Current Awards - Office of the Dean

Project	Principal Investigator	Sponsor	Project Dates	Total Award Amount	Abstract
Project INTERSECT: Interactive STEM Education Competence in Teaching	Dan Dickerson	National Science Foundation (NSF)	8/15/17 - 8/14/20	$599,958.18	The goal of this project is to conduct an empirical exploration of the effects of simulation experiences on pre-service teachers' levels of confidence and competence in discourse use.
STEM Corp East	Betty Beacham	Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)	9/1/2016 - 8/31/2019	$370,674.00	An AmeriCorps initiative that provides STEM tutoring services to K-8 students who are struggling to master STEM concepts.
Engendering High Quality Personnel Preparation for Educators Serving Students with Significant Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (EQUIPPED)	Alana Zambone	U.S. Department of Education	10/01/14 - 9/30/19	$1,248,855.00	The purpose is to increase the quality and number of teachers who are fully credentialed to serve school-age students with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities (SIDD).
Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Evaluation Extension	Betty Beacham	US Department of Education (DOED)	10/01/15 - 9/30/18	$1,551,270.96	ECU faculty in Education and in Arts & Sciences are collaborating with Pitt County Schools and Greene County Schools to develop and implement a comprehensive research-to-practice reform model to recruit and retain qualified teacher candidates, especially from underrepresented populations and to develop and implement coursework reforms that involve content modules, model lesson plans and exemplar curriculum units that lead to the consistent and coherent integration of content knowledge and pedagogical skills.