Instructor Qualifications for EE 1701 & 1703

The qualifications listed below reflect the minimum qualifications a high school instructor must meet before applying to teach the UMN course EE 1701: Climate Crisis: Implementing Solutions and EE 1703, the associated laboratory

Licensure

CIS instructors must have a valid Minnesota teaching license or an approved alternative

Experience and proficiencies (all required)

• Three years of experience teaching high school juniors or seniors in STEM or environmental-related courses.
• General knowledge of wind and solar energy systems, electric utilities grid, batteries, fuel cells and energy-efficient lighting options.

Demonstration of advanced, relevant content knowledge (select one)

1. Graduate degree STEM or environmental related fields;
2. Graduate degree in any field plus 18 graduate credit hours in STEM or environmental courses;
3. Graduate degree in any field plus six equivalent experience options from options A through M, below.
4. Undergraduate degree with significant coursework in STEM, or environmental related coursework, plus seven equivalent experience options from A through M, below.

Description of Equivalent Experience Options (only required if #3 or #4 is selected above)

A: Graduate credits in STEM or areas relevant to the topics covered in the course

These need not have been taken as part of a graduate degree program.

• Three semester-length credits are considered one experience
• Can be applied up to six times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, include a list of relevant graduate coursework. For each course include the title, where taken and number of credits earned. Faculty will evaluate the courses you list for relevancy to the topics taught in the UMN course or to advanced topics in the same field. If the applicability isn’t obvious from the course title, please describe the relevance.

B: Discipline-specific professional development

Specifically in STEM fields or topics covered in the course. Some options include Project Lead the Way training in Engineering; AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism or Mechanics training; AP Physics 1 and 2 trainings; Physics Teaching Resource Agents summer institutes or workshops; SciMathMn or Minnesota STEM Network conferences or trainings; PRISM workshops; Minnesota Association for Environmental Education trainings; Minnesota Association of Agricultural Educators conferences or trainings; IB physics training. Other relevant workshops, trainings, conferences, or seminars may be considered.

• 30 hours of professional development is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to four times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, include a list of each professional development workshop, the sponsoring group or organization and total hours. Refer to Faculty Guiding Questions #1: Discipline-specific professional development.

C: Published textbook, journal article, textbook chapter, or essay

May include similar scholarly or creative work in STEM areas, especially those related to topics covered in the course.

• Each publication on a distinct topic is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, describe the significance of the work, particularly as it applies to the topics covered in the UMN course or to advanced topics in the same field. Include a link to the publication or provide, with your application, an abstract or copy that lists your authorship.

D: Professional experience requiring regular use of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics

May include paid employment or volunteer work.

• Each distinct experience is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, respond to Faculty Guiding Questions, #9: Experience requiring regular use of skills or content knowledge related to the field.

E: Fellowships or awards

This includes awards from school, district, state, regional, national, or international organizations for recognition of high school or undergraduate teaching in any STEM area.

• Each fellowship or award is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, describe your awards using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #8: Receiving an award or other recognition.

F: Participation in nationally normed assessment activity

Must be related to STEM areas, such as Advanced Placement test grading or serving as a National Board Certification assessor in science.

• Each year of service is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, respond to Faculty Guiding Questions, #10: Participation in a nationally normed assessment activity related to the field.

G: National Board Certification

Must be received for Science at the Adolescent and Young Adulthood level.

• Include a copy of your certification letter or certificate with your application
• Certification fulfills two options

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, describe your certification using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #11: National Board Certification.

H: Successful and effective teaching experience in a course leading to undergraduate credit

Must be in STEM area subjects through dual credit, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or teaching undergraduates on a college or university campus.

• Two years is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, describe your teaching experience using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #3: Teaching of a course leading to undergraduate credit for students.

I: Passing score (or better) on relevant subject matter tests

Including National Board of Professional Teaching Standards test in Science, GRE subject matter tests, or other relevant subject matter tests related to STEM.

• Each exam is considered one experience
• Can be applied one time

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, discuss the significance of the test, indicate the date taken and where taken. Provide documentation, such as a certificate or letter with your score.

J: Presentations at relevant conferences

These may include local, state, regional, or national workshops or conferences such as American Association of Physics Teachers, National Science Teachers Association, American Society of Engineering Education, Minnesota Science Teachers Association, Gopher State Physics Teachers, UMN Physics Force, or American Physical Society.

• Each presentation on a distinct topic is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, list and describe presentations using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #5: Presentations.

K: Active participation in a professional STEM organization

Organizations may include QuarkNET, Project Lead the Way, AAPT, PhysTEC.

• Each year of active participation is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, respond to Faculty Guiding Questions, #14: Demonstrated community engagement.

L: Content and pedagogy trainer or coach

Such as through Physics Teaching Resource Agents. To apply this option, content must be embedded in the pedagogy.

• Each term of service as trainer or coach is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, list and describe roles and responsibility using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #9: Experience requiring regular use of skills or content knowledge related to the field and #7: Student teacher supervisor.

M: Field test or review curriculum

This may include working with a publisher or serving on a textbook review and selection committee for a postsecondary or secondary institution in a STEM field.

• Each project is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to two times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, list and describe roles and responsibility using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #12: Field test, review or edit curriculum for publisher and #13: Serve on textbook selection committee for secondary or postsecondary institution.