What is UTeach Replication? - The UTeach Institute

Alicia Beth & Pamela Romero 

UTeach Institute - NMSI Annual Conference 

Austin, TX / May 24 – 26, 2011 

What is UTeach Replication? 


UTeach Institute-NMSI Conference 

May 24-26, 2011 

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UTeach Replication Timeline and Funding 

2006 2008 2010 2012 

UTeach Institute 

formed 

UH pilot begins 

KU pilot begins 

(2007) 

Cohort 1 begins 

implementation 

(13 universities) 

Supported by public/ 

private partnerships, 

foundation and state 

funds 



(8 universities) 

Supported by state 

and federal funds and 

a single individual gift 


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(Up to 8 universities) 

Supported by state 

and federal funds 

ExxonMobil Corporation Race to the Top funding Texas Regional Collaboratives 

Georgia Governors Office of 

Planning and Budget 

Greater Texas Foundation 

Michael and Susan Dell 

Foundation 

National Math and Science 

Initiative 

Teacher Quality funding 

Texas Education Agency 

Texas High School Project 

Texas Instruments Foundation 

Tennessee Department of 

Education 

Tennessee Higher Education 

Commission 

The University of Texas at Austin 

Individual gifts 

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Overall Budget – University Match 

Minimum match to receive 100% grant 

5-year minimum total 

Grant to University $ 1,400,000 

Univ match needed to 

obtain 100% grant funding $ 1,958,666 

UTeach Institute Support $ 500,000 

$ 3,858,666 

Univ match  

to obtain  

max grant  

funding  

51%  

UTeach  

Ins5tute  

Support  

13%  

Grant to  

University  

36%  

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Grants Provided as Percentage of Overall 

Budget 

• Larger programs (more students) receive more grant 

funds 

• Percentages decrease over time in relation to overall 

program budget to promote sustainability 

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Cohort/State 

# Universities 

Enrollment 

(Spring 2011) 

# Graduates 

(Cumulative) 

Grant Cycle 

--- 1 612 619 --- 

1 13 3,529 112 2008 to 2012 

2 8 635 --- 2010 to 2014 

Total 22 4,776 731 --- 

3 Up to 8 --- --- 2011 to 2015 

Tennessee 4 295 --- 

Texas 6 1,701 662 

all in Cohort 2 

(2010 to 2014) 

UT Austin + 

3 in Cohort 1 + 

2 in Cohort 2 

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4776 

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Projected 

Graduates 

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Questions? 

The UTeach Institute 

The University of Texas at Austin 

College of Natural Sciences 

1 University Station G2550 

Austin, TX 78712 

512 232-8471 

info@uteach-institute.org 

Alicia Beth 

abeth@austin.utexas.edu 

Pamela Romero 

promero@austin.utexas.edu 

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Alicia Beth & Pamela Romero HANDOUT UTeach Institute - NMSI Annual Conference 

Austin, TX / May 24 – 26, 2011 

WHAT IS UTEACH REPLICATION? 

Alicia Beth (abeth@austin.utexas.edu) and Pamela Romero (promero@austin.utexas.edu), The UTeach Institute 1 

UTeach Institute-NMSI Conference, Austin, TX, May 25, 2011 

9 to 9:05 Introductions 4 to 4:05 Introductions 

9:05 to 9:10 Timeline of UTeach Replication 4:05 to 4:10 Timeline of UTeach Replication 

9:10 to 9:15 Prelim Results of UTeach Replication 4:10 to 4:15 Prelim Results of UTeach Replication 

9:15 to 9:50 The UTeach Institute’s Approach 4:15 to 4:50 The UTeach Institute’s Approach 

9:50 to 10:15 Q & A 4:50 to 5:15 Q & A 

Concerns about the quality of U.S. K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, and 

thus the nation’s global competitiveness, have been documented in a variety of sources. 2 

UTeach established in 1997 at The University of Texas at Austin 3 

Timeline of UTeach Replication 

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 

UTeach UTeach 

Cohort 1 implementation (13 universities supported by 

Institute 10 th anniv 

public/private partnerships, foundation and state funds) 

established event 

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UH begins 

piloting 

UTeach 

KU begins 

piloting 

UTeach 

Cohort 2 implementation (8 universities supported by 

state and federal funds and a single individual gift) 

Cohort 3 implementation (Up to 8 universities 

supported by state and federal funds) 

Cohort # Universities 

Enrollment 

Grant 

Grads 

(Spring ‘11) 

Cycle 

1 (UT Austin) 612 619 

1 13 3,455 112 2008-12 

2 8 635 2010-14 

Total 22 4,702 731 

3 Up to 8 2011-15 

State # Universities 

Enrollment 

(Spring ‘11) 

TN 4 (all Cohort 2) 295 

TX 

6 (UT Austin 

plus 3 in Cohort 1 

plus 2 in Cohort 2) 

1,701 

Projected # secondary STEM students taught by graduates of UTeach programs by 2019: more than 3.5 million 

To promote dual goals of fidelity to the UTeach model and long-term sustainability, the UTeach Institute developed a 

comprehensive approach aligned with the research literature on program replication and fidelity of implementation 5 

1 For more information on the UTeach Institute, please visit http://uteach-institute.org, or contact info@uteach-institute.org. 

2 The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 (http://bit.ly/mGewli); Rising Above the Gathering Storm (http://bit.ly/maZgu3); 

Visualizing Educational Data (http://tinyurl.com/EdBare); Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 

(http://nces.ed.gov/timss); Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited (http://download.nap.edu/cart/deliver.cgi?record_id=12999) 

3 Read about UTeach’s Elements of Success at http://uteach-institute.org/uteach/detail/elements/. For information on the UTeach 

program itself, visit http://uteachweb.cns.utexas.edu. 

4 For information on models for funding UTeach replication, see http://uteach-institute.org/funding. Additionally, the UTeach 

Institute’s “Interactive Budget Planning Tool” can be found on our Publications page at http://uteach-institute.org/publications. 

5 Century, J., Rudnick, M., & Freeman, C. (2010). A framework for measuring fidelity of implementation: A foundation for shared 

language and accumulation of knowledge. American Journal of Evaluation, 31, 199-218. 

Glennan, T. K., Bodilly, S. J., Galegher, J., & Kerr, K. (Eds.) (2004). Expanding the reach of education reforms: Collected essays by 

leaders in the scale-up of educational interventions. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. 

Hall, G. E., & Hord, S. M. (2010). Implementing change: Patterns, principles, and potholes. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 

Hill, L. G., Maucione, K., & Hood, B. K. (2007). A focused approach to assessing program fidelity. Prevention Science, 8, 25-34. 

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Austin, TX / May 24 – 26, 2011 

The UTeach Institute’s Approach to Replication 6 

Scan for a list of the 22 

universities currently 

implementing UTeach 

programs and links to 

program Websites. 

http://twitter.com/#!/uteachinstitute 

http://www.facebook.com/uteachinstitute 

6 For detailed information on the UTeach Institute’s approach to program replication, represented by the figure above, see 

“Replication as a Strategy for Expanding Educational Programs That Work: The UTeach Institute’s Approach to Program 

Replication,” available at http://uteach-institute.org/publications. 

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