Recruiting and Supporting Secondary Math and Science Education Majors

圣安布罗斯大学（SAU）正在与当地四个高需求学区合作启动罗伯特诺伊斯奖学金计划。通过这个项目，SAU正在帮助缓解爱荷华州东部和伊利诺斯州西部城市和农村学区高素质中学数学和科学教师的严重短缺。SAU Noyce计划旨在到2010年再增加22-28名中学科学和/或数学教师。这是一个86%的增长比目前的SAU数学和科学专业谁寻求中学教学认证的数量。该项目消除了两个主要障碍，更多的学生录取到圣安布罗斯的数学，科学和教育方案，特别是从社区学院：（1）缺乏资金;和（2）缺乏有关教师准备方案的知识。SAU转学专家和数学，科学和教育教师每月访问当地社区学院;在当地高中，特别是少数民族人口众多的高中，重点营销，招聘和项目;奖学金有助于缓解这些障碍。通过诺伊斯计划，SAU（1）每年额外招募11-14名数学和/或科学专业的学生，以寻求中学教学认证，重点是高中和转学生，特别是那些来自STEM领域代表性不足的群体（例如，少数民族和妇女）;（2）每年额外毕业5-7名数学和/或科学专业的学生，获得中学教学认证;（3）颁发诺伊斯奖学金（或津贴）每年向11-14名合格的STEM专业学生提供中等教育认证;及（4）提供─在教学的前五年为毕业生提供持续支持，以缓解过渡到教学和援助保留期间和之后的义务服务期。

St. Ambrose University (SAU) is initiating a Robert Noyce Scholarship Program in partnership with four local high need school districts. Through this program SAU is helping to alleviate the significant shortage of highly qualified secondary school math and science teachers in both urban and rural school districts in eastern Iowa and western Illinois. The SAU Noyce Program is designed to graduate an additional 22-28 secondary science and/or math teachers by 2010. This is an 86% increase over the current number of SAU math and science majors who seek secondary teaching certification. This project removes two major obstacles to more students matriculating to St. Ambrose's math, science and education programs, especially from the community colleges: (1) lack of finances; and (2) lack of knowledge about teacher preparation programs. Monthly visits to the local community colleges by SAU transfer specialist and math, science and education faculty; focused marketing, recruiting, and programs in the local high schools, especially those with high minority populations; and scholarships help alleviate those barriers. Through the Noyce Program, SAU is (1) recruiting an additional 11-14 math and/or science majors per year to seek secondary teaching certification, focusing on high school and transfer students particularly those from groups underrepresented in STEM fields (e.g., minorities and women); (2) graduating 5-7 additional math and/or science majors annually qualified for secondary teaching certification; (3) awarding Noyce Scholarships (or stipends) annually to 11-14 qualified STEM majors who pursue secondary education certification; and (4) providing on-going support to graduates during their first five years of teaching to ease the transition into teaching and aid retention during and beyond their obligatory service period.