Kenan Master Teaching Fellows: Linking Research Experiences and Curriculum Development with Leadership

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。位于北卡罗莱纳州立大学（NC State）校园的凯南工程、技术和科学研究所的凯南研究员课程和领导力发展项目，正在与11个县的学区、北卡罗来纳大学彭布罗克分校、费耶特维尔技术社区学院、以及北卡罗来纳州基地调整和关闭/区域工作组（BRAC/RTF）地区的社区领导人，以改善这些县高需求学校的K-12 STEM教育。额外的支持由非营利性合作伙伴凯南工程、技术和科学基金提供。BRAC/RTF代表了布拉格堡和波普空军基地周围的一个地区，成立的目的是统一和服务11个县，73个直辖市，8个社区学院和6所州立和私立大学，并帮助确定和倡导他们的需求，与军队，企业和非营利利益，以及联邦和州机构合作。来自BRAC/RTF地区高需求学校的十八位在职凯南硕士教学研究员（KMTF）将完成两年的奖学金，然后在他们所在地区以硕士教师的身份继续进行三年的正式校友活动。kmtf在参加该项目的五年中每年获得10,000美元的年薪补助，以及一系列其他支持，包括前两年的强化专业发展，以确保丰富的奖学金经验。kmtf是从BRAC/RTF地区最优秀的STEM教师中招募和选择的，他们已经拥有硕士学位，并且在招聘前表现出卓越的教学能力。这群精英教师正在学习创新的、高科技的实验室和进入该地区的产业所特有的实践和技能。kmtf与特定前沿研究领域的行业或学术导师合作，以了解更多重要的新发展，并了解当前研究和科学实践对学生进入劳动力市场和高等教育的意义。每一对KMTF/ Mentor都致力于将STEM研究经验转化为北卡罗来纳州课堂上使用的引人入胜的课程。研究员正在创建与NC标准课程研究相一致的创新课程资源。在暑期专业发展学院，kmtf培养高级技能，成为学校和学区更有效的教师领导者和变革推动者。硕士教师在其所在地区从事一系列领导活动，并参与合作机构的职前教育。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).The Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development, housed at the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology, & Science on the North Carolina State University (NC State) campus, is partnering with school districts in 11 counties, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Fayetteville Technical Community College, and community leaders in North Carolina's Base Realignment and Closure/Regional Task Force (BRAC/RTF) region to improve K-12 STEM education in these counties' high-need schools. Additional support is provided by the non-profit partner, the Kenan Fund for Engineering, Technology, and Science. Representing a region that surrounds Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base, BRAC/RTF was established to unify and serve 11 counties, 73 municipalities, eight community colleges, and six state and private universities, and to help identify and advocate for their needs in partnership with the military, corporate and non-profit interests, and federal and state agencies. Eighteen in-service Kenan Master Teaching Fellows (KMTF) from high-need schools in the BRAC/RTF region are completing two-year fellowships and then continuing for three years in formal Alumni activities as Master Teachers in their districts. KMTFs receive $10,000 in annual salary supplements for each of the five years they participate in the program, as well as a range of other support including intensive professional development during the first two years to ensure a rich fellowship experience. KMTFs are recruited and selected from a diverse pool of the BRAC/RTF region's most outstanding STEM teachers, who already hold master's degrees and have demonstrated excellence in teaching prior to recruitment. This elite cohort of teachers is learning about the practices and skills that characterize the innovative, high-tech labs and industries moving into the area. KMTFs work with industry or academic mentors in a particular cutting-edge research area, to learn more about important new developments and to gain an understanding of the significance of current research and scientific practice for students entering the work force and higher education. Each KMTF/ Mentor pair works to translate STEM research experiences into engaging lessons for use in North Carolina's classrooms. Fellows are creating innovative curriculum resources aligned with the NC Standard Course of Study. In Summer Institutes for Professional Development, KMTFs build advanced skills to become more effective teacher-leaders and change agents in their schools and districts. The Master Teachers are engaged in a range of leadership activities in their home districts and are involved in preservice education at the partnering institutions.