Get the Facts Out (GFO) Task Force

Get the Facts Out (GFO) is an NSF-funded project (supported under NSF IUSE Grant #2337285) to increase the number and diversity of STEM teachers in K-12 classrooms. GFO is a national multi-disciplinary effort to support STEM faculty and others in recruiting STEM teachers, led by the Colorado School of Mines in collaboration with the American Chemical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. To change the conversation around STEM teacher recruitment at institutions across the country, GFO produces research-based, user-tested resources and messaging that faculty can use to help improve their teacher recruitment efforts. The resources and messages are designed to celebrate the positives of teaching and to provide students and faculty with facts that address misinformation and common misperceptions about teaching. 

The AMTE Get the Facts Out (GFO) Task Force was formed in July 2020 by the AMTE Board of Directors. In 2024, two continuing members of the task force were joined by three new Change Agents, appointed to serve a three-year term. Change Agents have spearheaded conversations, disseminated mathematics teacher recruitment materials, and raised awareness through talks, workshops, and webinars on recruitment toolkits to address mathematics teacher shortages at the local, state, regional and national levels. Change Agents are available to all AMTE members for an overview of GFO materials, to support the design and/or implementation of recruitment campaigns, and available to otherwise meet your affiliate needs.