Vassar Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

瓦萨学院第一阶段罗伯特·诺伊斯教师教育奖学金计划正在招聘、准备和认证14名成绩优异的STEM专业学生，以成为高需求学校的K-12科学和数学教师。该计划建立在瓦萨严格的本科生STEM计划、强调领导力的教师教育计划以及与当地高需求学校建立的STEM外展计划的基础上。Vassar计划包括四个关键要素：为14名Vassar STEM专业的优秀学生提供奖学金，在他们的大三和大四期间完成学生教学；暑期科学教育和研究实习；与纽约州波基普西市和海德公园的高需求地区合作开展职业前活动；以及与卓越教师教育联盟合作支持早期职业专业发展。瓦萨STEM的教职员工和当地的K-12 STEM教育工作者正在指导诺伊斯学者。该计划正在增加瓦萨STEM专业在高需求地区进入K-12 STEM教育的人数，提高这些地区的STEM教育质量，并培养K-12 STEM教育的领导者。这些新教师还激励来自贫困群体的学生提高他们的教育抱负，包括大学水平的数学和科学学习。该项目被设计为一种模式，可以在以本科生为主的机构复制，这些机构拥有强大的STEM项目，以及对服务不足的社区的K-12教育感兴趣的高能力学生，他们通常在毕业后离开紧邻的地区，在大城市地区的学校任教。

The Phase I Robert Noyce Teacher Education Scholarship Program at Vassar College is recruiting, preparing, and certifying 14 high-achieving STEM majors to become K-12 science and mathematics teachers in high-need schools. The program builds on Vassar's rigorous undergraduate STEM programs, a teacher education program that emphasizes leadership, and well-established STEM outreach programs with local high-need schools. The Vassar Program includes four critical elements: scholarships for 14 high-achieving Vassar STEM majors during their junior and senior years and for completion of student teaching the fall following graduation; summer science education and research internships; pre-professional activities in partnership with high-need districts in the City of Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park, NY; and, support for early career professional development in collaboration with the Consortium for Excellence in Teacher Education. Vassar STEM faculty members and local K-12 STEM educators are mentoring the Noyce Scholars. This program is increasing the number of Vassar STEM majors entering K-12 STEM education in high-need districts, improving the quality of STEM education in those districts, and producing leaders in K-12 STEM education. These new teachers also motivate students from under-served groups to raise their educational aspirations, including the college-level study of mathematics and science. The program is designed as a model that can be replicated at predominantly undergraduate institutions with strong STEM programs and high-ability students with an interest in K-12 education in under-served communities, who typically leave the immediate area after graduation to teach in schools in large metropolitan areas.