Southern Illinois Fellowships for Teachers in Rural Schools (SIFTRS)

南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校(SIUC)与肖尼社区学院(SCC)、马萨克县1美元、默珀斯伯勒186美元以及南伊利诺伊州其他几个高需求学区合作，正在规划为致力于在农村高需求学区任教的在职教师和STEM专业人员开发教学奖学金/硕士教学奖学金的综合计划。拟议的规划伙伴关系的关键是创建一个奖学金计划，目标是在高需求学区培养高素质的K-8教师。预计研究金方案将为教师提供对科学和数学内容的深刻理解，在基于探究的学习方法和工具方面的培训和经验，以便在他们自己独特的学校环境中通过行动研究进行基于证据的课程修订。SCC是这一伙伴关系中的关键一环，因为SCC的大多数学生都在合作学区就读，并转到SIUC完成他们的本科学位。来自南伊利诺伊州10个或更多农村高需求学区的25至30名教师和管理人员参加了规划会议，并协助进行需求评估。拟议的规划伙伴关系的一个关键目标是为创新型教师奖学金/硕士教学奖学金计划制定一个框架，该计划将为K-8在职教师和希望获得认证并在农村高需求学校任教的STEM专业人员提供更多的数学和科学内容和教学知识，并改善教学领导技能。规划伙伴关系正在确定教师的专业发展需求，并导致为高需求学校的K-8教师研究金方案制定框架。

Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), in partnership with Shawnee Community College (SCC), Massac County USD 1, Murphysboro CUSD 186, and several other high-need school districts in Southern Illinois, is engaged in a planning process to develop a combined Teaching Fellowships/Master Teaching Fellowships program for in-service teachers and STEM professionals committed to teach in rural high-need school districts. Key to the proposed Planning Partnership is the creation of a Fellowship Program targeted at developing highly qualified K-8 teachers at high-need school districts. The Fellowship Program is expected to provide teachers with a deep understanding of science and mathematics content, training and experience in inquiry-based learning methodologies and tools to mount evidence-based curriculum revision through Action Research in their own unique school environments. SCC is a key link in this partnership as most students at SCC attended the partner school districts and transfer to SIUC to complete their undergraduate degree. Twenty-five to thirty (25-30) teachers and administrators from 10 or more rural high-need school districts in Southern Illinois are participating in the planning meetings and assisting with needs assessments. A critical goal of the proposed Planning Partnership is to develop a framework for an innovative Teacher Fellowships/Master Teaching Fellowships program that will provide increased mathematics and science content and pedagogical knowledge and improved instructional leadership skills for K-8 in-service teachers and for STEM professionals who desire to pursue certification and teach in rural high-need schools. The Planning Partnership is identifying professional development needs for teachers and leading to the development of a framework for a Fellowship Program for K-8 teachers in high-need schools.