University of Maine System Math Science Teacher Excellence Collaborative

该项目是缅因州数学和科学联盟（MMSA）和缅因州系统的三个最大的校园：缅因州-奥罗诺大学，缅因州-法明顿大学和南缅因州大学的合作伙伴关系，每年共同产生超过80%的认证教师。这些合作伙伴正在开展合作，以增加从不同校区毕业的合格数学和科学教师的人数;通过建立大学教师、实习教师和学生的“跨层次”支助小组，增加教师在前三年的留用率;并通过教师之间的积极互动，提高三个校区未来教师的数学和科学教育质量，艺术和科学、教育教师以及K-12年级教师。该项目的动机是需要：1）扭转合格的K-12数学和科学教师的数量下降，目前预计将在未来十年内发生在缅因州，和2）解决的事实，即三分之一的缅因州目前的数学和科学教师教“出区”。

This project is a partnership of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) and the three largest campuses in the University of Maine System: the Univ. of Maine - Orono, the Univ. of Maine - Farmington, and the Univ. of Southern Maine, which collectively produce over 80% of the certified teachers in the State each year. These partners are collaborating to increase the number of qualified mathematics and science teachers graduating from the different campuses; to increase the retention of teachers in their first three years by building "cross-tier" support groups of university faculty, practicing teachers, and students; and to improve the quality of mathematics and science education for prospective teachers at the three campuses through active interactions among faculty from Arts and Sciences, faculty from Education, and grade K-12 teachers. The project is motivated by the need: 1) to reverse the decline in numbers of qualified K-12 mathematics and science teachers that is currently projected to occur over the next decade in Maine, and 2) to address the fact that one third of Maine's current mathematics and science teachers teach "out of area".