MESRP ‘04 Preservice (Student) Application Instructions

Please read the following instructions to ensure complete and accurate information:

The Application is available in two formats:

PDF file

(print and complete by hand - submit by mail or fax)

MSWord document

(created as a form - save to your own computer to complete on-screen, save, and then

submit by mail, fax, or as email attachment)

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PARTS 1 & 2 - BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Answer all questions completely in ink, directly on the application form. Regarding attachments:

1. If you need additional space for Academic Information, you may attach a separate

sheet.

2. Place your name at the top of all attachments.

3. Attach by paper clip - please do NOT staple.

PART 3 - RESEARCH SITE PREFERENCES

Read the Site Directory 2004 to learn more about the sites hosting Interns this summer. If you would like to speak to someone at the site for additional information, go to the site’s Webpage, where applicable. Otherwise, please notify Sherry McCall Ross, who will provide information and/or a contact person name & number.

Select three sites (in order of preference) that are of greatest interest to you.

Be sure to respond to the question regarding living away from home that appears on the application.

PART 4 - ESSAY QUESTIONS

Prepare computer or typewritten answers (double-spaced) to all questions. Answer each question separately, label every page with your name and question number, and attach your responses to the application form with a paperclip (do NOT staple please).

Question #1 – Respond separately for each of the three internship sites you select as site choices. Maximum

length: two double-spaced page per site.

Question #2 and #3 - Maximum length: two double-spaced pages per question.

Your application and responses will be reviewed and scored by a selection committee and then sent to the research site where you have been recommended for placement. It is to your advantage to provide complete, well thought-out responses to each question.

PART 5 - OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT

Submit an official transcript. A transcript is official only if it is submitted in the envelope provided by the Registrar’s Office with the official seal intact. You may either request that the Registrar’s Office send it directly to Sherry McCall Ross, or include it with your application.

PART 6 - RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Submit recommendations from two individuals. One must be a faculty member who

teaches an MCTP course that you have taken or are currently taking (for non-MCTP students, please choose

a faculty member from who you have taken/are taking an education course).

The other may be a teacher or employer - current or past.

2. Each recommendation consists of a letter and the checklist provided in the packet.

3. Enter your name on the blank line at the opening of the letter BEFORE you give it to

the individual recommending you.

4. Each letter of recommendation must be on official letterhead.

5. Writers of recommendations may send them, along with the checklist, directly to

Sherry McCall Ross via fax or mail - or you may include them with your application. If

included in the application packet, the letter and checklist must be placed inside an envelope

that has been sealed by the writer, with the writer’s signature over the outside flap

PART 7 - COMMITMENT OF TIME

Please consider the time commitment you are making if you are awarded an internship,

and sign and date your application as an indication of your awareness of this commitment.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Complete Application Packets (including transcript and letters of recommendation) must be postmarked no later than March 17, 2004.

Send to:

Sherry McCall Ross – MESRP Coordinator

Center for Science and Mathematics Education

Towson University

8000 York Road

Towson, MD 21252-0001

Fax 410-704-3959

Questions, call: (410) 704-2532 or email smross@towson.edu