Recruiting and Retaining Teacher Leaders in Physics and Chemistry

肯尼索州立大学和格鲁吉亚理工学院，与五个学区合作（科布县学区，格温内特县学校，大西洋公立学校，DeKalb县学校和Paulding县学区），以及两个非营利组织（美国化学学会和MetroRESA）正在合作解决招聘问题，培养和留住严重短缺的中学物理和化学领域的教师和特级教师。该合作伙伴关系积极的招聘策略包括通过专业工程学会、格鲁吉亚理工学院校友社区以及与美国化学学会相关的化学和化学工程网络进行营销。该项目正在招募一批来自STEM专业的16名教学研究员参加为期一年的教师准备计划，然后在他们的入职和职业生涯早期为他们提供频繁和有针对性的指导和其他专业发展经验。该项目还招募了16名现任物理和化学教师作为硕士教学研究员，通过为期五年的强化计划，包括与大学STEM教师的研究，特定学科的教学培训以及参与专业教育组织，为他们在地区，州和国家层面发挥更广泛的领导作用做好准备。这个教师准备和领导力发展规划是建立在教育研究和理论的基础上，并在肯尼索状态的教学计划现有的艺术硕士学位，也是利用项目团队成员谁一直是K-12教师在多样化和具有挑战性的科学教室丰富的实践经验。该项目的评估分两个阶段进行，早期和后期计划，并正在研究招聘策略对硕士课程发展的影响;硕士教学研究员如何担任教师领导以及该计划如何促进研究员的专业成长;教师准备和入门支持对教学研究员的影响;以及该计划对留住所有研究员的影响。该项目的成果正通过网络媒体以及国家和国际专业会议和出版物广泛传播。

Kennesaw State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with five school districts (Cobb County School District, Gwinnett County Schools, Atlantic Public Schools, DeKalb County Schools, and Paulding County School District), and two nonprofit organizations (the American Chemical Society and MetroRESA), are collaborating to address the recruitment, preparation and retention of teachers and master teachers in the critical shortage areas of secondary physics and chemistry. The partnership's aggressive recruitment strategy includes marketing through professional engineering societies, the Georgia Tech alumni community, and the chemistry and chemical engineering network associated with the American Chemical Society. The project is recruiting one cohort of 16 Teaching Fellows from STEM professions into a one-year teacher preparation program, then supporting them during their induction and early career years with frequent and targeted mentoring and other professional development experiences. The project is also recruiting 16 current physics and chemistry teachers as Master Teaching Fellows, to prepare them for broader leadership roles at district, state, and national levels through a five-year intensive program that includes research with university STEM faculty, subject-specific pedagogical training, and participation in professional education organizations. This teacher preparation and leadership development programming is built on a foundation of educational research and theory and an existing Master of Arts in Teaching program at Kennesaw State, and is also taking advantage of a wealth of practical experience of project team members who have been K-12 teachers in diverse and challenging science classrooms. Evaluation of the project is taking place in two stages, early and later program, and is studying the impact of the recruiting strategies on the growth of the Master's program; how the Master Teaching Fellows serve as teacher leaders and how this program facilitates the Fellows' professional growth; the impact of the teacher preparation and induction support on the Teaching Fellows; and the impact of the program on the retention of all Fellows. Results from the project are being disseminated widely through web media as well as national and international professional meetings and publications.