Fresno State Teaching Fellows (FRESTEF)

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏与再投资法案》(Public Law 111-5)资助的。加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校的弗雷斯诺州立大学教学研究员(FRESTEF)项目正在通过一项全面的设计，增加加州中央山谷高素质的科学和数学教师队伍，要求研究员完成科学或数学方面的文学硕士或科学硕士学位，同时完成中学教师资格要求，从而在教育学和高级STEM课程之间建立良好的桥梁。该计划的特点是STEM教职员工广泛参与研究生课程的教学、专业发展研讨会和FRESTEF研究员的指导。该计划建立在两个成功的Noyce计划的坚实基础上，为研究员提供特别的计划支持，包括在高需求学校教学的研讨会，美国能源部实验室现有计划的暑期研究机会，以及为未来和当前的科学和数学教师提供高质量研究型课程的模范暑期学院。该项目正在向18名训练有素的科学和数学教师提供研究金和支助，这些教师有望成为各自学区的主要榜样和领导者。通过FRESTEF研究员与国家科学数字图书馆(NSDL)/Noyce Commons和新兴在线社区的广泛参与，Flowers计划的产品(包括以在线出版物、课程和其他教学资源的形式提供的贡献)正在加利福尼亚州的Noyce社区广泛传播。合作伙伴包括中央山谷科学项目、圣华金山谷数学项目、劳伦斯·利弗莫尔国家实验室、劳伦斯·伯克利国家实验室、美国数学以及科学教师和研究人员计划。学区合作伙伴包括弗雷斯诺、克洛维斯、马德拉县和福勒学区。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The Fresno State Teaching Fellows (FRESTEF) program at California State University-Fresno is increasing the pool of highly qualified science and mathematics teachers in the Central Valley of California through a comprehensive design requiring Fellows to complete either a Master of Arts or Master of Science degree in the sciences or mathematics, in conjunction with completion of requirements for a secondary school teaching credential, thus creating excellent bridges between pedagogy and advanced STEM content. The program features extensive involvement of STEM faculty through instruction in graduate level programs, professional development workshops, and mentoring of FRESTEF Fellows. The program builds upon the strong foundation of two successful Noyce programs by offering special programmatic support for the Fellows, including seminars on teaching in high needs schools, summer research opportunities with established programs at the U.S. Department of Energy Labs, and exemplary summer institutes which provide future and current science and mathematics teachers with high quality, research-based curricula. The project is providing fellowships and support to 18 highly trained science and mathematics teachers who are expected to become key role models and leaders in their school districts. Through extensive involvement of FRESTEF Fellows with the National Science Digital Library (NSDL)/Noyce Commons and emerging on-line community, the products of the Fellows program (including contributions in the form of on-line publications, lessons, and other teaching and learning resources) are being widely disseminated throughout the Noyce community in California. Partners include the Central Valley Science Project, San Joaquin Valley Mathematics Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Math for America, and the Science Teacher and Researcher Program. School district partners include Fresno, Clovis, Madera County, and Fowler School Districts.