Creating Pathways for Prospective Science and Mathematics Teachers in a Technology Enriched Environment: A Comprehensive Partnership for Program Improvement

科学技术工程和数学（STEM）途径计划的目的是增加未来科学和数学中学教师的数量，多样性和质量。学生在羚羊谷学院（Antelope Valley College）学习技术丰富的数学和科学课程，然后转学到加州州立大学贝克斯菲尔德-羚羊谷分校（California State University Bakersfield-Antelope Valley），毕业后开始在中学阶段教授数学和科学。该计划得到了一个大型社区的支持，该社区于2001年成立了数学科学工程技术（MSET）联盟，由50多个地区企业，政府机构和K-16学区组成，包括羚羊谷学院，加州州立大学贝克斯菲尔德，美国宇航局德莱登，爱德华空军基地，空军研究实验室，波音公司，洛克希德马丁公司，诺斯罗普格鲁曼公司，兰开斯特和帕姆代尔市，以及兰开斯特、帕姆代尔、西区和羚羊谷学区。MSET联盟致力于支持教育发展，并为Pathways计划提供技术专业知识和其他资产。 为了增加未来学生的数量和多样性，STEM途径计划积极招募代表性不足的学生。一个支持服务的安全网，包括学术咨询，辅导，职业发展，教师指导和MSET成员的指导，是由途径计划在他们的大学生涯提供。学生，作为一个学习社区，鼓励发展强大的相互关系，并利用他们的知识作为未来学生的同伴辅导员。 羚羊谷学院和加州州立大学贝克斯菲尔德正在采用各种战略来提高未来教师的数学、科学和技术教育质量。这些战略包括开发数学和科学课程，将技术和实践、探究式学习纳入其中，在中学数学和科学课堂上创造实地体验机会，每年为在职中学教师提供两次暑期强化学习班，向他们介绍学习和理解数学和科学的新教学方法。

The purpose of the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Pathways Program is to increase the number, diversity and quality of prospective science and mathematics middle school teachers. Students enroll in technology-rich mathematics and science classes at Antelope Valley College, transfer to California State University Bakersfield-Antelope Valley, graduate, and begin a career teaching mathematics and science at the middle school level. The program is supported by a large community which, in 2001, established the Mathematics Science Engineering Technology (MSET) Consortium comprised of over 50 regional businesses, government agencies and K-16 school districts including Antelope Valley College, California State University Bakersfield, NASA Dryden, Edwards AFB, Air Force Research Laboratory, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, and the Lancaster, Palmdale, Westside and Antelope Valley School Districts. The MSET Consortium is committed to supporting educational development and is contributing technical expertise and other assets to the Pathways Program. To increase the number and diversity of prospective students, the STEM Pathways Program actively recruits under-represented students. A safety net of support services, including academic advising, tutoring, career development, faculty mentoring and mentoring from MSET members, is provided by the Pathways Program during their collegiate careers. The students, as a learning community, are encouraged to develop strong interrelationships and to use their knowledge as peer counselors for future students. A variety of strategies is being employed to increase the quality of mathematics, science and technology education available for prospective teachers at Antelope Valley College and California State University Bakersfield. These strategies include developing mathematics and science courses and curricula which incorporate technology and hands-on, inquiry-based learning, creating field experience opportunities in middle school mathematics and science classrooms, and providing intensive Summer Institutes twice each year for in-service middle school teachers to introduce them to new pedagogical approaches in the learning and comprehension of mathematics and science.