Invest in Quality Math and Science Educators

“And over the next 10 years, with so many baby boomers retiring from our classrooms, we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science and technology and engineering and math.” -- President Barack Obama -- State of the Union Address, January 25, 2011

With the U.S. facing an acute shortage of math and science teachers, and public school students testing well below grade levels in these subjects, the EnCorps Teachers Program is forging unique public-private partnerships to increase the number of critically needed math and science teachers in California’s public middle and high schools.

An innovative public-private initiative launched by Sherry Lansing and the Governor's Committee on Educational Excellence, the EnCorps Teachers Program creates a world-class pipeline of math and science educators by providing an array of structured classroom experiences, such as tutoring and guest teaching. These classroom experiences help gauge whether an engineer, chemist or other science or math professional fits well in challenging classroom settings.  While determining that fit, the groups of students and teachers our professionals regularly work with get to benefit from the subject expertise and enhanced understanding of math and science that our Educators bring.

To-date, we’ve helped more than 2000 professionals thoughtfully consider teaching as their next career and we are rapidly expanding our first-rate EnCorps Educators recruitment and training programs.