Project IMPACT: Improving Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Teaching

改善数学、物理和化学教学(IMPACT)是诺伊斯第二阶段的提议，是明尼苏达大学双城教育与人类发展学院(CEHD)和理工学院(化学、数学和物理系)、圣保罗公立学校和阿诺卡-亨内平公立学校的合作伙伴关系。Impact旨在招聘、准备和留住高素质的物理科学和数学教师。美国和明尼苏达州的学校报告称，这些地区的教师极度短缺，明尼苏达州的需求预计将增加，因为新的高中毕业要求要求数学课程达到(包括)代数II和一整年的物理或化学。Impact为大约40名寻求数学或自然科学认证的本科生和毕业生提供高达10,000美元的奖学金。招聘是通过PhysTEC计划进行的，这是一项旨在促进物理教学作为本科生职业道路的新倡议。PhysTEC学生有机会作为助教在非专业的物理班级任教，并参加物理教学研讨会。本科生Impact学者参加CEHD DirecTrack计划，该计划提供教育方面的早期课程和基于学校的实地体验。准备工作通过CEHD M.Ed进行。初始许可计划。学生以分组的形式参加为期15个月的课程，学习教育理论、九学分科学或数学方法序列、教育技术，并与英语学习者合作。学生在初中和高中阶段的高需求伙伴学校参加广泛的实践和学生教学经验。留任是通过科学和数学教师入职网络(TIN)解决的，这是一个与明尼苏达州教育部合作开发的在线入职计划，旨在为整个明尼苏达州的中学科学和数学教师提供指导和专业发展。Impact学者通过TIN获得持续的专业发展和指导。评估研究包括对以前的诺伊斯学者队列的纵向研究，重点是IMPACT的有效性，以招募高素质的学生参加教师准备计划，有效地为学生在高需求学校工作做准备，并留住和支持这些教师在学校的专业成长。

Improving Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Teaching (IMPACT), a Phase II Noyce proposal, is a partnership of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and the Institute of Technology (Departments of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics), St. Paul Public Schools and Anoka-Hennepin Public Schools. IMPACT is designed to recruit, prepare, and retain highly qualified teachers of physical science and mathematics. U.S. and Minnesota schools report extreme teacher shortages in these areas and demand is expected to increase in Minnesota with new high school graduation requirements requiring mathematics coursework up to and including algebra II and a full year of physics or chemistry. IMPACT provides scholarships of up to $10,000 for approximately forty undergraduates and graduates seeking certification in mathematics or physical sciences. Recruitment occurs through the PhysTEC program, a new initiative designed to promote physics teaching as a career path for undergraduates. PhysTEC students have opportunities to teach in non-major physics classes as learning assistants and attend physics teaching seminars. Undergraduate IMPACT scholars are enrolled in the CEHD DirecTrack program which offers early coursework in education and school-based field experiences. Preparation occurs through the CEHD M.Ed. Initial Licensure Program. Students enter the 15-month program as a cohort, taking coursework in educational theory, a nine-credit science or mathematics methods sequence, educational technology, and working with English-Language-Learners. Students participate in extensive practicum and student teaching experiences in high-needs partner schools at both middle and high school level. Retention is addressed through the Science and Mathematics Teacher Induction Network (TIN), an online induction program developed in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education, to provide mentoring and professional development to secondary science and mathematics teachers throughout Minnesota. IMPACT scholars receive on-going professional development and mentoring through TIN. Evaluation studies, which include longitudinal studies of previous cohorts of Noyce Scholars, are focusing on the effectiveness of IMPACT to recruit highly qualified students into the teacher preparation program, effectively prepare students to work in high need schools, and retain and support the professional growth of these teachers in the schools.