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Arkansas Data Analytics Teacher Alliance (AR-DATA) Program Application Deadline

April 20, 2021

Arkansas Data Analytics Teacher Alliance (AR-DATA) for 9-12th Grade Teachers

The University of Arkansas College of Engineering has received funding on a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation. This new grant focuses directly on providing mathematics, computer science, and pre-engineering teachers with transformative research experiences thematically centered on data analytics, especially engineering applications towards smart and connected health, infrastructure, and community.

Teachers who choose to participate in the AR-DATA program will develop, implement, and disseminate analytics learning modules suitable for high school curriculum. Specifically, AR-DATA participants will develop and promote modules to enhance current curriculum, guided by curriculum coaches and research mentors, to train the next-generation STEM workforce, reflecting state-of-the-art research on data analytics with applications in various engineering disciplines. AR-DATA participants will attain new knowledge of data analytics and engineering applications, gain a better understanding of the next-generation STEM workforce needs in data analytics, and learn innovative pedagogies and effective strategies from peers, mentors, and curriculum coaches.

Program Details:

o 6-Week Virtual Research Experience for Teachers (Summer 2021)

o Dates: June 14 – July 23

o $8,000 stipend provided

o Up to $1,200 for the supplies necessary to implement modules into their classrooms and consumable

supplies needed during the summer experience

o Apply for travel grants to attend the Curriculum Conferences in Arkansas

Additional Commitments:

o Teachers must commit to actively participating in the program, including program assessment and reporting, for

the full academic year barring unforeseen events (grade level changes, retirement, etc.)

o Participants will commit to a week-long orientation week with seminars, workshop, and panel discussion on data

analytics, applications in engineering, and workforce development.

o Participants will work with their research mentors and develop learning modules in the summer with help from

o the curriculum coaching team.

o Participants will implement, revise, and disseminate the developed modules in the 2021-2022 academic year.

 

Interested in Participating? Please follow the link and complete the form. All applications are due April 20, 2021.

https://forms.uark.edu/xfp/form/552

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