STEM to STERN: Successful Teaching Entryways and Resource Networks

在这个规划项目中，莱斯利大学正在加强与城市生态研究所、马斯贝社区学院和一个或多个高需求学区的现有关系，以制定教学研究员和硕士教学研究员(TF/MTF)计划。规划过程建立在莱斯利成功的基于标准的教师准备和专业发展计划的基础上，以实现以下目标：1)巩固合作伙伴协议，以招聘和培训STEM专业人员成为高素质的科学和数学教师；2)确定合作伙伴有效实施该计划的能力，包括对成本分摊要素的承诺，以及招募和保留原本不会从事该计划教学事业的个人，包括来自代表性不足群体的个人；3)确定有兴趣参加该计划的高需求学区；4)评估和证明该计划所服务的参与者的数量和质量；5)评估职前学生支持和新的教师支持基础设施的需求和质量；6)根据莱斯利目前针对教师领导的专业发展，完成针对教师团队的高质量专业发展计划的开发；7)制定评估计划，以衡量计划的有效性；以及8)制定一项在国家科学基金会资助期之后的可持续性计划。因此，预计规划年将为招聘和培训高素质的STEM教师和教师领袖开辟长期、可持续的途径，从而有助于缓解长期存在的科学/数学教师短缺问题，并最终显著提高学生的成绩。

In this planning project Lesley University is strengthening existing relationships with the Urban Ecology Institute, MassBay Community College, and one or more high-need school districts to develop a Teaching Fellows and Master Teaching Fellows (TF/MTF) program. The planning process is building on Lesley's successful standards-based teacher preparation and professional development programs to achieve the following objectives: 1) solidification of partnership agreements to recruit and train STEM professionals to become highly qualified teachers of science and mathematics; 2) determination of the capacity of the partners to conduct the program effectively, including commitment to cost sharing elements and the recruitment and retention of individuals who would not otherwise pursue careers in teaching for the TF program, including individuals from underrepresented groups; 3) identification of high need school districts interested in participating in a TF/MTF program; 4) estimation and justification of the number and quality of participants to be served by the program; 5) assessment of the needs and quality of pre-service student support and new teacher support infrastructures for TFs; 6) completion of development of a high quality professional development program for MTFs based on Lesley's current professional development for teacher leaders; 7) formulation of an evaluation plan that will measure program effectiveness; and 8) development of a plan for sustainability beyond the period of NSF funding. The planning year is thus expected to result in creation of long-term, sustainable pathways for recruiting and training high quality STEM teachers and teacher leaders, thus helping to alleviate long standing science/mathematics teacher shortages and ultimately resulting in significant improvements in student achievement.