You get excited about things like robotics, rockets, hurricanes
and sea turtles — and you love showing children how they can put
geometry and algebra to work in cool STEM careers.
Why not share your skills with middle grades
students? If you enjoy working with children
and have a strong background in STEM, you can get paid while you
earn a teaching degree!
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If you’ve been working in a science, technology, engineering or
math field and are interested in teaching, the Georgia
Residency for Educating Amazing Teachers (GREAT) program
will help you make the transition if you have a bachelor’s degree
in a STEM-related field.
“Grading assignments for the EDEX 6111 class, I was struck by
what a great group the GREAT program students are… the
quality of work they are turning in is top notch! If their
teaching ability matches their academic performance, then their
future students will be in good hands.” — GCSU Instructor
About GREAT
A partnership between SREB and Georgia College & State
University, GREAT is funded by
the Teacher Quality Partnership program of the U.S. Department of
Education.
In the GREAT program, you’ll gain classroom teaching experience
under the guidance of a mentor teacher while completing an
online 36-credit Master of Arts in Teaching at
GCSU — all while earning a first-year teacher’s salary and
full health care benefits.
GREAT resident teachers will be placed in middle grades
classrooms in grades six through eight in rural Georgia. Upon
successfully completing the residency, you’ll be hired by
the district where you served. Residents must pay GCSU
tuition and fees and agree to teach for a minimum of three years.
How to Apply
Applicants must:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in math, science or a STEM field or
expect to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in one of these
fields in or by the spring of 2022 OR
- Demonstrate professional experience in a STEM career field
and hold a bachelor’s degree in any field with a preferred
minimum of nine undergraduate credit hours in math and nine in
science AND
- Have earned an undergraduate GPA of at least 2.75
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Apply by the GREAT program deadline of March 15,
2022.
Ready to Apply?
Contact Jon Schmidt-Davis using the form below.