The Salish Kootenai College Mathematical Sciences Program

萨里什库特奈学院（SKC）提议为学生开发一门有两种选择的数学科学（MS）课程。第一种选择是数学科学副学士学位（ASMS），第二种选择是中等教育数学理学学士学位（BoSSEM）。该项目将主要由SKC教育部、SKC的STEM部门和土著数学与科学研究所共同努力，并得到部落长老、教育专业人士和其他部落社区合作伙伴的宝贵意见。SKC-MS项目的总体目标是提高美国印第安人在数学和数学教育方面的成就和代表性。这一目标将通过具体的目标和活动来实现，旨在促进合格学生通过每个项目的有效和高效的过渡。这一提议是由于对数学家和数学教师的迫切需求，特别是对保留学校的美国印第安教师的需求。SKC-MS项目将遵循K-16数学教育计划的发展，该计划将由美国国家科学基金会和美国教育部联合管理。SKC-MS计划将使用创新和转型战略来实施新的具有文化竞争力的数学科学和中等数学教育计划。同样，项目的评估重点将确保项目步入正轨并取得成功。项目利益相关者将与评估小组密切合作，从项目中收集和分析数据。项目成果将用于形成一个新的概念框架，以支持美国印第安人数学家和中学数学教师的成长。更广泛的影响SKC-MS项目将产生更广泛的影响，美国印第安数学教师数量的增加证明了这一点，他们可以有效地支持美国印第安初高中学生。此外，SKC-MS项目将通过文化整合在数学科学学科内产生重大影响。SKC教师将在文化能力教学方面获得额外的技能和理解，并将通过与部落长老和教育者的互动产生新的文化能力课程。高等数学课程的增加将加强SKC的其他STEM课程，提高SKC支持学生在学院所有学术领域取得成就的能力，可能会导致额外的STEM学士学位课程。SKC-MS项目的结果和成果将在专业出版物和会议上传播，这将增加数学和数学教育的知识库。SKC将成为第一所提供中等数学教育学位课程的部落学院。SKC教育部门可以建立在中学科学和中学数学课程的成功基础上，并有可能扩展到其他STEM教育学科。项目成果将广泛传播，供其他部落学院和大学的教师培训项目使用。

The Salish Kootenai College (SKC) is proposing to develop a Mathematical Sciences (MS) program with two options for students. The first option is an Associate of Science in Mathematical Sciences (ASMS) and the second option is a Bachelors of Science in Secondary Education-Mathematics(BoSSEM). The program will be a collaborative effort between the SKC Education Department, SKC's STEM Division,and the Indigenous Math and Science Institute primarily, with valuable input from tribal elders, education professionals, and other tribal community partners. The overall goal of the SKC-MS program is to improve the achievement and representation of American Indian people in math and math education. This goal will be realized through specific objectives and activities designed to facilitate an effective and efficient transition of qualified students through each program. This proposal is driven by the urgent need for mathematicians and mathematics teachers, especially American Indian teachers for reservation schools. The SKC-MS Program will follow the developments within the K-16 mathematics education initiative, which is to be jointly administered by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.Intellectual MeritThe SKC-MS Program will use innovative and transformational strategies in implementing the new culturally competent Mathematical Science and Secondary Education in Mathematics programs. Likewise, the project's evaluation focus will ensure the programs are on track and lead to successful outcomes. The program stakeholders will work closely with the evaluation team to gather and analyze data from the program. Program outcomes will be used to generate a new conceptual framework for supporting the growth of American Indian mathematicians and secondary math teachers. Broader ImpactsThe SKC-MS Program will have broader impacts as evidenced by an increase in the numbers of American Indian math teachers who can support American Indian middle and high school students effectively. In addition, the SKC-MS Program will make a significant impact within the mathematical sciences discipline through cultural integration. SKC faculty will gain added skills in and understanding of culturally competent teaching and will generate new culturally competent courses through interactions with tribal elders and educators. The addition of higher level mathematics will enhance other STEM programs at SKC, improving SKC's ability to support student achievement in all academic areas of the college, possibly leading to additional STEM BS programs. The results and outcomes from the SKC-MS Program will be disseminated in professional publications and conferences that will add to the knowledge base surrounding mathematics and mathematics education. SKC will be the first tribal college to offer a Secondary Mathematics Education degree program. The SKC education department can build upon the success of both the Secondary Science and Secondary Mathematics programs and potentially expand into other STEM education disciplines. The program results will be disseminated widely for use by teacher preparation programs at other tribal colleges and universities.