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Call for UTRGV UTeach graduates’ proposals for the TI-Navigator/Sid Richardson grant. Date of submission: on or before Sunday, July 23rd by email to Mrs. Liliana Trevino at liliana.trevino@utrgv.edu
It is now time to submit proposals for the recently awarded TI-Navigator/Sid Richardson grant for UTRGV UTeach graduates. The grant is over a period of two years and focuses on incorporating TI technology into the UTeach alumni Texas classrooms. The purpose of the grant is to enhance UTRGV UTeach teacher induction by providing TI Navigators and TI-Nspire CX II handheld's, and training, to UTeach alumni serving as science and mathematics teachers who will report on the use of TI technology in the classroom. Both mathematics and science teachers in the state of Texas who are graduates of the UTRGV UTeach program or graduates from legacy institutions are welcome to apply.
Interested UTRGV UTeach graduates will submit an application including a two-page proposal on how they would incorporate the TI-Nspire Navigators and TI-Nspire CX II handheld's into their classrooms in the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year. These proposals will be reviewed by the UTRGV UTeach Master Teachers using the rubric found below, and the top seven proposals will be selected for participation in the project.
Proposals should address how you plan to use the TI-Nspire Navigator System and TI NSpire CX II handheld's to deliver content, perform real-time assessments, share files, monitor student understanding of concepts, and more, while also adhering to the inquiry-based model of education that is the bedrock of UTeach programs.
Notifications to selected UTeach graduates as recipients will be sent out on Friday, July 28th. Grant recipients will commit to the following:
- Attend a mandatory TI-Navigator Beginners training on Saturday, August 5th, 2023, from 9 am to 3 pm. Training will be at the Weslaco Center for Innovation and Commercialization WRCIC 135.
- Participate in six 1-hour periodic support workshops via Zoom.
- Turn in a total of 8 lesson plans for lessons you will have taught during the 2023-2024 school year using the TI-Navigator System and the TI-Nspire CX II handheld's, by June 28th, 2024.
- Write and submit a report on your experiences using the TI Technology in the classroom, by June 28th, 2024.
- Present a 1-hour session on your experiences using the TI Technology in the classroom at the UTRGV UTeach Summer 2024 Professional Development.
Please note: All applicants must be actively teaching in a school in Texas for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The application can be downloaded here.
TI-NSPIRE TRAINING JULY 2023!
Join Sid W. Richardson grant recipients and
Teach graduates Valerie Gonzalez and Ester
Hernandez in presenting how to engage
students in their math and science classes with
the use of TI spire CX Il handheld's and the TI
Navigator System. They will also share their
experiences about going through the process of
applying for the grant to obtain free technology.
Contact liliana.trevino@utrgv.edu or pamela.groves01@utrgv.edu