Email forward request

Attachment 8a:

Request for Principal Investigator to Forward Invitation Email (PI is Participating)

Subject: Your help Is needed – Share the Noyce Program Evaluation with others

Dear [NAME],

Thank you for completing the demographic questionnaire for the WhitworthKee Consulting (WKC) evaluation of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (the Noyce Program). Your insights will provide valuable information for the Noyce Program evaluation and NSF.

As we move forward in the evaluation, your network and connections could be invaluable in helping us find the right participants. You are receiving this email because we would like your assistance in connecting with other individuals involved with your Noyce project to inform them about this evaluation and invite them to participate.

Please forward the email below to anyone in the following roles on your Noyce project:

• Current or former scholar/fellow

• Evaluator

• Program support staff or program coordinator

• Faculty mentor or participant supervisor

• K-12 school leader, district leader, or administrator involved in coordination/collaboration with Noyce Program(s) in higher education

Your help identifying other people affiliated with your Noyce project is essential to our evaluation’s ability to offer a comprehensive understanding of the Program.

Any information shared by you and/or your colleagues/students will not be used to evaluate your project specifically, and individually identifiable participant responses will not be shared with anyone (including NSF staff or other Noyce team members) outside of the WKC Evaluation Team.

Please feel free to mention that you are participating with us in the evaluation as well in the email that you forward. You may also tailor the email below or include your own introduction to the email before forwarding.

If you have questions about the evaluation or the request we are making, please do not hesitate to ask by emailing [email protected] or calling (202) 339-1473 (ext. 2009).

We appreciate your support in the evaluation!

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Subject: Invitation to Participate in an Evaluation of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

Dear Noyce Colleagues and Current or Former Scholars/Fellows,

We hope you are doing well. We are WhitworthKee Consulting (WKC), and we were contracted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to evaluate components of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (the Noyce Program). The Principal Investigator who forwarded this email believes that you might be interested in sharing your perspective for our evaluation. 

The Noyce Program provides funding to higher education institutions via (a) scholarships, (b) stipends, and (c) other means of programmatic support to recruit and prepare science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and other professionals to become K-12 STEM teachers and teacher leaders. You may know this program by another name that is specific to your institution. The Noyce Program evaluation's purpose is to (a) understand overall perceptions of the Program from both individuals who have applied for and/or received a Noyce award and those who have never applied and/or been awarded and (b) identify what is working well and growth opportunities.

If you agree to participate in the evaluation, you will first be asked to complete a questionnaire that asks about you, your educational and professional experiences, and your involvement with the Noyce Program (estimated time commitment: 20 minutes). Later in the evaluation, between Fall 2024 and Summer 2025, you may receive information about participating in a focus group where you will be invited to provide your perspectives on STEM teacher preparation/leadership and the Noyce Program. If you choose to participate, we will do everything we can to keep your responses confidential, and we will not share individually identifiable information with anyone (including NSF staff or other Noyce project members) outside of the WKC Evaluation Team.

If you would like to participate in the evaluation, please use the following link to complete the demographic questionnaire at your earliest convenience: [LINK]

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. If you would like additional information about the evaluation, please visit the evaluation website: https://whitworthkee.com/nsf-noyce-program-evaluation/. If you would like to learn more about WhitworthKee Consulting, you can find more information at the WKC website: https://whitworthkee.com/.

We appreciate your consideration and look forward to hearing your perspectives.

Sincerely,

The WhitworthKee Consulting Evaluation Team