I still have more questions.  How I can get more personalized assistance and/or advisement?

Please send Tyra or Kym an email ASAP, requesting access to our secure survey, "NSF TEACH! SouthCoast STEM Candidate Profile & MTEL Status"  and please fill the form online in order to expedite your request for additional information and/or personalized advisement services.  We are here to help!

For more information about the NSF TEACH! SouthCoast STEM program, please contact:

• Dr. Patricia (Trina) Crowley, Program Director, NSF TEACH! SouthCoast
  • pcrowley@umassd.edu
  • 774-929-3027

• Kym Welty, Program Associate, NSF TEACH! SouthCoast
  • kwelty@umassd.edu
  • 774-929-3063

• On-site information sessions held at various locations in the SouthCoast area:

• November 29th, 2011 at the Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport from 4-6:30PM

• January 25th, 2012 at the Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport from 4-6:30PM -- click link for directions! (please register with Ellen Dion at 508-994-5400 or edion@oceanexplorium.org)

• Via "conference call" technology (using either your personal telephone and/or the Internet)

Interested candidates are highly encouraged to attend one of these group sessions with Program Director Tyra Lopes Mendes in order to learn more about the program.

• Dates to be announced - please check back for updates!

Directions to join a group information session via a telephone line only:

(1)  Dial the following toll-free number:   (866) 495-4188

(2)  When asked for your meeting's "conference code," enter 4020556698, followed by the #.

(3)  You will be asked to announce yourself by stating your name, followed by the #.

You will now be able to hear the entire meeting and ask the leader questions, etc...  If you wish to be able to see the leader's PowerPoint presentation, etc...  you will need to join the meeting using your personal computer or a "smart phone" with a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari (see instructions below).

Directions to join a group information session via the Internet (using a personal computer or a "smart phone":

(1)  Click on this link: NSF TEACH! SouthCoast Online Group Session

(2)  At the Moderator User Login prompt, enter the following code: 4020556698

(3)  Click Join Meeting as Participant, and a new screen will open.

(4)  Enter your name when prompted to enter Display Name

(5)  Choose to have the Intercall system EITHER call you directly (your phone will ring in less than 30 seconds) or you can choose to call into the group information session yourself:

---> click the Dial Me Now option and enter your telephone number, or

---> click the Dial In Now option and follow the instructions on the screen

You will now be able to see and hear the entire meeting and ask the leader questions, etc... 

Individual meetings can also be arranged by contacting Tyra Lopes Mendes (tlopes@umassd.edu) if you prefer to meet face-to-face.  Feel free to request a meeting with Tyra either at the UMass Dartmouth satellite campus in Fairhaven or your school site.  Thank you!