The NASA Langley Pre-Service Teacher Program (PSTP) is a partnership between the Langley Office of Education and Norfolk State University's School of Science & Technology. The aim of the program is to provide Pre-Service teachers and faculty members opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skill in teaching mathematics and science using technology at the elementary and middle school levels.

The partnership has resulted in a series of annual Pre-Service Teacher Conferences (PSTC) and Pre-Service Teacher Summer Institutes (PSTI). The Pre-Service Teacher Conference is held each spring and host six hundred to 700 hundred elementary & middle school prospective teachers from selected Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities TCUs), and and some majority institutions. Students and faculty are exposed to invigorating general sessions and hands-on workshops. The PSTC culminates with a Career Day where students have the opportunity to interview with recruiters from public schools and graduate schools from across the country.

Recognizing the need to provide a more in-depth experience for pre-service teachers, the Pre-Service Teacher Institute (PSTI) was developed. Pre-Service teachers representing over 104 colleges and universities spend a dynamic and engaging two-weeks in an intensive institute where they are exposed to problem-based learning, mathematics, and science enrichment activities. Pre-Service teachers are able to interface with NASA personnel and tour Langley's facilities while learning to incorporate NASA's cutting-edge research into lesson plans for elementary and middle school students. The institute culminates with the pre-service teachers developing and teaching problem-based learning lesson to children from local schools. They are expected to teach in an elementary/middle school when they return home.

The Pre-Service Teacher Conference and the Pre-Service Teacher Institutes are made possible through the generous funding from the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, Minority University Research and Education Division, NASA Headquarters.