Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Math and Science Teachers: Noyce Scholars Program at the College of William and Mary

通过Noyce学者计划提供的资金使威廉玛丽学院能够在几个重要方面加强其计划：(a)深化STEM部门和教育学院之间的合作；(b)支持更积极的招生，以吸引强大和多样化的学生，包括来自社区学院的学生；(c)提供慷慨的学生津贴，以支付学杂费；(d)扩大现有的四年制或五年制课程，设立第三个途径，即新的五年制课程，让本科生取得硕士学位；(e)加强该计划，提供科学和数学方面的特别课程，并为研究、课程和专业发展提供暑期实习机会，配合威廉玛丽学院的学生/教师研究和其他资助项目；(f)为毕业生提供创新和广泛的后续指导和支持，以及(g)实施全面评估，为该计划提供严格的证据基础。诺伊斯学者计划正在增加STEM学科的学生进入教学行业的人数和候选人的多样性，包括更多来自代表性不足的种族、民族、性别、地理和社会经济群体以及残疾人的学生。该项目支持的33名Noyce学者在生物、化学、计算机科学、地球科学、数学或物理方面获得许可，影响着6000多名中学生和高中生的成就。在资助期结束后，威廉玛丽学院致力于维持项目要素，并将合作、招聘和后续活动扩大到其他严重短缺领域。

Funding through the Noyce Scholars Program is enabling the College of William and Mary to strengthen its program in several significant ways: (a) deepening collaborative engagement among STEM departments and the School of Education; (b) supporting more aggressive recruiting to attract strong and diverse students, including students from community colleges, (c) providing generous student stipends to cover tuition and fees; (d) expanding the current 4-year or 5-year programs by articulating a third pathway, a new 5-year sequence for undergraduates to earn a masters degree; (e) enhancing the program with special course offerings in science and mathematics and with summer internship opportunities for research, curriculum and professional development in concert with William and Mary student/faculty research and other funded projects; (f) providing innovative and extensive follow-up mentoring and support for graduates, and (g) implementing a comprehensive evaluation to provide a rigorous evidence base for the program. The Noyce Scholars Program is increasing the numbers of students from STEM disciplines entering the teaching profession and the diversity of candidates, including more students from under-represented racial, ethnic, gender, geographic, and socioeconomic groups, and those with disabilities. The 33 Noyce Scholars supported by the project are licensed in biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, mathematics or physics and are impacting the achievement of more than 6,000 middle and high school students. After the end of the funding period, the College of William and Mary is committed to sustaining the program elements and expanding collaboration, recruitment and follow-up activities to other critical shortage areas.