Teacher Application Packet
Become an App Maker Pro
App Maker Pro (AMP): Motivating STEM Study
Grant # 1509105 Funded by the National Science Foundation
High school teachers, here’s a great opportunity for you to:
· Learn to develop or modify existing apps.
· Keep up-to-date on modern science, engineering and mathematic principles.
· Work with ASU faculty, industry experts in app design.
Join Project AMP Cohort 3! Sessions will be held in labs at ASU’s Polytechnic campus. The Showcase Open House meets on the final day of each session. Dates and times are:
· Fall 2016 semester meetings: Saturdays, Oct 22 and 29; Nov. 5, 12, and 19; Dec. 3, 9am - noon.
· Spring 2017 meetings: Saturdays, Jan 21 and 28; Feb 4, 11, and 25; March 4, 9am - noon.
· Summer and Fall, 2017, and Spring 2018 dates TBD.
Villagers meet to produce apps to advance learning in STEM and related fields on the ASU Polytechnic campus.
Leaders of AMP Design Villages are faculty from ASU colleges or scientists from business and industry. Members of AMP Villages are high school Teachers, secondary teachers, and ASU undergraduate majors in computer science who serve as mentors.
For participation in this project, teachers will receive a stipend of $450/semester and $900/summer and all apps developed by your cohort. We also will provide you with a certificate indicating your participation in this National Science Foundation project.
*Application (see pages 2-5) due August 30, 2016.
If you have any questions, contact us:
Carole Greenes, Project AMP-Principal Investigator, Director, Practice, Research, and Innovation in Mathematics Education (PRIME) Center, Professor, Mathematics Education, Arizona State University.
Phone: (480) 727-0902; e-mail:
Mary Cavanagh, Project AMP -Director, PRIME Center Executive Director Arizona State University
Office (480) 727-0907; Cell (480) 273-7951; e-mail:
James Kim, Project AMP-Coordinator, PRIME Center Coordinator, Arizona State University
Office (480) 727-0904; Cell: (480) 273-1249; email:
Here’s how to apply:
Step 1: Complete the Project AMP Teacher Application Packet.
The packet consists of
a. The Teacher Application
b. Project AMP Survey
c. Teacher Participation Agreement Form
Step 2: Return your completed application to James Kim by any of the following:
email to:
fax to: 480-727-0910
mail to: PRIME Center, ASU, PO Box 875703, Tempe, AZ 85287-5703
TEACHER APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN PROJECT AMP
Teacher Name (Print)______
School ______
School District ______
Phone numbers (Home) ______(Cell) ______
Teacher Email______
Signature ______
Referred by ______
Grade Taught ______
Project AMP Technology Survey (Note: Prior Experience is NOT Necessary)
Name (Print) ______
Answer each question with an X on the line. Have you had experience with:1. Computer Languages?
Objective-C / _____ yes / _____ no
Java / _____ yes / _____ no
Python / _____ yes / _____ no
Swift / _____ yes / _____ no
2. Game Design/Building Software? / _____ yes / _____ no
3. Computer Graphic Design Tools?
4. Website Design?
5. 3-D Modeling Software?
6. Video Editing Software? / _____ yes
_____ yes
_____ yes
_____ yes / _____ no
_____ no
_____ no
_____ no
Project AMP Technology Survey
Answer each question with an X on the line. Have you ever owned or had experience with:
1. Personal Computers?Windows? / _____ yes / _____ no
Mac? / _____ yes / _____ no
Linux? / _____ yes / _____ no
2. Handheld devices?
Windows phone? / _____ yes / _____ no
Windows tablet? / _____ yes / _____ no
Android phone? / _____ yes / _____ no
Android tablet? / _____ yes / _____ no
iPhone? / _____ yes / _____ no
iPad? / _____ yes / _____ no
TEACHER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FORM
(Submit by August 30, 2016 or sooner)
To be a member of a Project AMP Design Village for Cohort 3, I commit to stay in the program from Fall 2016 through Spring 2018. Project AMP is a research project that requires data from all participants.* Project researchers will follow your academic performance for one year after completion of the project. I am free to withdraw at any time. I will receive a stipend of $450/semester and $900/summer for participation.
As part of the project I agree to:
1. Attend all Project AMP Design Village meetings held on ASU’s Polytechnic campus. Meetings are scheduled for 2 weeks in the summer and on Saturday mornings for 6 weeks each semester.
2. Be interviewed during participation in project activities.
3. Be videotaped during my work in the village. *
4. Complete surveys and assessments about my interests, aptitudes, and knowledge about career choices and my knowledge about science, technology, mathematics, and engineering. *
5. Present my project work at the Showcase Open House.
* Surveys, videotapes and interviews will be viewed by project staff only and will be destroyed at the end of the project.
I understand that no names will be attached to any data that are reported.
I understand that I may withdraw from the project at any time without penalty.
Teacher Name (Print)______
Teacher Signature ______Date ______
Project AMP, Cohort 3 will begin on October 22, 2016. If you meet the requirements for admission, you will receive notification by email or phone by September 5, 2016. If your application is submitted after
August 30, 2016 and there is space in the program, your notification for admission will be later.
* If you have any questions about your rights as a subject/participant in this research, or if you feel you have been placed at risk, you can contact the Chair of the Human Subjects Institutional Review Board, through the ASU Office of Research Integrity and Assurance at (480) 965-6788.
Project AMP Cohort 3 Teacher Application Page 4