Urban Teacher Education Program Secondary Math and Science

城市教师教育计划中学数学和科学

• 批准号: 0934845
• 负责人: Kavita Matsko
• 金额: $ 90万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0934845&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Urban; Teacher; Education; Program; Secondary

The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute's Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) and the University of Chicago are preparing 72 highly trained teachers to address the shortage of well-qualified educators in mathematics and science in urban schools. The university has high admissions standards and demanding academic programs that ensure its graduates possess strong grounding in their content areas, providing UTEP with an excellent applicant pool. UTEP has a strong track record retaining teachers at rates far beyond those reported for urban schools generally. The program is a two-year plus program, which includes 15 months of intensive clinical experience; a tight weave of clinical and academic work; a commitment to portraying teaching as intellectual work; careful selection and support of clinical instructors to mentor students during their internships; a unique focus on the context of urban education, including exploration of issues of race, class and culture; a two-year induction support program; a rigorous admissions process and assessment system that follows students through clearly defined check points; a well established relationship with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) that provides institutional and financial support; and a commitment to recruiting minority candidates. The program draws heavily from the expertise of faculty at the University of Chicago. UTEP's innovative program design, which has proven to be successful in the preparation and retention of urban elementary teachers, is making a similar contribution to secondary teacher education in the critical areas of math and biology. UTEP has demonstrated the power of joining the forces of committed University faculty with experienced urban practitioners, a partnership that will deepen as the program moves into the realm of secondary education. The unusual support UTEP receives from its parent University and from the Chicago Public Schools can serve as a model for the ways in which academic institutions can fulfill their obligations to the cities which host them. Like its elementary counterpart, the secondary teacher preparation program is built upon an existing and fruitful partnership between the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute and Chicago Public Schools. Further, CPS has supported UTEP as a strategy for school improvement, placing clusters of graduates in partner schools with a concentration of clinical instructors, interns, and program graduates.

芝加哥大学城市教育学院的城市教师教育计划（UTEP）和芝加哥大学正在准备72名训练有素的教师，以解决城市学校中合格的数学和科学教育工作者的短缺问题。这所大学有很高的入学标准和苛刻的学术课程，确保其毕业生在他们的内容领域拥有坚实的基础，为UTEP提供了一个优秀的申请人池。UTEP在留住教师方面有着良好的记录，其比率远远超过了一般城市学校的报告。该项目为期两年以上，包括15个月的强化临床经验；临床和学术工作的紧密结合；将教学视为智力工作的承诺；精心挑选和支持临床导师指导学生实习；对城市教育背景的独特关注，包括对种族、阶级和文化问题的探索；为期两年的入职支持计划；严格的录取程序和评估系统，遵循学生通过明确定义的检查点；与芝加哥公立学校（CPS）建立良好的关系，提供制度和财政支持；并承诺招募少数族裔候选人。该项目大量借鉴了芝加哥大学教师的专业知识。UTEP创新的课程设计在培养和留住城市小学教师方面已被证明是成功的，同时也为数学和生物等关键领域的中学教师教育做出了类似的贡献。UTEP已经证明了与经验丰富的城市实践者共同努力的大学教师的力量，这种伙伴关系将随着该计划进入中等教育领域而加深。UTEP从其母大学和芝加哥公立学校获得的不同寻常的支持可以作为学术机构履行其对主办城市义务的方式的典范。与小学教师培训项目一样，中学教师培训项目建立在芝加哥大学城市教育学院和芝加哥公立学校之间卓有成效的合作伙伴关系的基础上。此外，CPS支持UTEP作为学校改进的战略，将毕业生集群安置在合作学校，集中临床教师，实习生和项目毕业生。