Technical Assistance to Increase the Competitiveness of Minority-serving Institutions in the Foundation's Robert Noyce Scholarship Program

少数群体优质教育网络正在举办两次年度信息和提案制定讲习班，重点是提高少数群体服务机构对罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金方案的认识和参与。研讨会的参与者包括来自15个MSIs的两人教师团队，他们拥有经过认证的教师教育课程。 每个团队由一名STEM教师和一名教师教育教师组成。 少数民族服务机构是未来K-12数学和科学教师的宝贵来源，他们可以通过发展更具生产力的科学和技术劳动力来帮助应对国家未来的经济挑战。 此外，MSIs是唯一有资格为高需求学校，特别是城市地区的学校解决招聘，保留和发展STEM教师的问题。诺伊斯奖学金作为一种激励措施，以吸引和留住有才华的学生在MSIs主修STEM学科进入大学前的教学专业。QEM研讨会为参与者提供关于所需项目摘要的反馈，以帮助他们将自己的想法转化为具有竞争力的Noyce提案。 顾问和目前的诺伊斯赠款领导的STEM K-12教师准备以及在招聘和保留职前教师的最佳实践的讨论。研讨会参与者所代表的机构将利用诺伊斯奖作为加强其教师教育计划的激励措施，以培养最终将在高需求领域工作的高质量数学和科学教师。

The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network is conducting two annual information and proposal development workshops focused on increasing the awareness and participation of Minority-serving Institutions (MSIs) in the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. Workshop participants include two-person faculty teams from 15 MSIs with accredited teacher education programs. Each team consists of a STEM faculty member and a teacher education faculty member. Minority-serving Institutions represent a valuable source of future K-12 mathematics and science teachers who can help meet the nation's future economic challenges through the development of a more productive science and technology workforce. Moreover, MSIs are uniquely qualified to address the issue of recruiting, retaining, and developing STEM teachers for high-need schools, especially in urban areas. The Noyce Scholarships serve as an incentive to attract and retain talented students majoring in STEM disciplines at MSIs into the pre-college teaching profession. The QEM workshops provide participants feedback on their required project summaries to assist them in developing their ideas into competitive Noyce proposals. Consultants and current Noyce grantees lead discussions of best practices in STEM K-12 teacher preparation as well as in the recruitment and retention of pre-service teachers. The institutions represented by the workshop participants will use the Noyce award as a stimulus for strengthening their teacher education programs to produce high quality mathematics and science teachers who will eventually work in high-need areas.