Math for LA: Joint Mathematics Education Pathway (JMEP)

Who is eligible to apply for this pathway and when do I apply?

Students apply for this Pathway Fall quarter of their Junior Year.

Deadline:

The application deadline for the 2021-2022 UCLA Academic Year will be on December 1st, 2021.

Supplemental Materials:

• Autobiographical Statement: 1-2 page limit
  • Prompt: Your autobiographical statement should indicate why you are applying to the program and what you hope to gain from the program.  Please also indicate the development of your teaching interest, your experience (paid or volunteer) related to education, school-age children, and urban schools, and your strengths, skills, or other attributes that are related.
  • Upload Autobiographical Statement in the application form.
• Junior/Senior Course Planner
  • Students must download and submit a Junior/Senior Course Planner to ensure that they planned out their courses Junior year and ensure that they have enough space during their Senior year to successfully complete the necessary education coursework in addition to their major coursework.
  • Upload Junior/Senior Course Planner in the application form.
• 2 Letters of Recommendation
  • First letter: Written by a math professor
  • Second Letter: Written by a math professor, education professor, or a K-12 teacher mentor you have worked with.
  • Letters of recommendations are submitted separately by the recommender. If you are a recommender, click this link to submit a letter of recommendation by December 1st at 11:59pm.

Apply to JMEP

NSF Noyce Scholarship

The Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, is designed to increase the number and quality of science and math teachers who are prepared to teach in high-need schools throughout the country.

Scholarship/Forgivable Loans are available up to $16,500 for your Senior year.

There are two key requirements for this forgivable loan: (1) that you are a citizen or permanent resident and (2) that you work for two years in a school district that has at least one school that meets specific high-need criteria–exactly the kind of school that the UCLA program works with. The first-year of the service requirement is your resident year in graduate school. During this year you will be working in one of our partner schools, all of which meet the high-need requirements. You do not need to stay in this school for the second year, although most of our students do, so long as the school you go to is in a district where one of the schools in that district meets the “high-need” requirement described in the agreement. These districts are easy to find everywhere in the country.

As a Noyce Scholarship recipient, you will also attend a four-week pre-credential summer program beginning August 10, 2020. During the first week, you will attend professional development seminars at UCLA, followed by three weeks of observation and participation at one of the Graduate School of Education’s partner schools. Details to be confirmed in Winter/Spring Quarter.

For more information about the Noyce Scholarship, please contact Professor Arlene Russell at russell@chem.ucla.edu.

Statement:

If you would like to be considered for a Noyce scholarship, you must respond to the following (500 Word limit, typed, double-spaced, 12-point font.) Please describe how your prior life experiences—academic, professional, volunteer, etc.—demonstrate a commitment to serving educationally underrepresented segments of society. If applicable, please discuss ways in which social, economic, or other disadvantages that you have had to overcome have affected your academic opportunities.

If you have questions after using our virtual counselor, please reach out to our student advisors.