The Tech Academies Fellowship

The Tech Interactive’s Tech Academy American Alliance of Museums 2020 award for Innovation in Museum Education.

Our Award-winning Fellowship Program

Our award-winning Fellowship program empowers educators in our partner districts, and expanded learning organizations to develop leadership skills and cross-curricular expertise in engineering and computational thinking instruction. This creates a growing network of STEM educator leaders building STEM identity and STEM career awareness in their youth through innovative pedagogical approaches. 

Fellows who complete the program emerge as Engineering Education Leaders (EELs) who have been coached to intentionally integrate STEM into the curriculum and to provide professional development throughout their districts. Each February, 25 educators will be selected by their districts or expanded learning programs to participate in a 12-16 month  Fellowship with The Tech and San José State University’s Jay Pinson STEM Education Program.

Fellows gain:
  • 90 hours of quality professional development to become an Engineering Education Leader
  • Membership in a network of like-minded educators committed to increasing quality engineering education in the classroom     
  • Professional growth as an instructional leader with requisite expertise to integrate engineering and computational thinking into cross curricular content areas. 
  • District-supported release time for professional development held during the school year
  • A stipend upon full completion of Summer Institute requirements
Program requirements:
  • A two-week Summer Institute, July 15-26, 2024 with an emphasis on completing a pre-selected project customized to the learning needs of your community 
  • Five half-day Community of Practice meetings over the course of the Fellowship 
  • An observation related to coaching colleagues on implementation of your Summer Institute project 
  • A commitment to fulfill around 20 hours of independent self-paced components of the Fellowship over a period of 12-16 months 

A commitment to implement new instructional strategies gained during the program. Districts will select participants by March 25, 2023 for the 2024 Tech Academies Fellowship cohort. If you are interested in being considered for the Fellowship, use the link below to request more information.

Learn More

For general information contact ta@thetech.org

Eligible Districts

View Our Current Tech Academies Fellows

Alum Rock Union School District

  • Danielle Letts

    School:
    Hubbard Media Arts Academy

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2024-2025

  • Jessica Chaffin

    School:
    Donald J. Meyer Elementary

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2024-2025

  • Jonathan Tran

    School:
    McCollam Elementary School

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

East Side Union High School District

  • Aaron Cruz

    School:
    William C. Overfelt High School

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

  • Danielle Shank

    School:
    Piedmont Hills High School

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

  • Mauricio Rangel

    School:
    William C. Overfelt High School

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

  • Walter Strach III

    School:
    Oak Grove High School

     

    Title: 
    Education Specialist

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2024-2025

Evergreen Elementary School District
  • Alex Han.

    Alex Han

    School:
    John J. Montgomery Elementary School

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

  • Mikeal Hanson

    School:
    John J. Elemantary School

     

    Title: 
    Instructional Coach

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

  • Stacy Mccomas.

    Stacey McComas

    School:
    Holly Oak Elementary School

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

Franklin McKinley School District

  • Stacy Divine

    School:
    Shirakawa Elementary School

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

Gilroy Unified School District

  • Angela Duke

    School:
    Eliot Elementary

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2024-2025

  • Ishrat Khatoon

    School:
    Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2024-2025

  • Rashonda Butler.

    Rashonda Butler

    School:
    Gilroy High School

     

    Title: 
    Math Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

Morgan Hill Unified School District

  • Ashley DeCarlo

    School:

    Jackson Academy of Math & Music

     

    Title: 

    Teacher

     

    Program:

    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:

    2022-2024

Oak Grove School District

  • Allen Cotten

    School:

    Baldwin Elementary

     

    Title: 

    Teacher

     

    Program:

    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:

    2024-2025

San José Unified School District
  • Joe Griggs.

    Joe Griggs

    School:

    Hammer Montessori Elementary School

     

    Title: 

    Teacher

     

    Program:

    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:

    2022-2024

  • Mona Al-Mousa

    School:
    Anne Darling Elementary

     

    Title: 
    Teacher

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2024-2025

  • Phuong Duong

    School:

    Gardner Elementary School

     

    Title: 

    Teacher

     

    Program:

    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:

    2022-2024

Expanded Learning

  • Bessy Tan

    School:
    CORAL After School Program

     

    Title: 
    Afterschool Stem Instructor

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2024-2025

  • Julissa Escobar

    School:
    Boys & Girls Club SV

     

    Title: 
    Director of Curriculum & Instruction

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2022-2024

  • Timmy Ro

    School:
    Boys & Girls Club SV

     

    Title: 
    Afterschool Stem Instructor

     

    Program:
    ME Fellow

     

    TA Cohort:
    2024-2025