[CaTEACH-SMI] Welcome back -- Get (re)-acquainted with SMI

[Leslie Bushong]

Welcome Back,
SMI Students!


As you acclimate to the new academic calendar and your course schedule, please keep in mind the multiple resources and services offered through the SMI RESOURCE CENTER (1315 Pierce Hall).

Visit http://smi.ucr.edu for weekly hours.


[SERVICES & PROGRAMS]

vPre-Professional Advising<mailto:smi at ucr.edu>

To be sure your undergraduate planning is complete with strategies as to how you plan to satisfy teaching-related courses and admissions and employment requirements, please be sure you have created/updated an SMI Program Profile.  To schedule an SMI Advising appointment, please email smi at ucr.edu<mailto:smi at ucr.edu>.


vSMI Workshops & Seminars<http://smi.ucr.edu/guestspeakerseries.html>

Gain valuable skills and knowledge for continue your preparedness for a careering teaching.  Workshop series include how to prepare for various milestones in your journey to becoming a teacher: entrance application to a teaching credential program, letters of recommendation, statement of purpose/application essay, teacher resume, program entrance interview, job applications, cover letters, job interviews, and many more.



vReimbursement Programs<http://smi.ucr.edu/reimbursement.html.>
Satisfying State mandated teaching examinations and purchasing lesson plan materials to conduct effective and engaging science/mathematics classroom experiments can be costly.  Recognizing these challenges, SMI is, once again, offering opportunities to reimburse SMI students for:

o   CBEST & CSET exams' registration fees

o   Classroom instructional supplies
Continuation of the Reimbursement Programs is subject to funding availability.


vSMI & ALPHA Center Apprentice Programs<http://smi.ucr.edu/apprentice.html>



vNSF Noyce Scholars Program<http://smi.ucr.edu/noyce.html>

[RESOURCES]

vLibrary

*        Teacher Exam Preparation Guides

o   CBEST Exam study guides

o   CSET Exam study guides

o   California science and mathematics frameworks for California public schools

o   Supplemental Syllabi for Science & Mathematics Courses. Visit http://smi.ucr.edu/resources.html#syllabi




*        Subject content textbooks

Excellent resources for preparing lessons and studying for CSET

o   Algebra

o   Geometry

o   Calculus

o   Biology

o   Chemistry

o   Physics

o   Earth Sciences



*         STEM Scholarly Journals <http://smi.ucr.edu/resources.html#journals>
By accessing scholarly STEM journals, current and future science and mathematics teachers can gain research-based classroom activities that foster creative thinking and effective teaching of science and mathematics.    Visit the SMI Resource Center to access these journals.

*        Journal of Computer in Mathematics and Science Teaching (quarterly print editions)

*        For the Learning of Mathematics (quarterly print editions)

*        Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (monthly print editions)

*        National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) journal series

o   Science Children (online - Monthly)

o   Science Scope (online - Monthly)

o   The Science Teacher (online - Monthly)

o   Journal of College Science Teaching (online - Bi-monthly)



*        Teaching Career Preparation Reference Guides

o   Resume Writing

o   Preparing for Interviews

o   Setting up Classrooms



*        Lesson Planning Materials

o   Supplies

o   Mathematics manipulative kits

o   Copy Machine

o   Scanner

o   Printer

o   Archives of Lesson Plans contributed by SMI students & teachers



vStudent Lounge Area

*        Free WiFi

*        Laptops
Excellent tools to:

o   Update EDUC 3 and EDUC 4 Weekly Journals

o   Utilize online teacher resources

o   Utilize online exam preparation resources

o   Create classroom lesson plans

o   Complete any of your UCR assignments


Software includes:

o   Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint)

o   Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

o   Adobe Acrobat Reader

o   Web Browser

*        White boards

*        Over-sized sofas for networking with other future STEM teachers.



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