The Kansas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (KCETP)

在全国范围内，将本科生培养为K-12科学和数学教师的研究型大学供不应求。教育专业的学生要上不协调的课程，这些课程往往不能将他们的数学和科学课程与他们的教师预备课程联系起来。通常情况下，教师培训计划并不能确定哪些学生可以成为优秀的科学和数学教师。最后，许多初入职业生涯的数学和科学教师没有得到他们在职业生涯中留下来和成长所需的支持。堪萨斯州卓越教师准备合作组织（KCETP）试图扭转这种模式，并提出了一项计划，以创建一个连贯的数学和科学教师准备计划，该计划与该州任何其他计划或机构都不重复。在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，这个为期三年的第一轨道CETP项目将1)创建KCETP学院，通过大学、两年制学院和学区之间的支持合作，提供改革后的教师培训项目；2)制定和实施招收和保留少数民族学生的计划；3)修改科学、数学、工程和技术（SMET）课程内容，使其成为教学法最佳实践的典范；4)让教育学生参与SMET研究；5)指导初入职场的K-12教师。KCETP由堪萨斯大学（KU）和堪萨斯州立大学（KSU）领导，包括四所两年制学院和沿着70号州际公路120英里走廊的十个主要学区。其提出的方案与国家数学和科学教育标准保持一致。它将推动一项全州战略，可以作为全国数学和科学教师准备改革的典范。KCETP项目将与美国国家科学基金会和堪萨斯大学和堪萨斯州立大学的教育部项目协调，以支持专业发展和K-12课程创新。

Nationwide, research universities that prepare undergraduates as K-12 science and mathematics teachers come up short. Education majors are routed through uncoordinated courses that often fail to link their mathematics and science courses and their teacher preparation courses. Frequently, teacher preparation programs do not identify students who could become strong science and mathematics teachers. Finally, many early-career mathematics and science teachers don't get the support they need to stay with and grow in their careers. The Kansas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (KCETP) seeks to reverse this pattern and proposes a plan to create a coherent teacher preparation program in mathematics and science that is not duplicated with any other program or agency in the state. With NSF support, this three-year Track 1 CETP project will 1) create the KCETP Academy to deliver a reformed teacher preparation program by supportive collaborations between Universities, Two-year Colleges, and School Districts; 2) develop and implement a plan for the recruitment and retention of minority students; 3) modify Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (SMET) content courses to model best practices in pedagogy; 4) involve education students in SMET research; and 5) mentor early-career K-12 teachers. KCETP is led by the University of Kansas (KU) and Kansas State University (KSU) and includes four Two-year Colleges and ten major School Districts along a 120-mile corridor of Interstate 70. Its proposed program is aligned with the national mathematics and science education standards. It will promote a statewide strategy that can be used as a national model for the reform of mathematics and science teacher preparation. KCETP programs will be coordinated with NSF and Department of Education projects at KU and KSU that support professional development and K-12 curriculum innovation.