The Urban Math And Science Teacher Collaborative

塔夫茨大学城市数学和科学教师合作项目是塔夫茨大学三个文理系(教育、数学和物理与天文学)和三所波士顿公立学校(波士顿艺术学院、芬威高中和观澜湖学校)在5-12年级范围内的合作项目。应用特殊技术中心(CAST)是当地的一个非营利性组织，提供围绕通用学习设计(UDL)的专业发展，UDL是一个设计课程和教学的框架，以解决学习障碍。协作组正在筹备16名新的数学和科学教学研究员(TF)，并在6年内为4名硕士教学研究员(MTF)的发展做出了贡献。它建立在通过城市教师培训合作(UTTC)为教师在城市学校工作做准备方面的10多年经验的基础上，这是一个以学校为基础的教师驻校计划，在该计划中，职前教师在导师教师和大学教授的指导下，在所分配的学校全职工作一整学年，同时获得教学文科硕士(MAT)学位。物理和数学系的教育和STEM教员正在合作开发两门将科学和数学内容与教育学相结合的新课程。通过创建在线社区(通过数字工具箱和博客)提供持续的专业发展，以鼓励TF、MTF、大学参与者和CAST之间的交流和讨论。课程、课程材料、有效教学范例和教师讨论论坛正在建设为免费、开源、跨平台的模块，大学和学校可以根据知识共享许可使用和修改这些模块。该项目旨在提高教师对在城市环境下教学的挑战的认识；增加城市学校数学和科学教师的数量和留住教师；改变教师在数学和科学方面的做法；提高学生对由工作队和MTF教授的学生在科学和数学方面的理解和表现；并与当地城市学校发展更紧密的关系。

The Tufts University Urban Mathematics and Science Teacher Collaborative is a collaboration among three Tufts University Arts and Sciences departments (Education, Mathematics, and Physics & Astronomy) and three Boston public schools in the 5-12 grade range (Boston Arts Academy, Fenway High School, and Mission Hill School). A local non-profit organization, the Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST) is providing professional development around Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework for designing curriculum and instruction to address barriers to learning. The Collaborative is preparing 16 new Mathematics and Science Teaching Fellows (TFs), and contributing to the development of 4 Master Teaching Fellows (MTFs) over 6 years. It builds on more than 10 years of experience in the preparation of teachers for work in urban schools through the Urban Teacher Training Collaborative (UTTC), a school-based teacher residency program in which pre-service teachers work in their assigned schools full-time for a full academic year under the guidance of mentor teachers and university professors while earning a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree. Two new courses integrating science and mathematics content with pedagogy are being developed collaboratively by education and STEM faculty in the physics and mathematics departments. Ongoing professional development is provided through the creation of an online community (through Digital Toolboxes and blogs) to encourage communication and discussion among TFs, MTFs, University Participants, and CAST. The courses, course materials, examples of effective teaching, and teacher discussion forums are being built as free, open-source, cross-platform modules that universities and schools can use and modify under Creative Commons licensing. The project seeks to increase teachers' understanding of the challenges of teaching in urban settings; increase the numbers and retention of teachers of Mathematics and Science in urban schools; transform teachers' practices in Mathematics and Science; increase student understanding and performance in Science and Mathematics for students taught by TF and MTFs; and develop stronger relationships with local urban schools.