• Improve and upgrade the status and stature of mathematics and science teaching by encouraging IHEs to improve mathematics and science teacher education;
• Focus on the education of mathematics and science teachers as a career-long process;
• Bring mathematics and science teachers together with scientists, mathematicians, and engineers to improve their teaching skills; and
• Provide summer institutes and ongoing professional development for teachers to improve their knowledge and teaching skills.

TYPES OF PROJECTS

The program supports projects to improve math and science education through partnerships, which include, at a minimum, a high-need LEA and the mathematics, science, or engineering department of an IHE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) program is intended to increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers. Partnerships between high-need school districts and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty in institutions of higher education are at the core of these improvement efforts. Other partners may include state education agencies, public charter schools or other public schools, businesses, and nonprofit or for-profit organizations concerned with mathematics and science education.

MSDE posts Requests for Proposals in July. For information about the proposal process please contact:

Cecilia Roe
Director of Instructional Assessment and Professional Development
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-767-0574