Graduating Highly-Qualified Secondary Mathematics Teachers with Emphasis on Recruitment from Underrepresented Groups

该项目旨在为有学术天赋但经济困难的中等数学教育专业学生提供可续签的一年期奖学金。该项目的智力和社会价值在于大学作为教师培养机构的历史使命，以及每年培养大量高素质数学教师的能力。该项目团队与芝加哥教师教育管道有着密切的联系，为他们提供了进入全国最大的城市和低收入社区之一的机会。此外，数学系有几个创新项目，旨在培养全国最好的教师，该项目的学生毕业于数学专业。教师学者和本科生研究体验（REU）项目为未来的教师提供了真实的数学体验，不仅改变了他们对数学的看法，而且增强了他们对教学和学习的信念。校园宿舍的数学生活楼层，每两周一次的本科生研讨会，以及为刚毕业的学生进入第一年教学的支持小组，建立了社区，提供支持，促进学生的成功。该项目的更广泛影响在于该机构的数学教育项目能够招募、指导和培养高素质的数学教师，这些教师将反过来激励他们未来的学生从事科学、数学和教育方面的职业。这个项目至关重要，因为合格数学教师的短缺威胁着国家未来的繁荣。该项目旨在为来自弱势群体的学生提供约30%的奖学金，因为这种短缺在城市和低收入社区更为严重，并且由于教学专业中缺乏少数族裔而加剧。

This project is designed to offer renewable, one-year scholarships to academically talented, yet financially needy, students to major in secondary mathematics education. The intellectual and social merit of the project lies in the historic mission of the university as a teacher preparation institution and its capacity to produce a large number of highly qualified mathematics teachers every year. The program team has strong connections with the Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline, providing them inroads into one of the largest urban and low-income communities in the nation. In addition, the Mathematics Department has several innovative programs aimed at preparing the best teachers in the nation, and students in the program graduate with a mathematics major. The Teacher-Scholar and Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs give future teachers authentic experiences with mathematics that not only change their views about mathematics, but also enhance their beliefs about teaching and learning. The Math Lifestyle Floor of the campus residence hall, bi-weekly undergraduate seminars, and support groups for recent graduates entering their first year of teaching build community, provide support, and promote success among students. The broader impact of the project lies in the ability of the mathematics education program at the institution to recruit, mentor, and graduate highly qualified mathematics teachers who will in return excite their future students about careers in science, mathematics, and education. This project is vital because the shortage of well-qualified math teachers threatens the nation's future prosperity. This project aims to provide about 30% of the scholarships to students from underrepresented groups because this shortage is more profound in urban and low-income communities and is amplified by the lack of minorities in the teaching profession.