Science and Math in Arizona Rural Teaching (SMART) Fellows Planning Proposal

里奥萨拉多学院和北中大学与亚利桑那州农村的高需求学区和支持STEM教育的非营利性组织(包括亚利桑那州商业和教育联盟，以及亚利桑那州乡村学校协会)合作，正在规划发展亚利桑那州农村教学(SMART)研究员计划，这是一个为过渡到农村学校数学和科学教学生涯的STEM专业人员提供的明确的教师准备和硕士学位计划。里约萨拉多学院成功的、州政府批准的毕业后教师培训计划为铰接式智能研究员计划的教师准备计划部分提供了基础，北方中央大学成功的教育学硕士学位为该计划的硕士学位部分提供了基础。现有的衔接协议正在为该计划的开发和监管批准提供便利。在这一规划阶段，合作伙伴关系是：1)确定合作学区和其他合作伙伴非营利组织，为计划中的招聘、培训和/或支持活动提供实质性和有意义的支持；2)确定以前NSF Noyce教师奖学金计划受赠者在招聘、培训和支持STEM专业人员过渡到教师职业生涯时使用的最佳做法和成功方法；3)完成基于证据的明确教师准备和硕士学位计划的最后开发阶段，以培训和支持聪明的研究员；4)确定匹配资金的潜在来源，并获得这些资金的承诺；以及5)为2011年罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的NSF教师奖学金项目制定一份全面的赠款提案。此外，规划小组还制定了一项专业支持计划，以在四年的教学承诺中帮助SMART研究员，该计划包括英特尔®教学和三个由NSF资助的非营利性中心(马里科帕县社区学院劳动力发展中心、马里科帕高级技术教育中心和国家教师教育中心)的贡献，这些中心通过资源开发和专业发展支持STEM教育。规划奖通过支持一名全职教学奖学金规划经理和由所有伙伴组织的代表参加的多次规划会议来促进这些活动。SMART研究员项目专门专注于为农村学校培训STEM教师，将是亚利桑那州第一个通过社区学院和四年制大学合作提供的教师准备和硕士项目。

Rio Salado College and Northcentral University, in partnership with high-needs school districts in rural Arizona and non-profit organizations that support STEM education (including the Arizona Business and Education Coalition, and the Arizona Rural Schools Association), are planning the development of the Science and Math in Arizona Rural Teaching (SMART) Fellows program, an articulated teacher preparation and master's degree program for STEM professionals transitioning to teaching careers in mathematics and science in rural schools. Rio Salado College's successful, state-approved Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Preparation Program is providing the foundation of the teacher preparation program component of the articulated SMART Fellows program, and Northcentral University's successful Master's in Education is contributing the foundation of the master's degree component of the program. An existing articulation agreement is facilitating the development and regulatory approval of the program. During this planning phase, the partnership is 1) identifying partner school districts and additional partner non-profit organizations that can provide substantial and meaningful support for the recruitment, training, and/or support activities in the program; 2) identifying best practices and successful approaches previous NSF Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program grantees have utilized for recruiting, training, and supporting STEM professionals transitioning to teaching careers; 3) completing the final stages of development of an evidence-based articulated teacher preparation and master's degree program for training and supporting SMART Fellows; 4) identifying potential sources of matching funds and obtaining commitments for these funds; and 5) developing a comprehensive grant proposal for the NSF Teaching Fellowship track of the 2011 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The planning group is in addition developing a program of professional support to assist SMART Fellows throughout the four-year teaching commitment, and this program incorporates contributions from Intel® Teach and three NSF-funded non-profit centers (the Maricopa County Community College Center for Workforce Development, the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center, and the National Center for Teacher Education) that support STEM education through resource development and professional development. The planning award is facilitating these activities through support for a full-time Teaching Fellowship Planning Manager and multiple planning sessions involving representatives from all partner organizations. Specifically focused on training STEM teachers for rural schools, the SMART Fellows program would be the first combined teacher preparation and master's program in Arizona offered through a partnership between a community college and four-year university.