Vassar Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

瓦萨学院的第一阶段罗伯特·诺伊斯教师教育奖学金项目正在招募、准备和认证14名成绩优异的STEM专业学生，让他们成为高需求学校的K-12科学和数学教师。该项目建立在瓦萨大学严格的本科STEM项目基础上，这是一个强调领导力的教师教育项目，以及与当地高需求学校建立的成熟的STEM外展项目。瓦萨计划包括四个关键要素：为14名在大三和大四期间取得优异成绩的瓦萨STEM专业学生提供奖学金，并在毕业后的秋季完成学生教学；暑期科教科研实习；与纽约州波基普西市（City of Poughkeepsie）和海德公园（Hyde Park）的高需求地区合作开展专业前培训活动；与卓越教师教育联盟合作，支持早期职业专业发展。瓦萨理工学院的STEM教师和当地K-12 STEM教育工作者正在指导诺伊斯学者。该项目增加了进入高需求地区K-12 STEM教育的瓦萨STEM专业学生的数量，提高了这些地区STEM教育的质量，并培养了K-12 STEM教育的领导者。这些新教师还激励了来自服务不足群体的学生提高他们的教育愿望，包括大学水平的数学和科学学习。该项目被设计为一个模式，可以在主要的本科院校复制，这些院校拥有强大的STEM项目，以及对服务不足社区的K-12教育感兴趣的高能力学生，这些学生通常在毕业后离开邻近地区，到大城市的学校任教。

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.