Pipeline for Excellent Rural Teaching

北达科他州立大学（NDSU）优秀农村教师输送管道（PERT）项目的目标是扩大和确保输送管道，以提高北达科他州农村训练有素的中学数学和科学教师的质量和数量。该州的农村性质，再加上城市中心之间的遥远距离，成为招募STEM专业人员进入学位课程获得认证的主要障碍。科学与数学学院和人类发展与教育学院创建了一个为期一年的教育硕士项目（住宿和在线），从而获得教师资格认证。该项目正在招募15名有才华的STEM专业人士作为PERT教学研究员。与该地区六所部落控制学院之一的坐牛学院合作，为部落社区的PERT教学研究员提供科学课程和广泛的指导。PERT的知识价值是解决农村高需求学区持续教师短缺的变革模式。该方案的成功要素为今后农村和部落地区的入门方案提供了信息。PERT的更广泛影响包括它能够提高北达科他州六个城市中心以外的中学科学和数学教师的数量和质量，特别是在部落社区。STEM专业人员向硕士教师的转变将提高全州学生的成绩，增加学生成功进入学士学位水平的STEM课程的可能性。

The goal of the Pipeline for Excellent Rural Teachers (PERT) project at North Dakota State University (NDSU) is to extend and secure a pipeline to increase the quality and quantity of highly-trained secondary mathematics and science teachers in rural North Dakota. The rural nature of the state, coupled with vast distances between urban centers, presents a major obstacle to recruiting STEM professionals into degree programs leading to certification. College of Science and Mathematics and College of Human Development and Education faculties have created a one-year master's of education program (residential and online) resulting in teacher certification. The project is recruiting 15 talented STEM professionals as PERT Teaching Fellows. A partnership with Sitting Bull College, one of six tribally-controlled colleges in the region, provides both science coursework and extensive mentorship to PERT Teaching Fellows in tribal communities. The intellectual merit of PERT is the transformative model for addressing a persistent teacher shortage in rural, high-needs school districts. Successful elements of the program are informing future induction programs for rural and tribal districts. The broader impacts of PERT include its capacity to enhance the quantity and quality of secondary science and mathematics teachers outside of North Dakota's six urban centers, particularly in tribal communities. The transformation of STEM professionals into Master teachers will improve student achievement throughout the state, increasing the likelihood for successful matriculation of students into STEM programs at the baccalaureate level.