The ECT Program Overview

Science, mathematics and engineering are essential partners in paving the way for America’s future through discovery, learning and innovation. Enhanced engineering education in our K-12 classrooms can provide students at an earlier age with a more specific understanding of what a technical career entails. We must encourage teachers to assume a more active role not only in the implementation/delivery of the educational experience for the student, but also in the innovation and continuous improvement necessary for engineering education to meet these challenges. Rowan University’s Colleges of Engineering and Education are offering an Engineering Clinic experience for middle school teachers. Modeled after the unique Rowan Engineering Clinics, it utilizes real world problem solving via innovative creative measures.

Objectives of the ECT

• Provide exposure to engineering careers and make engineering more relevant to middle school educators,
• Ensure that teachers are academically prepared to successfully integrate engineering content into their existing curriculum
• Provide discover and re-discovery of you r inner selves through reflective activities such as art, music, exercise and meditation

Details of the ECT Experience

• Teachers work with engineering faculty on simple experiments that can be duplicated in the classrooms with middle school students.
• Teachers participate in hands-on activities, working in interdisciplinary teams with Rowan faculty, as well as graduate and undergraduate students.
• Teachers are provided free room and board if necessary, teaching materials, meals, transportation for field trips, as well as professional development hours and a $650.00 stipend.