Support and Mentoring in an Alternative Route to Teaching (SMART)

SMART犹他州正在将22名具有强大数学背景和教学兴趣的专业人士带入该行业，以帮助弥合过渡过程中的障碍：将受监督指导的研究员带到大师级教师的水平，同时满足地区的需求，以增加优质数学教师的数量。这些合作实体是：犹他州大学数学系和教育学院;犹他州州立大学数学系和教师教育与领导系;犹他州州教育办公室教师质量和执照司;美国数学协会（MfA）;帕克城数学研究所（PCMI）;以及约旦、花岗岩、盐湖和圣胡安学区。该计划的基础是：对数学内容的深入理解，各种数学领域之间的联系，以及数学与其他学科之间的联系;教学培训是内容驱动的，灵活和包容性;学校中的永久性专业学习社区，教师可以不断扩展他们的学习。在此基础上，教师可以将重要的数学理解传递给学生，将课堂转化为学习共同体。 通过参与帕克城数学研究所，研究员接触到当前的数学研究和数学教育研究，作为其专业发展的一个组成部分。通过课程研究，他们通过教学实践以及他们从同龄人和学生那里得到的反馈来进行教学建设。通过在USU建立的远程学习计划，在全州各地的卫星站点，该项目正在影响全州的教师和未来的教师。该项目与圣胡安县的一个数学教育中心互动，为犹他州的纳瓦霍和尤特民族服务。

SMART Utah is bringing 22 professionals with strong mathematical backgrounds and an interest in teaching into the profession in a manner that helps bridge the obstacles in making the transition: bringing the Fellows under supervised mentoring to the level of master teachers, while meeting the needs of districts to increase the number of quality math teachers. The collaborating entities are: the University of Utah Department of Mathematics and College of Education; the Utah State University departments of Mathematics and Teacher Education and Leadership; the Division of Teacher Quality and Licensure at the Utah State Office of Education; Math for America (MfA); the Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI); and the Jordan, Granite, Salt Lake and San Juan school districts. The bases of the program are: in-depth understanding of mathematical content, connections between various mathematical areas, and connections between mathematics and other disciplines; pedagogical training that is content-driven, flexible and inclusive; permanent professional learning communities in the schools where teachers can continually extend their learning. On these bases, teachers can transmit important mathematical understandings to their students, transforming their classes into learning communities as well. Through participation in the Park City Mathematics Institute, the Fellows are exposed to current mathematical research and to research in mathematics education as an integral part of their professional development. Through lesson study they undertake building of instruction informed by their teaching practices, and the feedback they receive from both their peers and students. Through the established distance-learning program at USU, with satellite sites throughout the state, the project is impacting teachers and prospective teachers state-wide. The project interacts with a mathematics education center in San Juan county, serving the Navajo and Ute nations in Utah.