development of mentor teachers in North Tulsa schools to address the needs of novice teachers, increase the retention rate of teachers in the district and prepare select teachers for National Board Certification.
Oklahoma State University – Heads-Up provides middle school students with experiences that will encourage teaching careers, prepare them for college, help them understand their role in society and enhance specific skills that will help prepare them for a global society.
Oklahoma State University – Multicultural Fair: An International Exploration for Kids is a program in which pre-service teachers will gain confidence in their ability to work more effectively with the diverse populations of students and parents that they will encounter in their careers. In-service teachers in Stillwater Public Schools will use the resources to provide diverse cultural experience for their students. Pre-service and in-service teachers will begin to develop strategies of culturally responsive teaching, thus enhancing the image of the teaching profession in the 21st century.
Oklahoma State University – OCITE (Oklahoma Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence) retains novice teachers and attracts National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) to urban and hard-to-staff schools in Tulsa through mentoring support and professional development.
Oral Roberts University – “FRIENDS” Network is a program that encourages students to choose teaching as a future career by establishing an ongoing communication and mentoring link between the students and ORU professors.
University of Central Oklahoma – Educators Distinguished Lecture Series is a symposium that provides professional development and networking opportunities for pre-service and in-service teachers, administrators and faculty members while highlighting the teaching profession by presenting successful nationally renowned educators as examples and role models for future and present teachers.
University of Central Oklahoma – Minority Educational Encouragement Project allows students to gain a positive understanding of the value of a college degree and how to prepare for the college experience as well as gain awareness in education careers.
University of Central Oklahoma – Multicultural Institute brings teachers, administrators and students together to explore critical issues and concerns related to the challenges and rewards of living and teaching in a culturally diverse society.
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma – Deaf, Deaf World is a program created to increase the number and diversity of today’s teaching force as well as to foster an awareness of deafness and deaf education.
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma – Stepping Up to the Legacy is a program designed to increase the number of teachers, especially minority teacher candidates, at the university by engaging high school students in campus activities geared toward education careers.