MUSD Receives the Bayer Fund Grant to Support Teachers!

Bayer Fund, a philanthropic arm of Bayer in the United States, has awarded a $15,000 grant to the Marana Unified School District (MUSD) STEMAZing Teacher Leader program, which supports science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professional development.

The STEMAZing program is an initiative led by the Office of the Pima County School Superintendent, and it targets early childhood, elementary and middle school teachers who requested additional guidance on STEM teaching and learning.

As a Bayer Fund grant recipient, MUSD is recognized for its record of success in working with students to provide robust STEM learning opportunities across all grade levels and schools.

The new funding supports continued professional development of science teachers by fellow STEMAZing teacher leaders. These teacher leaders are trained in the Three Dimensions of Science Instruction, which integrates science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas. The STEMAZing Teacher Leader Program facilitates professional development workshops, builds professional learning networks, and improves STEM teaching and learning in all Marana schools, across grade levels and sites.

MUSD has implemented the STEMAZing Teacher Leader Program since the 2019-2020 school year and has trained hundreds of MUSD teachers that reach thousands of our students!

“Through Bayer Fund’s giving, we’re enabling and strengthening organizations that are working to make real, sustainable impacts in their local communities across the United States,” said Al Mitchell, President of Bayer Fund. “Programs like STEMAZing inspire future generations for careers in the high-demand STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) field, and we’re proud to provide our support.”

In 2022, Bayer Fund awarded more than $13.4 million to over 2,700 charitable and nonprofit organizations to help address essential needs in Food and Nutrition, STEM Education and Health & Wellness. Since 2017, nonprofit organizations across the U.S. have received nearly $90 million.