Diversity: Undergraduate Recruitment Programs: Teacher Programs

Nano-CEMMS specifically recruits teachers from schools that enroll a significant population of underrepresented students.   The Center is funded through a Math and Science Partnership Grant from the Illinois State Board of Eeucation for its Champaign Unit 4 Nanotechnology Teacher Enhancement Program (CU4NTEP).  This program offers three two-week institutes that allow 30 teachers to work under the mentorship of Center faculty, graduate students, and science educators as they engaged in hands-on research and the development of nanotechnology classroom activities. Nano-CEMMS educators follow the progress of these teachers throughout the year as they present the Nano-CEMMS learning modules to their classes.  Teachers who attended the CU4NTEP institutes reach over 3500 students per year.