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STOMP (Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program) is an opportunity for undergraduate, graduate, high school, and industry employees to promote engineering education in K-12 settings. The role of the STOMP fellow is to mentor/assist classroom teachers in the subjects areas of engineering and technology. In turn, teachers provide their expertise in the field of teaching to best implement engineering and technology curricula in the classroom.K - 12 students benefit through exposure to real-life engineering role models and to technology and engineering content.
Tufts University STOMP was the first program of its kind. The number of fellows and classrooms served has increased since Tufts STOMP began in 2001. During the 2008 - 2009 school year, Tufts STOMP employed 54 undergraduate and graduate students (32 female, 22 male) was involved in approximately 21 classrooms.
Tufts STOMP fellows are responsible for consulting with their classroom teacher to come up with an collection of 8 - 10 activities throughout the semester. These activities typically touch on engineering and technology content, but may also connect back to other topics students are learning about in their classroom. Fellows typically visit a classroom once a week for an hour for the duration of a semester.
Click here to continue to the STOMP network website for more information on this program.
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