CIESE receives grant from N.J. Department of Education

HOBOKEN , N.J. — The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology has been awarded a three-year, $2-million grant from the New Jersey Department of Education. The grant will be used to fund the Partnership to Improve Student Achievement (PISA) project, in which partner organizations will work with 80 elementary teachers from 20 northern NJ schools ( Hoboken , Weehawken , Jersey City , Newark , Bayonne and Union City ) to improve teaching and learning in science and engineering. The project is part of CIESE’s Engineering Our Future NJ initiative.

The PISA program seeks to:

● Improve/upgrade status and stature of math and science teaching by forging connections with institutions of higher edu cation for recruiting, training and advising.

● Continuous, intensive professional development.

● Bring teachers into direct contact with practicing scientists, engineers and mathematicians to increase content knowledge.

● Develop more rigorous math and science curricula aligned with local and state content standards.

Stevens serves as the project’s lead agency. University and museum partners include Montclair State University , Liberty Science Center , Bank Street College of Education and the Boston Museum of Science.

Founded in 1988 to improve K-12 science and mathematics edu cation, CIESE received one of the nation's first grants to develop ways to use the internet in K-12 edu cation. Today, its edu cational websites attract more than 100,000 users from 35 countries.

The emphasis on engineering is more recent. It is part of a nationwide trend to interest more students in engineering and to promote technological literacy for all students, whether they pursue engineering careers or not. Hands-on engineering classes not only promote the value of engineering, but show how math and science relate to exciting, real-world challenges.

CIESE’s Engineering our Future NJ program is laying the groundwork to bring engineering to every school in the state. This starts with teaching teachers to teach engineering and developing curricula.

Participating teachers and schools are listed below:

 

Bayonne , Henry E. Harris School #1

Maryanne Parks (Bayonne), Kristen L. Farley (Madison), Kathleen Jorgensen (Bayonne),

Vanessa Geerin ( Bayonne )

Bayonne , Midtown Community School

Melissa Grillo (No. Arlington )

Bayonne , Woodrow Wilson School

Sharon Maskon (Bayonne), Angela Kadian (Bayonne)

Hoboken, Connors Primary School

Kevin Metcalfe (Wood Ridge), Veronica Ramos (Hoboken), Jennifer Suvat (Hoboken), Josephine DeGennaro (Secaucus)

Hoboken , Wallace Primary School

Virginia Wingert (Secaucus), Bess Mitsakos (Guttenberg), Cara Killen ( Hoboken ), Daniel Fagan ( Hoboken )

Jersey City , Alexander D. Sullivan School #30

Christine Hoinacki ( Bayonne ), Elba E. Cruz ( Jersey City )

Jersey City , Alfred Zampella School #27

Priscilla Jones ( Elizabeth )

Jersey City , Charles J. Watters School #24

Gina Venable ( Bayonne ), Judith Vivian Vanelli ( High Bridge )

Jersey City , Christa McAuliffe School 28

Cara Courtney ( Cranford ), Melissa Hurley-Ursic ( Jersey City ), Lauren Worst ( Hoboken )

Jersey City , Cordero School #37

Lular Ann Jones ( Newark ), Barbara V. Henderson ( Chatham )

Jersey City , Frank R. Conwell School #3

Rasheeidha Rodge ( Jersey City ), Joanne Murray Chervony (Rutherford), Candice Nolan (Little Ferry)

Jersey City , James F. Murray School #38

Marissa McCarthy (Spotswood), Autumn E. Torres ( Jersey City ), Stephanie Laros-Glykis (Matawan), Alissa Ferrara (Waldwick)

Jersey City , Joseph H. Brensinger #17

Suzanne Vasquez ( Newark )

Jersey City , Kennedy School #9

Gini Denis ( Old Bridge ), Casey Blaha ( Verona ), Maryann Stulich ( Jersey City ), Deana M. Lubach ( Bayonne )

Jersey City , P.S #22 Webb Elementary

Marilyn Ortiz ( Newark ), Patricia R. Assanah ( Jersey City ), Marlene Aviles ( Bayonne ), Jennifer Alvarez ( Jersey City )

Jersey City , Fred W. Martin Middle School #41

Erica Kirschner ( Cranford )

Jersey City , P.S. #20

Louise Gimbert ( Jersey City )

Jersey City , M.K. Gandi School #23

Julie Anderson (Secaucus), Melissa Beck, Gabriel Ursic ( Jersey City ), Jennifer Muniz ( Staten Island ), Sandra Festa ( Union City )

Jersey City , P.S. #29

Jean M. Oliver ( Jersey City )

Jersey City , P.S. #34

Stacey Nolan ( Lyndhurst )

Jersey City , Jotham W. Wakeman #6

Patricia Ann Corrigan ( Old Bridge ), Meagan O’Grady ( Nutley )

Newark , Dr. Martin L. King Jr. School

Latitia J. McReynolds ( Union ), Michelle Miller ( Newark ), Helena Stanaback (Little Falls), Paula Ruth-Glass ( Newark )

Piscataway , Arbor Intermediate School

Denise Harris ( Piscataway )

Private, Al Ghazaly Elementary

Iihem G. Koumyem ( Harrison ), Fatima Abedrabbo ( Jersey City )

Private, Saint Francis Academy

Isabel Ramos ( Jersey City ), Melissa Lynn Miklush ( Bayonne ), Saedel Pensoy ( Jersey City ), Maria Carla Palanca ( Jersey City )

Weehawken , Theodore Roosevelt School

Brian Calligy ( Bloomfield ), Joseph Stratton ( E. Rutherford ), Erin West ( Weehawken ), Dina Khani ( Hoboken )

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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