What is Expected of Undergraduate Fellows

Specific Roles or Requirements

1. 50% of 10 hours per week will be spent assisting your assigned graduate student with preparing activities, searching for web sites, and supportive, historical, etc. activities.
2. 50% of the 10 hours per week will be spent in the veterinary school supporting the NSF GK-12 staff with distant communications with rural teachers in the distant learning community. You will keep teachers informed of interesting activities developed or located by the graduate fellows in their travels. You will help direct questions and requests from your assigned teachers to the appropriate graduate fellow for answering. You will assist as needed in general operations, development, and reporting of the GK-12 project.

Overall Goals, Eligibility, and Compensation of Fellows

• Develop an avocation for contributing to K-12 science education when they become professionals.
• Improve communication and teaching skills and mentorship.
• Role model for students.
• Increase teachers’ content knowledge and understanding of principles of science and math.
• Fellows in STEM - Typical science/technology/engineering/ mathematics student.
• Undergraduate Fellows must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents (student visa not allowed).
• Undergraduate Fellows must be at least a Junior or Senior classification.
• Fellows will be expected to work approximately 10 hours a week throughout the fall, and spring (or summer) semester for approximately $10.00 an hour.
• Fellows are encouraged to participate in a once per month meeting with our Graduate Fellows (currently held the first Thursday of the month from 5:30 - 6:30 PM.)

Undergraduate duties consist of assistance with:
             (Each Fellow will not perform all tasks)

• Teacher Material Preparation
  • Search for interesting websites as needed by teachers and graduate students
  • Develop hands on teaching materials
  • Assist PEER faculty in curriculum development
• Middle School Classroom Participation
  • Help collect materials and set up hands on teaching activities
  • Assist graduate students with classroom presentations and extensions of presentations to other classrooms
• Web Technology Applications
  • Communicate with and be a resource for teachers in rural areas via a distant learning community
  • Assist with maintaining PEER website with updates and planned events
  • Communicate classroom technology opportunities and resource materials
• Teacher Training On PEER Integrative Curriculum
  • Assist with summer teacher professional development workshops
  • Assist with preparation of materials for workshops
  • Assist with advertising for teacher workshops and other PEER activities
• Extra Curricular Activities of Schools
  • After School programs
  • Advisory period presentations
  • Judging science fairs
  • Assisting with science fair projects
• Other Duties as they arise
  • Assist graduate students in their role as a STEM content resource