Science Experts Teaching Students

密苏里州立大学正在协调制定一项科学教师准备计划，以增加准备好在高需求的初中和高中教授科学的科学教师的数量。科学专家教学学生(SET)能力建设项目是初中和高中科学教师、大学科学家和教师教育教职员工之间为期两年的合作项目，他们正在通过两个密集的暑期研讨会来设计教师准备计划，以帮助拥有STEM学位的个人通过双学士学位计划或一年制学士学位后计划获得初中和高中科学教学的认证。SET项目是基于一种科学教师培养模式，该模式是通过中学和中学科学硕士教师、大学科学教师教育工作者和大学科学家之间的真正合作来设计和教授的。它是按照经过研究验证的最佳做法和国家科学教师协会的教师培训标准设计的，并建立在其他Noyce项目的工作基础上，特别是那些向农村地区的教师提供适应计划的项目。该项目正在扩大密苏里州立大学的能力，以解决初中和高中理科教学中明确的教师短缺问题。所有的参与者都在通过由探索教师学院的一名专家顾问领导的培训来学习有效的指导实践和入职计划。由于许多新手教师在小型农村学校单独工作，SET项目正在开发一项区域范围的入职计划，将新手教师与同行以及整个地区的科学教学教练联系起来。

Missouri State University is coordinating the development of a program for science teacher preparation to increase the number of science teachers who are well prepared to teach science in high-needs middle schools and high schools. The Science Experts Teaching Students (SETS) capacity-building project is a two-year collaboration between middle school and high school science teachers, university scientists and teacher education faculty who are working through two intensive summer workshops to design a teacher preparation program that prepares individuals who have a STEM degree to become certified to teach middle school and high school science through a dual-undergraduate degree program or through a one-year post-baccalaureate program. The SETS project is based on a model of science teacher preparation that is designed and taught through true collaboration of master middle and high school science teachers, university science teacher educators and university scientists. It is being designed in accordance with research-validated best practices and the teacher preparation standards of the National Science Teachers Association and builds on the work of other Noyce projects, especially those with induction programs delivered to teachers in rural areas. The project is expanding the capacity of Missouri State University to address defined teacher shortages in middle and high school science teaching. All SETS participants are learning about effective mentoring practices and induction programs through training led by an expert consultant from the Exploratorium Teacher Institute. Since many novice teachers work in isolation in small rural schools, the SETS project is developing a region-wide induction program that connects the novice teachers to peers and to science instructional coaches located throughout the region.