STEM2Teach

From STEM Expert to STEM Educator

The STEM2Teach program offers an accelerated pathway for anyone with a STEM degree, recent grads, and career changers, seeking teaching licensure in Indiana. The program emphasizes hands-on lesson design, purposeful assessment, and student-centered teaching, all grounded in real classroom experience. This program consists of three courses taken in sequence over 36 weeks.

Advantages

Learn and apply High-Structure Active Learning (HSAL) strategies
Design and test lessons and labs
Integrate technology and purposeful assessment
Reflect with video analysis and mentor feedback.

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About the STEM2Teach Program

The STEM2Teach program is designed for individuals with STEM degrees who are ready to make a meaningful shift into education. Offering an accelerated pathway to teaching licensure under Indiana SB 255, the program blends practical experience with targeted instruction to prepare career changers for success in today’s secondary classrooms.

Through a series of STEM Design Studios, students don’t just learn about teaching, they actively practice it. Students will design, test, and refine lessons and labs while receiving structured feedback through mentor coaching and guided video reflection. From the very first course, students are paired with experienced secondary STEM teachers who provide ongoing support through lesson planning, observation, and coaching in a true apprenticeship model.

Program Length and format

STEM2Teach is a focused, three-course (nine-credit) program designed to meet Indiana SB 255 requirements for an alternative pathway to initial STEM teaching licensure. Blending flexible online coursework with hands-on classroom experience, the program allows students to immediately apply what they learn in real secondary STEM settings.

Field experiences are woven throughout all three courses, gradually building from lesson design and classroom observation to mentored teaching. Along the way, students engage in guided video reflection and receive targeted feedback from licensed STEM mentors using structured, research-based rubrics, ensuring continuous growth and real-world readiness.

Curriculum

Phase 1 – STEM Design Studio: Lessons & Labs (3 credits, 10 weeks)

Introduces lesson and lab design for secondary STEM classrooms. Students plan and prototype hands-on, standards-aligned lessons while working with mentor teachers to receive feedback and build a portfolio of classroom-ready materials.

Phase 2 – STEM Design Studio: Assessment for Learning (3 credits, 10 weeks)

Focuses on designing and using assessments to improve student learning. Students create diagnostic, formative, and summative tools, use data to guide instruction, and refine their practice with mentor feedback.

Phase 3 – STEM Design Studio: Inquiry & Practice (3 credits, 16 weeks)

The culminating experience centers on inquiry-based teaching and real classroom practice. Students co-plan and co-teach with mentors, analyze recorded lessons, and refine instruction through structured reflection.

When Can I Start?

Cohorts begin every August.

Admission Requirements

Upon application to the STEM2Teach program, the UIndy graduate program director will conduct a formal transcript analysis to verify that each candidate holds a bachelor’s degree in a qualifying STEM field as required by SEA 255 (2025).

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