By Erin Moss The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program provides support for recruiting and preparing effective K-12 STEM teachers for sustained work in high-need school districts. Track 3 of the four Noyce funding tracks provides opportunities for experienced K-12 STEM teachers to develop into leaders in high-need school districts. Towson University and Morgan State University jointly run a five-year Noyce Track 3 project supporting 15 Master Teacher Fellows (MTFs) who are exemplary STEM teachers in grades 4-10 in a large urban school district. To support professional development the two institutions utilize makerspaces - collaborative workspaces that use high-and low-tech tools to create, learn, and explore. Participating in this project enables MTFs to transform their instruction and become the STEM teacher leaders of tomorrow by: (1) integrating place-based and student-centered STEM pedagogies and (2) leveraging makerspaces to introduce new opportunities for community-oriented STEM learning.…