The College of Education and The College of Engineering

The University of Toledo

Dr. Charlene M. Czerniak

 

The University of Toledo is seeking a full time doctoral student from the College of Education and/or the College of Engineering to work on educational programming and research within the National Science Foundation-funded program called NURTURES. The position will be available beginning in the Summer semester of 2018.

 

NURTURES focuses on early childhood science, mathematics and literacy within the context of science teaching. This Discovery Research Prek-12 (DRK-12) grant has funding through Summer 2020 to cover full time graduate assistantships for both the academic year and summers. Summers are required for anyone accepting the assistantship.

 

Doctoral students will be required to participate in both the educational programming (e.g., teaching in the summer institute, coaching teachers, running professional learning communities, and observing / evaluating teachers’ performance in teaching science) and research components of this program (e.g., research on teaching, learning, and family engagement in science; predominately quantitative but may include some qualitative work). Money may be available for travel to conferences when presenting research studies related to project-supported activities. The assistantship covers full time tuition and the college-specific standard stipend for the academic year and summer. Assistantships are awarded contractually for fall, spring and summer separately; renewal is contingent upon availability of funding and student performance on the project.

 

Preference will be given to doctoral students who are in science education, early childhood education, literacy, and engineering. Students in mathematics or technology education or other teacher education backgrounds will also be considered. Masters level students who are attending UT full time all semesters will be considered. Preference will also be given to students who have either attended or worked at our partnering school districts: Airport Community Schools, Elmwood Local Schools, Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West, Genoa Area Local Schools, Ida Public Schools, Monroe County Intermediate School District, Monroe Public Schools, Otsego Local Schools, Pettisville Schools, Seneca East Local Schools, Tiffin City Schools, Washington Local Schools and WSOS Community Action Schools.

 

For more information about the doctoral degree programs offered within the College of Education or the College of Engineering at The University of Toledo, please visit the links below:

College of Education: http://www.utoledo.edu/education/programs/index.html

College of Engineering: http://www.utoledo.edu/engineering/

 

For more information about NURTURES, please visit our website at www.nurtures.utoledo.edu.

 

If you are interested in applying for these graduate assistant opportunities, please send your CV and letter of interest to Grant Wilson at grant.wilson@utoledo.edu.