Teaching by Choice: Addressing the National Teaching Shortage, Two National Conferences, Winter-Fall 2004

在教师退休的同时，K-12学校和社区学院的学生人数正在增加，导致全国各级教室需要更多的教师。这个为期两年的项目包括两个全国性会议，这些会议正在研究为国家在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）K-12和社区大学课堂上培养更多合格教师的障碍和策略。智力价值：第一个全国性会议是选择教学：K-12。美国社区学院协会（AACC），美国两年制学院数学协会（AMATYC）和全国社区学院教师教育计划协会（NACCTEP）共同主办这次会议，并与代表科学和技术的其他专业协会一起参加。会议的重点是社区学院在K-12教师在科学，数学和技术教育准备的作用。参与者代表K-12学校，社区学院，四年制学院和大学，以及一些专业学科特定的社团，包括美国化学学会，美国物理教师协会，国际技术教育协会和职业与技术教育协会。该会议旨在促进所有这些部门之间的讨论，目标是确定有效的STEM教师准备计划发展中的关键问题和解决方案。会议的结果将在一份报告中发表，向全国分发。第二次会议，教学的选择：社区学院，重点是需要干教师，以取代退休的社区学院教师。它为社区学院管理人员和教师以及各种学科和劳动力协会提供了一个论坛，讨论未来社区学院STEM教师的保留和招聘的挑战。更广泛的影响：通过两次会议和随后的总结报告，这些问题和建议正在影响社区学院教师教育计划的制定和实施，以及未来社区学院STEM教师的招聘和保留。人们普遍认识到需要更新STEM教师教育体系，以培养高素质的教师，并认识到国家需要高素质的社区学院STEM教师。

The number of students enrolling in K-12 schools and community colleges is increasing at the same time that teachers are retiring, resulting in a national need for more teachers in classrooms at all levels. This two year project consists of two national conferences that are examining barriers and strategies for ways to produce more qualified teachers for the nation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) K-12 and community college classrooms.Intellectual Merit: The first national conference is Teaching by Choice: K-12. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) , the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), and the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP) are co- hosting this conference and are being joined by other professional societies representing science and technology. The conference focuses on the role of community colleges in K-12 teacher preparation in science, mathematics, and technology education. Participants represent K-12 schools, community colleges, four-year colleges and universities, and a number of professional discipline-specific societies, including the American ChemicalSociety, American Association of Physics Teachers, International Technology EducationAssociation, and Association for Career and Technical Education. The conference is designed to foster discussions among all of these sectors, with a goal of identifying key issues and solutions in the development of effective STEM teacher preparation programs. The results of the conference are being published in a report to be distributed nationally. The second conference, Teaching by Choice: Community Colleges, focuses on the need for STEM faculty to replace retiring community college faculty. It provides a forum for community college administrators and faculty as well as various discipline-specific and workforce associations to discuss the challenges of retention and recruitment of future community college STEM faculty. A summary of the conference results is beingpublished and distributed nationally.Broader Impacts: Through the two conferences and subsequent summary reports, the issues and suggestions are impacting the development and implementation of community college teacher education programs and the recruitment and retention of future community college STEM faculty nationwide. There is a widely recognized need to update the system of STEM teacher education to produce highly qualified teachers, and the recognition of the national need for highly qualified community college STEM faculty.