Montana STEM Teacher Survey

Recommendation Form for the Montana State University Noyce Master Teaching Fellowships (MTF) Program

Dear Superintendent or Principal,

We appreciate your willingness to support the MSU MTF applicant in your school district. For more information about this fellowship program, please visit our project website at https://www.montana.edu/smrc/noyce. If you have any questions regarding this form, please feel free to e-mail us at fluo@montana.edu or leave a message at (406) 994-5950.

Thank you!

MSU Noyce Track 3 Master Teaching Fellowships Project Team
Building Capacity to Develop STEM Teacher Leaders
Rural and American Indian School Educators as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Leaders (RAISE STEM Leaders)
NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

1 . Recommender (Principal or Superintendent) Information

First Name

Last Name

Position Title

E-Mail Address

Phone Number

School District Name

2. Teacher Applicant Information

First Name

Last Name

School Name

Teaching Grade(s)

Teaching Subject(s)

3. Please rate the applicant compared to others you have known at similar career stages.

3. **Please rate the applicant compared to others you have known at similar career stages.**
	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Knowledge in STEM content field	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Motivation toward goals	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Initiative. i.e. the ability to assess and initiate tasks independently	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Perseverance on tasks through challenges and barriers	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Ability to collaborate with others to achieve a shared goal	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Ability to work independently	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Ability for classroom teaching	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Written and verbal communication skills	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Ability to facilitate a professional development workshop	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Ability to lead a STEM club or extracurricular activity	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable
Potential contributions to STEM education	Outstanding 5%	Very Good 10%	Good 25%	Average 50%	Below Average	Not Applicable

4. Please indicate your Endorsement of this applicant's application to the NSF Noyce Master Teaching Fellowship:

Highly Recommend
Recommend
Recommended with some reservation
Not Recommended

5. Please indicate the extent to which you agree with each statement below.

5. **Please indicate the extent to which you agree with each statement below.**
	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree or Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
This applicant will teach in the same school district in the next 5 years or more	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree or Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
This applicant will teach STEM subjects at 0.5 FTE or higher load per year in my school district.	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree or Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
This applicant will teach my school district's STEM subjects at the 3rd grade or higher.	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree or Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree

6. Please provide us with your overall assessment of the applicant and their potential for success in the Master Teaching Fellowships program and a career in STEM teaching leadership.

7. Please append any additional information that you would like our selection committee to know about this applicant and/or to take into consideration during the selection.

Consent. I have granted permission to Montana State University to conduct a research study for this applicant in our school district. This study will identify this applicant's needs and interests, professional development, attitudes, performance, STEM education products, and related results generated from the two National Science Foundation (NSF) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program projects: Building Capacity to Develop STEM Teacher Leaders and Rural and American Indian School Educators as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Leaders (RAISE STEM Leaders). The results may be shared with the NSF and STEM education communities t.

Yes
No

Agreement 1. I confirm that our school district will support the award of salary supplements and will not lower the base salary of this applicant if they receive the salary supplements through the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program's Rural and American Indian School Educators as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Leaders (RAISE STEM Leaders) project. (Note. The salary supplements will be paid from MSU directly.)

Yes
No.

Agreement 2. I certify that all the information given on this recommendation is complete and accurate:

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