Organizational Nomination for PAESMEM: Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

史蒂文斯理工学院的工程和科学教育创新中心（CIESE）成立于1988年。从那时起，该中心已开发课程，进行教师专业发展和辅导计划，并实施了直接影响超过19，000 K-12教师，超过283社区学院教师和数百万学生的能力建设工作。方案主要集中在服务不足和少数民族占多数的学区，包括纽瓦克、泽西城、新泽西州卡姆登和迈阿密、佛罗里达、克利夫兰、俄亥俄州以及亚利桑那州农村和偏远地区的部落社区。超过19，000名教师和学生从CIESE方案中受益;其中约68%或13，416名教师代表高需求，高少数民族地区。20多年来，贫困学区的600多万学生受到影响。该中心的相关方案使来自贫困、高需求城市地区的约500名初中和高中学生直接受益。 CIESE有意识地和战略性地专注于开发和实施那些在赠款资助期后将持续的创新制度化的可能性很高的项目。因此，CIESE主要与任课教师、学校和地区管理人员合作，以提高教师的内容知识并改变课堂实践，随着时间的推移，对许多班级的学生产生长期影响。所有课程都包括密集和支持的实践教师专业发展，以及大量的课堂指导和后续行动。与社区学院的合作，CIESE密切指导教师实施STEM项目，已经在新泽西和其他21个州成功复制了CIESE项目。CIESE作为STEM指导典范的有效性证据在许多K-12科学和工程计划中得到了证明。 小学生张贴统计学显着较高的收益，他们的科学和工程概念的知识比学生的比较组后，他们的教师实施的课程材料，他们接受专业发展和每月的课堂访问。初中和高中学生在设计和建造机器人在水下环境中执行任务后，表现出对关键科学概念的了解有所增加，这是一个课程模块，他们的教师接受了CIESE的培训和指导。学生数据还表明，该课程提高了学生对工程的认识，他们对工程职业的兴趣，以及他们对工程设计过程和迭代设计的理解。教师的知识和工程意识，经验教学工程和工程设计过程中，并与同事分享/推荐工程材料和资源的可能性增加，由于他们的专业发展和指导在由CIESE领导的全州工程计划。CIESE与其他学校的合作显示了扩大CIESE辅导模式的潜力。

The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology was founded in 1988. Since that time the Center has developed curricula, conducted teacher professional development and mentoring programs, and implemented capacity-building efforts that have directly impacted more than 19,000 K-12 teachers, more than 283 community college faculty, and millions of students. Programs have been largely focused in underserved and high minority school districts including Newark, Jersey City, and Camden, NJ and Miami, Florida, Cleveland, Ohio and tribal communities in rural and remote areas of Arizona. More than 19,000 teachers and students have benefited from CIESE programs; of these approximately 68% or 13,416 teachers represent high need, high minority districts. Over 20 years, upwards of six million students in disadvantaged school districts have been impacted. The Center's associated programs have directly benefited some 500 middle and high school students from disadvantaged, high need, urban districts. CIESE has deliberately and strategically focused on developing and implementing programs that have a high probability of institutionalizing innovations that will be sustained after the period of grant funding. For this reason, CIESE collaborates primarily with classroom teachers and school and district administrators, to enhance teacher content knowledge and change classroom practice, with a long-term impact on many classes of students over time. All programs incorporate intensive and supported hands-on teacher professional development, and substantial in-class mentoring and follow-up. Collaborations with community colleges, in which CIESE has closely mentored faculty to implement STEM programs, have resulted in successful replications of CIESE programs in New Jersey and in 21 other states. Evidence of CIESE's effectiveness as an exemplar of STEM mentoring is demonstrated in a number of K-12 Science and Engineering initiatives. Elementary students posted statistically significant higher gains in their knowledge of science and engineering concepts than a comparison group of students after their teachers implemented curriculum materials for which they received professional development and monthly classroom visits. Middle and high school students demonstrated increased knowledge of key science concepts after designing and building robots to perform tasks in an underwater environment, a curriculum module for which their teachers were trained and mentored by CIESE. Student data also suggest that the curriculum has increased student awareness of engineering, their interest in engineering careers, and their understanding of the engineering design process and iterative design. Teachers' knowledge and awareness of engineering, experience teaching engineering and the engineering design process, and likelihood of sharing/recommending engineering materials and resources with colleagues increased as a result of their professional development and mentoring in a statewide engineering initiative led by CIESE. CIESE's collaborations with other schools show the potential of expanding the CIESE model of mentoring.