Prospective Teacher Internships

STARBASE Hanscom AFB began hosting prospective teacher interns in 2014 as part of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program at Bridgewater State University. The NSF funded program at BSU was designed to recruit and prepare science majors to become K-12 teachers in schools with diverse populations. The STARBASE Internship experience provided interns with much needed STEM teaching exposure and experience as well as the opportunity to interface with practicing teachers.

In the spring of 2019, STARBASE Hanscom AFB hosted our first interns from the UTeach Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. UTeach is a university-based STEM teacher preparation program, first developed in Texas, that addresses the need for more highly qualified mathematics and science teachers. The STARBASE Internship experience helps UTeach students gain confidence and experience in teaching as well as providing a real world perspective in which to frame their academic learning.

We are continuing to develop and refine our internship program and we continue to brainstorm ways to help prospective teachers, practicing teachers and all professionals in the STEM teaching and learning enterprise to pursue best practices to the benefit of all students.

If you are interested in supporting, collaborating or are seeking further information, please feel free to contact us.