Director Megha Khandelwal, PhD

STEM Education Center

New Mexico Tech’s proposal to create the STEM Education Center was awarded endowment funds from NM Higher Education Department to:

Increase the number of student enrollments in NMT’s teacher education programs and improve graduation rates to have more STEM teachers in the K-12 classroom.
To facilitate STEM education reform within and beyond NMT by hiring faculty members with a degree in a STEM discipline and research focus on education.

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NMT Teacher Education Programs offer 3 distinct Pathways to becoming a teacher and/or enhancing STEM Knowledge. Students gain the skills and experience needed to succeed in the teaching profession.

Masters of Science for Teachers (MST): A STEM-focused program, with a distance education option, for current K-12 teachers.

Alternative License Program (ALP): Have a bachelor's degree? You may start teaching at a K-12 school upon admission to ALP.

UMSE Program - Teacher Education Programs, Undergraduate Minor in Secondary Education

Undergraduate Minor in Secondary Education (UMSE): For current NMT undergraduates to earn a secondary teacher license to teach grades 7-12.

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For more info about our programs contact: TeacherEd@npe.nmt.edu
Program Coordinator: Leslie Clark, Leslie.Clark@nmt.edu 575.835.6003
Admin Assistant: Hayley Maloney, Hayley.Maloney@nmt.edu 575.835.5808
Program Director: Dr. Megha Khandelwal, megha.khandelwal@nmt.edu
Associate Teaching Professor of Education (UMSE/ALP): Dr. Gwendolyn Johnson