Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Phase I, Track 1

通过与德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校（UTB）数学、科学和技术学院、教育替代认证计划学院、当地学区、第一地区教育服务中心、布朗斯维尔儿童博物馆和墨西哥裔美国工程师和科学家协会（MAES）的合作，Noyce第一阶段奖学金项目正在为这个地区代表性不足的学校增加高素质数学和科学教师的数量。一个有密切指导的替代认证计划针对的是那些决定在完成本科STEM学位后任教的STEM专业学生，以及那些已经完成本科STEM学位并寻求替代认证的职业转行者。该计划还为本科生提供暑期实习机会，积极参与非正式科学推广活动的组织、规划和实施，目的是吸引这些学生参加奖学金计划并进入教学生涯。主要的项目目标是利用这些机构伙伴关系来制定和实施招聘、准备和认证多样化、高素质的数学、计算机科学和科学双语教师的战略，并通过提供新教师培训、持续支持和指导来帮助留住他们。该项目特别侧重于鼓励和支持更多的西班牙裔人——一个在科学和数学领域代表性不足的群体——进入STEM教学领域，从而帮助培养榜样教师（Si Puedes!）-是的，你可以！

Through a partnership involving The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) College of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, the School of Education Alternative Certification Program, local school districts, the Region One Education Service Center, The Brownsville Children's Museum, and the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES), this Noyce Phase I scholarship program is increasing the number of highly qualified mathematics and science teachers in under-represented schools in this area of the Rio Grande Valley. A closely mentored alternative certification program targets STEM majors who decide to teach late in the course of completion of their undergraduate STEM degrees, as well as career changers who have completed an undergraduate STEM degree and seek an alternative certification. The program also provides undergraduates with summer internship opportunities to actively participate in the organization, planning and implementation of informal science outreach activities, with the aim of attracting these students into the scholarship program and into teaching careers. The major project goals are to use these institutional partnerships to develop and implement strategies that recruit, prepare and certify 28 diverse, highly qualified mathematics, computer science, and science bilingual teachers, and to aid in their retention by providing new teacher orientation, ongoing support, and mentoring. This project is in particular focusing on encouraging and supporting more Hispanics - an underrepresented group in science and mathematics - to enter into STEM teaching fields, and thus is helping to create an infusion of teachers who are role models (Si Puedes! - Yes, You can!).