Computing and Engineering Research Experiences for Teachers of STEM (CERTS) Program

该奖项为一个为期三年的标准奖提供资金，以支持斯坦福大学工程和计算机科学领域教师研究经验(RET)现场计划，该计划名为“STEM教师计算和工程研究经验(CERTS)计划”，由Sheri D.Seppard博士指导。拟议的新CERTS计划加强和扩展了早期的斯坦福大学教师工程研究经验(SERET)计划，并在旧金山地区6-12年级的STEM教师与斯坦福大学教职员工和研究生之间建立了持久的合作伙伴关系。CETS将使39名教师及其学生接触到工程和计算学科，以及科学和数学课程与基本工程和计算概念的联系和支持方式。CERTS的目标是通过以下方式提高初中生对STEM的兴趣和熟练程度：1)在教师或研究生导师的直接监督下，为斯坦福工程和计算机科学实验室和中心的STEM教师提供为期8周的真实暑期研究体验：2)通过每周在斯坦福大学举行的教师讲座、研讨会和实验室培训课程，接触到各种工程和计算机科学学科和应用；3)通过暑期每周和学年定期提供的一对一辅导、讲习班和研讨会，帮助课程开发：4)通过各种社区网站和教师出席著名的全国会议传播新的课程和教材；5)通过调查和广泛的外部评估来评估该计划的有效性，其中包括对CERTS在教师课堂上的影响的调查、访谈和观察性案例研究。这些合作满足了国家识别和培养下一代高成就的STEM创新者的需要，特别是在推动美国创新和全球竞争力的工程和计算学科方面。CERTS将创建一个振兴和重新装备的教学“基础设施”，以刺激、激励和激励教育工作者有效地引导他们的学生走向与计算机和工程相关的大专学习和职业生涯。

This award provides funding for a three year standard award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site program at Stanford University, entitled, "Computing and Engineering Research Experiences for Teachers of STEM (CERTS) Program", under the direction of Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard. The proposed new CERTS Program enhances and extends the earlier Stanford Engineering Research Experiences for Teachers (SERET) Program and creates enduring partnerships between San Francisco area STEM teachers in grades 6-12 and Stanford faculty and graduate students. CERTS will expose 39 teachers, and through them, their students, to engineering and computing disciplines and the ways science and math curricula relate to and support basic engineering and computing concepts. The goal of CERTS is to increase the interest and proficiency in STEM among middle and high school students by providing: 1) 8-week authentic summer research experiences for STEM teachers in Stanford engineering and computer science labs and centers under the direct supervision of faculty or graduate student mentors: 2) Exposure to a diversity of engineering and computer science disciplines and applications through weekly faculty talks, seminars and lab training sessions at Stanford; 3) Curriculum development assistance through one-on-one coaching, workshops and seminars delivered weekly during the summer and periodically during the academic year: 4) Dissemination of new lessons and teaching materials via various community websites and teacher attendance at a prestigious national conference; and 5) Assessment of the program's effectiveness through surveys, and an extensive external evaluaton that includes surveys, interviews, and observational case studies of the effects of CERTS in teachers' classrooms. These collaborations address the national need to identify and nurture the next generation of high-achieving STEM innovators, especially in the disciplines of engineering and computing that drive U.S. innovation and global competitiveness. CERTS will create a revitalized and re-tooled teaching "infrastructure" that stimulates, inspires and invigorates educators to effectively guide their students toward computing and engineering-related post-secondary study and careers.