A Plan to Prepare In-service STEM Teachers for Certification and Leadership

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏与再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。阿拉巴马农业与机械大学(AAMU)，历史上主要的黑人大学，正在实施一项规划项目，目的是在阿拉巴马州北部的主要利益相关者之间建立强有力的伙伴关系，并制定一项竞争性提案，以(A)支持教学研究员(TF)完成STEM教育领域的硕士学位，并获得数学和科学学科的教师认证；并支持主要教学研究员(MTF)获得深入的教学知识和领导技能，以及(B)制定长期、以证据为基础的有效战略，为教师/MTF提供指导和持续的专业发展。今年的规划重点是以下目标：(1)扩大和加强与阿拉巴马州教育部的现有伙伴关系；(2)与阿拉巴马州北部11个县的所有学区建立伙伴关系；(3)与来自非营利组织、行业和其他地区专业协会的支持伙伴建立密切合作；(4)赞助外联活动，告知潜在合作伙伴以及未来的工作队/MTF候选人拟议的方案；(5)确保五年奖学金申请所需的费用分摊所需的匹配资金；以及，(6)制定并向NSF的罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划提交一份建议书。实现这些规划目标的活动包括：1.对阿拉巴马州北部11个县的学区中拥有学士学位和硕士学位的STEM在职教师的数量和质量进行包容和彻底的研究。评估阿拉巴马州北部每个学区的需求，并确定哪些学区是高需求学区。开展一项可行性研究，以确定发展STEM教学研究员和硕士教学研究员的五年期项目的范围，包括STEM专业人才库和超越阿拉巴马州北部11个县的可能性。4.让州教育部的州政策制定者参与，包括教师教育和认证，以及区域在职中心和主管，以探讨与加强该州STEM教育有关的共同需求，并争取对全面的教师培训/MTF提案的支持。与当地行业和非营利组织互动，让他们参与通过工作队/中期战略框架提供的目标和机会，并获得配套资金的承诺，以支持一项全面提案。在文理学院、工程技术学院、农业和环境科学学院的STEM教员与教育学院的教员举行联合会议，探讨课程和交付系统的合作设计，包括网络资源。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU), a major Historically Black University, is implementing a planning project with the goal of establishing a vigorous partnership among key stakeholders in northern Alabama and the development of a competitive proposal to (a) support Teaching Fellows (TF) to complete a master's degree in STEM education areas and obtain teacher certification in mathematics and science disciplines; and support Master Teaching Fellows (MTF) to obtain deep content knowledge and to acquire leadership skills, and to (b) develop long-term, evidence-based, and effective strategies to provide mentorship and continuous professional development for TF/MTF. This year of planning focuses on the following objectives: (1) expand and strengthen the existing partnership with the Alabama State Department of Education; (2) establish partnerships with all school districts in eleven counties in northern Alabama; (3) establish close collaborations with supporting partners drawn from non-profit organizations, industries, and other regional professional societies; (4) sponsor outreach activities to inform potential partners, as well as prospective TF/MTF candidates of the proposed program; (5) secure matching funds required for cost share for the five-year scholarship grant application; and, (6) develop and submit a proposal to NSF's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.Activities to obtain these planning objectives include:1. Conducting inclusive and thorough research on the quantity and quality of STEM in-service teachers with baccalaureate and masters degrees in the school districts in the eleven counties that comprise northern Alabama.2. Assessing the needs of each of the these northern Alabama school districts, as well as determining which districts are characterized as high-need districts.3. Implementing a feasibility study to determine the scope of a five-year project to develop STEM Teaching Fellows and Master Teaching Fellows, including the pool of STEM professionals and the possibility of going beyond the eleven counties in northern Alabama. 4. Engaging state policy makers at the State Department of Education, including teacher education and certification, as well as regional in-service centers, and superintendents to explore common needs relative to the enhancement of STEM education in the state and to garner support for a full TF/MTF proposal.5. Interacting with local industry and non-profit organizations to involve them in the goals and opportunities afforded through the TF/MTF and to obtain commitments of matching funds in support of a full proposal.6. Holding joint meetings among the University's STEM faculty in the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences with faculty from the School of Education to explore collaborative design of courses and delivery systems, including cyber-resources.