Robert Noyce Scholarship Program for Math, Science and Engineering K-12 Teachers

阿肯色州费耶特维尔大学（UA）正在通过罗伯特·诺伊斯奖学金计划培养36名学生成为中学数学和科学教师。学生们正在完成国家认可的UA教学艺术硕士（MAT）课程，使他们有资格获得在阿肯色州中学任教的数学或科学执照。奖学金提供给三种类型的学生：1）那些已经完成本科STEM学位，想教书，但没有经济手段追求教师的准备; 2）寻求职业转变的STEM专业人士; 3）大三接近尾声的学生，他们表现出教学能力，并将其视为职业。该计划支持学生在他们的高级和MAT年.物理科学和数学的学生获得诺伊斯奖学金被要求参加以实验为基础的项目，旨在开发低成本的实验，在当前的科学和技术领域在课堂上使用.这些实验为K12教室提供了与尖端科学和技术的联系。该项目应导致比目前生产的科学和数学教师在UA导致高素质的科学和数学教师在阿肯色州学校的安置40%的增长。这个诺伊斯计划建立在以前的NSF支持的PhysTEC计划，鼓励，培养和评估STEM专业成为7-12物理科学和物理教师;并将STEM学科，教育和7-12教师之间的合作扩展到更多的STEM部门。项目合作伙伴包括少数民族人口不断增长的较大学区（罗杰斯、本顿维尔、费耶特维尔、斯普林代尔）和经济手段差距日益扩大的一个小学区（埃尔金斯）。诺伊斯奖学金学生在合作学校实习。每所学校都与UA MAT计划有着长期的联系，并根据社会经济地位和ESL学生的比例为该计划提供职位。这为诺伊斯奖学金毕业生提供了在高需求学校工作两年所需的经验。在完成所有项目要求后，奖学金获得者将在高需求学校工作，在那里他们将在最初几年的教学中得到帮助。阿肯色州的入职计划已经为新教师分配了一位导师。该项目提供了一个讨论板，允许MAT毕业生分享想法，提出问题并反思他们的经验。此外，正在进行的研究侧重于毕业生的问题与教学内容的知识。

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (UA) is preparing 36 students to become secondary level mathematics and science teachers through a Robert Noyce Scholarship Program. Students are completing the nationally recognized UA Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program, making them eligible for licensure in mathematics or science to teach in Arkansas' secondary schools. The scholarships are available to three types of students: 1) those who have completed an undergraduate STEM degree and would like to teach but do not have the financial means to pursue teacher preparation; 2) STEM professionals seeking a career change and; 3) students near the end of their junior year who demonstrate an aptitude for teaching and considering it as a career. The program supports students during their senior and MAT years.Physical science and mathematics students receiving Noyce scholarships are required to participate in experiment-based projects designed to develop low cost experiments in current scientific and technology areas for use in the classroom. These experiments are providing K12 classrooms with connections to cutting-edge science and technology. This project should result in a 40% increase over the current production of science and mathematics teachers at UA leading to the placement of highly qualified science and mathematics teachers in Arkansas schools.This Noyce program builds on the prior NSF-supported PhysTEC program which encourages, nurtures and evaluates STEM majors to become 7-12 physical science and physics teachers; and expands the collaboration between STEM discipline, Education, and 7-12 teachers to more STEM departments. Project partners include larger school districts with growing minority populations (Rogers, Bentonville, Fayetteville, Springdale) and a small district with a growing disparity in economic means (Elkins). Noyce Scholarship students serve internships in the partnership schools. Each of the schools has a longstanding tie to the UA MAT program and provides the program with placements based on socioeconomic status and percentage of ESL students. This provides the Noyce Scholarship graduates with the type of experiences needed to prepare them for service during their two-year commitment in high need schools.After completion of all program requirements, scholarship recipients take positions in high need schools, where they are assisted in their initial years of teaching. Arkansas' induction program already assigns new teachers a mentor. The project provides a discussion board that allows MAT graduates to share ideas, ask questions and reflect on their experiences. In addition, ongoing research focuses on graduates' issues with pedagogical content knowledge.