Western Regional Noyce Conference (WRNC)

三所院校--加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校、加州州立大学长滩分校和亚利桑那大学--正在为罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目位于美国西部地区的教职员工和学生计划和实施三次年度会议。会议重点关注三个主要目标：1)提供专业发展，以满足即将或正在“高需求”学校和学区工作的诺伊斯学者/教师的特定需求；2)提供一个论坛，让诺伊斯项目领导人可以聚集在一起，分享与各自项目相关的想法、挑战和成功；以及3)通过面对面的会议和网络媒体，如Merlot、Merlot Voice和Noyce Commons，加强地方、全州和西部地区的网络。诺伊斯学者/教师在这些年度会议上参加各种会议，让他们了解有关学习和教学的信息和专业发展。他们能够通过面对面和在线网络与同行和同事协作并分享经验、专业知识和技能。会议的结果和信息在诺伊斯国家会议、期刊、梅洛·诺伊斯之声、诺伊斯共同社、梅洛科学教育社区门户网站和其他网站上传播。西部地区诺伊斯会议系列为诺伊斯学者/教师提供了一个强大的互动机会，分享他们在开始教授科学或数学专业时的经验、担忧、挫折和希望。这些会议帮助他们重振他们作为当前或未来科学或数学教师的卓越承诺，并成为他们作为诺伊斯社区成员应该成为的榜样。

Three institutions- California State University-Fresno, California State University, Long Beach, and the University of Arizona- are planning and implementing three annual conferences for faculty and students from Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program sites located in the western region of the United States. The conferences are focusing on three primary goals: 1) to provide professional development to meet the specific needs of the Noyce Scholars/Teachers who will be or are working in "high need" schools and districts; 2) to provide a forum in which Noyce program leaders can congregate in order to share ideas, challenges, and successes as they relate to their respective programs; and 3) to strengthen local, state-wide, and Western Region networks through person-to-person meetings and online media such as MERLOT, MERLOT Voices, and the Noyce Commons. Noyce Scholars/Teachers attend a variety of sessions at these annual conferences that expose them to information and professional development on learning and teaching. They are able to collaborate and share experiences, expertise, and skills with their peers and colleagues through person-to-person and online networking. Results and information from the conference are disseminated at the Noyce national conferences, journals, MERLOT Noyce Voices, Noyce Commons, the MERLOT Science Education Community portal, and other websites. The Western Regional Noyce Conference series provides a powerful opportunity for Noyce Scholars/Teachers to interact, sharing their experiences, concerns, frustrations, and hopes as they begin a profession in teaching science or mathematics. The conferences help them to reinvigorate their commitment to excellence as current or future science or mathematics teachers and to serve as the role models they should be as members of the Noyce Community.