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As the first faculty hired, she has assisted with designing and preparing the unit which received state approval from the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. She has over 10 years of assessment experience and serves as the edTPA Coordinator for Savannah State University. Her role as the Assessment Manager includes serving on institutional and state assessment committees while preparing students and supporting faculty and collaborating teachers on using the assessment system. Dr. Mosley has recently be selected to serve as a Site Visitor with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. Her teaching experience spans across secondary, adult, technical and higher education. She has presented at state, regional, national and international conferences and has several publications. She has served on accreditation committees, K-12 school committees and local community boards and received and managed over two million dollars in federal grants. In addition, Dr. Mosley serves on state and national committees for teacher education.

This paper will discuss the various factors that contribute to the success of minority students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines by exploring paradigms that promote success for the underrepresented group of students. Savannah State University (SSU) offered and administered a six-week Junior Engineering and Technology Summer (JETS) program sponsored by the U.S Army Research Office. The primary goal of the JETS program was to provide high school students with interests in mathematics and sciences a preview of engineering studies at the college level. This high quality program nurtured the top 25 academically talented high school students' interests in engineering and science through handson activities, team dynamics, faculty and current engineering technology student instruction and a field trip to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The summer program was supplemented by Upward Bound, an existing summer outreach program at SSU, to attract students who would be able to cope with the requirements of baccalaureate degree programs in STEM disciplines. In this paper we will present the curriculum module, student activities, and an evaluation of student learning.

America's colleges and universities are not producing an adequate amount of K-12 school teachers, particularly secondary school teachers in the high need STEM fields of physics, chemistry, math, and computer science. This shortage have an impact on the quality of STEM education because schools have to accept teachers with less qualifications [2]. This discourages young students from pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics upon entering college due to limited comprehension and exposure to these subjects [4]. To address this critical need, XXX University in partnership with YYY College and the 6-12 school system designed/developed a comprehensive five week Summer Educational Internship program. This program targets rising college sophomores majoring in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technology to prepare them for teaching students in grades 6-12. Over a 5 week period the students are introduced to a semi-formal education on subjects such as 3D Modeling, Programming, and Robotics. This program also involves high aptitude rising college juniors as student instructors to mentor students as part of an advanced group called Upward Bound. These juniors are advised by a lead instructor to create their lessons and apply them in the classroom. This summer program aims to provide in-class teaching experience to sophomore and junior college students majoring in STEM fields, in the hopes that these students will develop an interest in pursuing a future as a STEM educator. During the five week teaching period, fifteen students (12 from XXX and 3 from YYY) receive a stipend of $1,000 to participate in the summer internship program and work with a professor to prepare and implement their lessons. This paper reports on student teaching, observations, and hands on activities associated with the Upward Bound/UNITE, and Noyce programs.