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Seattle Pacific University Project Report 2007

Demographics

PhysTEC Definitions

PhysTEC Graduates

	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Project	Project		Project	Project
	Year 1 2003 - 2004	Year 2 2004 - 2005	Year 3 2005 - 2006	Year 1 2006 - 2007		Year 2 2007 - 2008	Year 3 2008 - 2009	Year 4 2009 - 2010
Pre-High School: Physical Science	0	0	0	0
Pre-High School:  Other Science	0	0	0	1
Pre-High School:  Non- Science	0	0	0	0
High School:  Phys./Phys.Science	1	8	0	2

(High school physics and physical science graduates are certified to teach physics.)

Commentary on Graduates data:

• These are all graduates who will begin classroom teaching on or before Fall 2007.
• Pre-HS graduates are separated according to their academic major.
• We are including Pre-HS graduates who did not major in physics or physical science if they will be teaching physical science in the classroom.
• We are considering PhysTEC graduates to be all SPU graduates with whom the SPU physics department expects to maintain continuing contact.
• We do not yet have an explanation for the anomalously high number of graduate students who obtained certification in physics in Baseline Year 2.

PhysTEC Future Teachers

	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Project	Project	Project	Project
	Year 1 2003 - 2004	Year 2 2004 - 2005	Year 3 2005 - 2006	Year 1 2006 - 2007	Year 2 2007 - 2008	Year 3 2008 - 2009	Year 4 2009 - 2010
Pre-High School:  Physical Science				1
Pre-High School:  Other Sci.				1
Pre-High School:  Non-Sci.				32
High School:  Phys./Phys.Science				2

Commentary on future teachers data:

• These are students, both undergraduate and graduate, who have made a firm commitment to K12 teaching.
• Pre-HS future teachers are separated according to their academic major.
• We are including Pre-HS future teachers who did not major in physics or physical science if they will be teaching physical science in the classroom.

Mentors and Mentees

	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Project	Project	Project	Project
	Year 1 2003 - 2004	Year 2 2004 - 2005	Year 3 2005 - 2006	Year 1 2006 - 2007	Year 2 2007 - 2008	Year 3 2008 - 2009	Year 4 2009 - 2010
PhysTEC Mentors (Current and Prior TIRs)			1	1
PhysTEC Mentees
Click Future Teachers				35
Mentored PhysTEC Teachers				2
Mentored Non - PhysTEC Teachers			47	0

Commentary on mentors and mentees data:

• Lezlie DeWater co-teachers with Eleanor Close in our elementary science methods course.   Future teachers take this course during their student teaching so Lezlie develops a mentoring relationship with each of these students.  Because each of these students will be teaching physical science we are counting them as PhysTEC future teachers.
• This coming year we will have PhysTEC teachers in classrooms of their own for the first time.  Therefore, this fall we will be focusing on effective strategies for mentoring teachers outside of the SPU academic environment.

PhysTEC Enrollment

Course Type	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Project	Project	Project	Project
	Year 1 2003 - 2004	Year 2 2004 - 2005	Year 3 2005 - 2006	Year 1 2006 - 2007	Year 2 2007 - 2008	Year 3 2008 - 2009	Year 4 2009 - 2010
Algebra - based Physics	56	64	69	51
Intro: Nature of Science	63	98	139	62
Honors Liberal Arts Physics	13	13	21	26
Calculus - based Physics	47	36	40	59
Physics of Sound	-	60	59	55
Envrntl. Ed. For Elem Tch	-	42	38	18

Commentary on enrollment data:

• We have included enrollment data for all of the introductory science courses in which have been reformed by PhysTEC faculty.
• In all of these courses the need for physics and physical science teachers is explicitly mentioned.
• We included only the first quarter of the year long introductory sequence courses.