Rocky Mountain Middle School Math Science Partnership: 15 Months to Highly Qualified

落基山中学数学科学伙伴关系：15个月达到高素质是一个由三个核心合作伙伴组成的伙伴关系，科罗拉多学区，杰斐逊县，布莱顿和梅普尔顿，科罗拉多大学丹佛分校（科罗拉多大学丹佛分校）作为领导机构。支持合作伙伴包括丹佛大学（DU）、丹佛大都会州立学院（MSCD）和科罗拉多州立大学（CSU），该大学隶属于刘易斯堡学院、合作教育服务前沿委员会和四个学区：亚当斯县、恩格尔伍德、伊丽莎白和吉尔平县。在五年的项目中，大约600名教师将参与其中，26400名6-8年级的学生将受到影响。落基山中学数学科学伙伴关系（RM-MSP）将通过集中七个学区和四个高等教育机构的综合专业知识，在6-8年级由高素质和多样化的教师教授具有挑战性的课程，提高学生在高质量数学和科学课程中的成绩，缩小少数民族和非少数民族中学生之间的成绩差距。该项目以“15个月到总部”（高素质）为座右铭，将大学课程的开发、改编和实施制度化，这将提高中学数学和科学教师的教学内容和教学知识。RM-MSP的目标是：通过以科学研究为基础，与优质教学材料紧密联系的密集专业发展，提高教师素质，从而获得中级数学或科学教学认证，并在州一级获得相应的数学和科学认可；通过支持教师及其所在地区实施具有挑战性的研究性课程，并在“差异化教学”方面提供外展、干预和研究，特别是在与美洲原住民和西班牙裔学生有关的方面，确保合作地区的所有中学生都能公平地获得具有挑战性的课程；通过制度化地改进职前准备和招聘，加强教师储备，重点是扩大高素质中级数学和科学教师的供应和多样性。为了实现这些目标，RM-MSP的特点是：暑期学院教师利用RM-MSP资助开发的大学学分课程，由科学和数学学科教师讲授；——结构化的后续行动，支持教师将强化的内容知识转化为教学实践；——国家中级科学数学教师批准书；-通过整合视频/音频/讲座内容的内容交付系统在线传播暑期学院课程，以便在合作地区以外，特别是在农村地区访问；—针对初中生和高中生的拓展和干预，包括夏令营和学年内容丰富实验室；——营会对学生参与者内容知识的影响研究；-资助开发的内容课程纳入所有文科和理科学生的核心课程；通过指定的部门顾问招聘在数学和/或科学方面表现出天赋的职前教师候选人，这些顾问致力于在合作机构以及社区学院中识别高能力的本科生。

The Rocky Mountain Middle School Math Science Partnership: 15 Months to Highly Qualified is a Partnership comprised of three core partner Colorado school districts, Jefferson County, Brighton, and Mapleton, and the University of Colorado at Denver (CU-Denver) as the lead institution. Supporting partners include the University of Denver (DU), the Metropolitan State College of Denver (MSCD), and the Colorado State University (CSU) with affiliations to Ft. Lewis College, the Front Range Board of Cooperative Educational Services, and four school districts: Adams County 14, Englewood, Elizabeth, and Gilpin County. Over the five years of the project, approximately 600 teachers will be involved and 26,400 students in grades 6-8 will be impacted. The Rocky Mountain Middle School Math Science Partnership (RM-MSP) will increase student achievement in high quality mathematics and science coursework and reduce the achievement gap between minority and non-minority middle school students by focusing the combined expertise of seven school districts and four higher education institutions on implementation of challenging curriculum taught by highly qualified and diverse teachers in grades 6-8. Invoking the motto, "15 Months to HQ" (highly qualified), this project will institutionalize the development, adaptation, and implementation of university coursework, which will boost the content and pedagogical knowledge of middle school mathematics and science teachers. The RM-MSP goals are to:--Enhance Teacher Quality through intensive professional development that is grounded in scientifically-based research and tightly linked to quality instructional materials, and which results in certification for teaching mathematics or science in the middle grades and a corresponding endorsement in mathematics and science at the state level;--Enhance Access to Challenging Curriculum ensuring that all middle school students in the partner districts will have equitable access to challenging curriculum by supporting teachers and their districts in the implementation of challenging, research-based curriculum and providing outreach, intervention and research in "differentiated instruction," particularly as it relates to Native American and Hispanic students; and--Enhance the Teacher Pipeline through institutionalized improvements in pre-service preparation and recruitment focusing on expanding the supply and diversity of highly qualified middle grades teachers of mathematics and science.In order to obtain these ends, the RM-MSP is characterized by the weaving together of the following:--Summer Academies for teachers utilizing RM-MSP grant-developed university credit courses taught by science and mathematics disciplinary faculty;--Structured Follow-up to support teachers in translating enhanced content knowledge into instructional practice;--State Endorsements for middle grades teachers of science and mathematics;--Dissemination of summer academy courses on-line via a content delivery system integrating video/audio/lecture content to allow for access beyond the partner districts, particularly in rural areas;--Outreach and Interventions for middle grades and high school students involving summer camps and academic year content enrichment labs;--Research on the impact of camps on the content knowledge of student participants;--Grant-developed content courses incorporated into the core curriculum offerings for all students in liberal arts and sciences; and--Recruitment of pre-service teacher candidates with demonstrated talent in the mathematics and/or the sciences through designated departmental advisors who work to identify high ability undergraduates within partner institutions, as well as those in community colleges.