The UTeach Institute
# The UTeach Institute

The UTeach Institute is a nonprofit organization created in 2006 in response to growing concerns about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the United States and interest in the secondary STEM teacher certification program, UTeach, started in 1997 at The University of Texas at Austin.

The UTeach Institute issued its first request for proposals to replicate UTeach in 2007. An initial cohort of 13 universities was selected to receive individual grants of up to $1.4 million each to replicate the program over a four-year implementation period from 2008 to 2012. A second cohort of 8 universities was selected for a 2010-2014 grant cycle, and a third cohort of universities is expected to begin implementation in Spring 2012. As of February 2011, excluding the original UTeach program at The University of Texas at Austin, 4,190 students currently were enrolled in UTeach programs at 21 universities across the country.

The UTeach Institute acts as the liaison between the original UTeach program at The University of Texas at Austin and individuals implementing the program on other university campuses. The Institute provides detailed technical assistance and support and hosts an annual conference in Austin, Texas focusing on issues of STEM teacher preparation, national and state STEM education policy, the UTeach program model, and UTeach replication. In addition to assisting the universities implementing UTeach, the UTeach Institute conducts ongoing evaluations of progress and fulfills reporting requirements to various funders.

UTeach has been a model for mathematics and science education programs at other institutions, and has been expanded to involve an additional forty-four universities in twenty-one states by 2019.

## 2008-2012 (cohort 1)

    Florida State University
    Louisiana State University
    Northern Arizona University
    Temple University
    University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, Irvine
    University of Colorado Boulder
    University of Florida
    University of Houston
    University of Kansas
    University of North Texas
    University of Texas, Dallas
    Western Kentucky University

## 2010-2014 (cohort 2)

    Cleveland State University
    Middle Tennessee State University
    University of Colorado Colorado Springs
    University of Memphis
    University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    University of Texas, Arlington
    University of Texas at Tyler

## 2011-2015 (cohort 3)

    Columbus State University
    Southern Polytechnic State University
    University of Massachusetts, Lowell
    University of West Georgia

## 2012-2016 (cohort 4)

    Boise State University
    Florida Institute of Technology
    Towson University
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
    University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    University of Central Arkansas
    University of Texas at Brownsville
    University of Texas, Pan American

## 2013-2018 (cohort 5)

    Drexel University
    Florida International University
    University of Maryland, College Park
    Oklahoma State University
    Old Dominion University
    University of Alabama, Birmingham

## 2015-2019 (cohort 6)

    George Washington University
    Louisiana Tech University
    University of Massachusetts, Boston
    University of Nevada, Reno
    West Virginia University

2016–2020 (cohort 7)

    University of Texas at San Antonio
    Morehead State University

2017–2021 (cohort 8)

    Central Washington University

The UTeach Institute partners with corporations, foundations, states, and private donors to fund UTeach replication.

