Rural Enhancement of Mathematics and Science Teachers

农村数理教师队伍建设

• 批准号: 0733691
• 负责人: Sharon Vestal
• 金额: $ 74.94万
• 依托单位: South Dakota State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-15 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0733691&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rural; Enhancement; Mathematics; Science; Teachers

Over a four-year period, the Rural Enhancement of Mathematics And Science Teachers (REMAST) program at South Dakota State University (SDSU) is awarding up to sixteen $10,000 scholarships per year to students pursuing 7 -12 certification in the areas of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Physics, leading to the graduation of 24 new teachers over four years. The goals of the project are to: increase the number of students pursuing 7-12 Certification in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Physics; provide rural school districts with highly qualified mathematics and science teachers; and foster a support system that will help recruit and retain teachers in rural districts. The REMAST program is recruiting students to these majors and producing more teachers in these areas. Once students are involved in the REMAST program, they are mentored by a faculty member in their content area, participate in student organizations and program activities, and attend the annual South Dakota Council of Teachers of Mathematics and South Dakota Science Teachers Association (SDCTM/SDSTA) joint meeting. All of these activities focus on the students becoming professionals in the field of mathematics and science education. By forming partnerships with six of the seven Educational Service Agencies (ESA) in South Dakota, the REMAST program is having an impact on mathematics and science education across the entire state. Students intern in partnership schools with growing minority populations and economic disparity to prepare them for fulfilling the teaching service requirement associated with the scholarship. Noyce Scholars who are placed in high-need districts in the partnering ESAs participate in a mentorship program for new teachers. During their first year of teaching, REMAST graduates are mentored by a team consisting of an SDSU faculty member in the content area and an experienced teacher in the ESA. Partnering Educational Service Agencies contain a number of Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal Schools and Noyce Scholars are encouraged to seek teaching positions in these districts. The recruitment of science and math teachers is designed to help meet the need for highly qualified teachers in rural areas of South Dakota. The evaluation component focuses on the effectiveness of the program in recruiting students into teaching, retention of math and science teachers in high need school districts, their motivation to teach, and the teachers' content specific knowledge.

在四年的时间里，南达科他州立大学(SDSU)的农村数学和科学教师提高计划(REMAST)每年向在生物、化学、数学或物理领域获得7-12级证书的学生颁发多达16个10,000美元的奖学金，导致24名新教师在4年内毕业。该项目的目标是：增加获得生物、化学、数学或物理7-12认证的学生人数；为农村学区提供高素质的数学和科学教师；并建立一个有助于在农村地区招聘和留住教师的支持系统。重组计划正在招收这些专业的学生，并在这些领域培养更多的教师。一旦学生参与重铸计划，他们将在其内容领域由一名教员指导，参与学生组织和计划活动，并参加南达科他州数学教师委员会和南达科他州科学教师协会(SDCTM/SDSTA)年度联席会议。所有这些活动的重点都是让学生成为数学和科学教育领域的专业人员。通过与南达科他州七家教育服务机构(ESA)中的六家建立合作伙伴关系，重铸计划正在对整个州的数学和科学教育产生影响。学生在少数民族人口和经济差距日益扩大的合作学校实习，为满足与奖学金相关的教学服务要求做好准备。诺伊斯学者被安置在合作ESA中的高需求地区，他们参加为新教师提供的导师计划。在第一年的教学中，RESTAR毕业生由一个由内容领域的SDSU教员和ESA的经验丰富的教师组成的团队进行指导。合作教育服务机构包括一些印第安人事务局和部落学校，并鼓励诺伊斯学者在这些地区寻找教学职位。招聘科学和数学教师的目的是帮助满足南达科他州农村地区对高素质教师的需求。评估部分侧重于该计划在招收学生进入教学方面的有效性，留住高需求学区的数学和科学教师，他们的教学动机，以及教师的具体内容知识。