Reinvigorating Elementary Science through a Partnership with CA Teachers (RESPeCT):Sustainable research-based professional development with teacher leaders in a high-needs district

通过与加州教师合作重振基础科学 (RESPeCT)：与高需求地区的教师领导者一起实现基于研究的可持续专业发展

• 批准号: 1321242
• 负责人: Nicole Wickler
• 金额: $ 765.96万
• 依托单位: Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1321242&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Reinvigorating; Elementary; Science; through; Partnership

The Reinvigorating Elementary Science through Partnership with California Teachers (RESPeCT) project is a partnership-driven effort based on mutual trust and a shared vision among Pomona Unified School District (PUSD), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP) as Core Partners, and the non-profit Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) as a Supporting Partner. The RESPeCT project is developing, implementing, and studying an innovative and sustainable solution to critical problems of national importance--the unacceptable number of K-6 students who are failing to develop a rudimentary understanding of science, and the clear and persistent achievement gaps in students' understanding of science. The RESPeCT project builds on and puts into practice a successful videocase-based, analysis-of-practice professional development approach, in combination with a leadership development component, for Kindergarten through sixth grade teachers in a high-needs district. Over the five year life of the project, RESPeCT is developing a cadre of 42 K-6 Teacher Leaders, with support from CPP science and mathematics faculty, and these Teacher Leaders will sustain and lead future RESPeCT professional development efforts to reach all K-6 teachers in PUSD, supporting the teaching of challenging science content for all students. The RESPeCT Project directly benefits 168 teachers (30% of PUSD elementary teachers) and over 7,500 K-6 students and is transforming the way science is taught and learned in PUSD. Ultimately, all 511 elementary PUSD teachers and their students will benefit from the RESPeCT project. PUSD is designing a fiscal plan to continue and sustain the RESPeCT PD program and partnerships with CPP faculty far beyond the life of the project. The RESPeCT research team employs a rigorous research design, including a control group of teachers, to examine the impact of the RESPeCT professional development on PUSD students, teachers (including Teacher Leaders) and CPP faculty. RESPeCT is an Implementation project in the Current Issues Related to STEM Content focal area.A major contribution of the RESPeCT project is the development of videocases and shared curriculum materials aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that integrate selected Common Core State Standards (CCSS) from Mathematics and English language arts (ELA) to empower teachers to teach science while relieving pressures to focus solely on mathematics and ELA. The development of fourteen modules related to life, physical, and earth and space science, concentrated within two cross-cutting concepts (energy & matter and stability & change) from the NGSS and incorporating mathematical and ELA standards is a major component of this project. The materials will be available to districts and teachers across the country. In addition, the RESPeCT project includes professional development for university faculty in leading elementary teacher learning communities. Insights into teaching and learning gained by university faculty is helping science, mathematics, and education faculty reform courses for science and mathematics majors and preservice teachers. RESPeCT serves as a national NSF-MSP model for broad-based collaborations that transform science teaching and learning. The project has special relevance for motivating and supporting teachers who serve students from underrepresented groups.

通过与加州教师合作重振基础科学（RESPeCT）项目是基于波莫纳联合学区（PUSD）、加州州立理工大学、波莫纳（CPP）作为核心合作伙伴和非营利生物科学课程研究（BSCS）作为支持合作伙伴之间的相互信任和共同愿景的伙伴关系驱动的努力。RESPeCT项目正在开发、实施和研究一种创新和可持续的解决方案，以解决具有国家重要性的关键问题——不可接受的K-6学生未能形成对科学的基本理解，以及学生对科学的理解存在明显且持续的成就差距。RESPeCT项目建立在一个成功的基于视频案例、实践分析的专业发展方法的基础上，并将其付诸实践，该方法结合了领导力发展的组成部分，面向高需求地区的幼儿园到六年级教师。在该项目的五年生命周期中，在CPP科学和数学教师的支持下，RESPeCT正在培养42名K-6教师领袖，这些教师领袖将维持和领导未来的RESPeCT专业发展工作，以覆盖PUSD的所有K-6教师，支持为所有学生提供具有挑战性的科学内容的教学。RESPeCT项目直接惠及168名教师（占PUSD小学教师的30%）和7500多名K-6学生，并正在改变PUSD教授和学习科学的方式。最终，所有511名PUSD小学教师和他们的学生都将从RESPeCT项目中受益。PUSD正在设计一项财政计划，以继续和维持RESPeCT PD项目以及与CPP教师的合作关系，远远超过项目的生命周期。RESPeCT研究团队采用严格的研究设计，包括一组对照教师，来研究RESPeCT专业发展对PUSD学生、教师（包括教师领导）和CPP教师的影响。RESPeCT是与STEM内容重点领域相关的当前问题的实施项目。RESPeCT项目的一个主要贡献是开发视频案例和与下一代科学标准（NGSS）相一致的共享课程材料，这些标准整合了数学和英语语言艺术（ELA）中选定的共同核心州标准（CCSS），使教师能够教授科学，同时减轻只关注数学和ELA的压力。开发与生命、物理、地球和空间科学相关的14个模块，集中在NGSS的两个交叉概念（能量与物质和稳定性与变化）中，并结合数学和ELA标准是该项目的主要组成部分。这些教材将提供给全国各地的学区和教师。此外，RESPeCT项目还包括在领先的小学教师学习社区为大学教师提供专业发展。大学教师对教学和学习的见解正在帮助科学、数学和教育教师改革科学和数学专业和职前教师的课程。RESPeCT是一个国家NSF-MSP模式，用于改变科学教学和学习的基础广泛的合作。该项目对激励和支持那些为来自代表性不足群体的学生服务的教师具有特殊意义。