Teaching Pathways Opening Doors to STEM (TPOD STEM)

蒙哥马利学院的“教学途径开启STEM之门(TPOD STEM)”项目是该学院培养STEM学科高素质中学教师的能力建设项目。与蒙哥马利县(马里兰州)公立学校和这些社区大学生转学到的主要大学合作，数学系、科学系、工程系和教育系正在进行一项为期两年的计划过程，以招收、准备和支持学生，其中既有文学院教学副学士项目的本科生，也有寻求替代认证的转行STEM专业人员。现有中学替代认证方案的能力正在扩大。国家正在设计和批准一项新的中学数学/科学替代认证计划。目前正在制定两级未来教师的招聘模式，以及(实体和虚拟)支持网络，以确保他们的成功，这是这个由三个校区组成的机构的一个重要特点。有了AAT项目提供的STEM课程的坚实基础，学生们在继续教师准备的同时，可以很好地转到本科院校的STEM专业。计划为他们作为诺伊斯学者继续提供支持的机制。预计这一模式可以被全国其他社区学院效仿。

The project "Teaching Pathways Opening Doors to STEM (TPOD STEM)" at Montgomery College is a project to build the college's capacity for preparing highly qualified secondary teachers in STEM disciplines. Collaborating with the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and the major universities to which these community-college students transfer, the departments of mathematics, science, engineering, and education are engaged in a two-year planning process to recruit, prepare, and support students, both undergraduates in the Associate of Arts in Teaching program and career-changing STEM professionals seeking alternative certification. The capacity of the existing secondary school alternative certification program is being expanded. A new middle-school mathematics/science alternative certification program is being designed and approved by the state. A recruiting model for both levels of future teachers is under development, along with support networks (both physical and virtual) to ensure their success, an important feature of this three-campus institution. With the solid grounding in STEM courses provided by the AAT program, students are well positioned to transfer to STEM majors at baccalaureate institutions while continuing their teacher preparation. Mechanisms for their ongoing support as Noyce Scholars are planned. It is expected that this model can be emulated by other community colleges across the country.