Exemplary Mathematics Educators for High-need Schools

该项目支持波士顿学院的两个项目，以满足高需求学区对高素质数学教师的需求。波士顿学院教师教育系（林奇教育学院）和数学系（艺术与科学学院）与非营利性的美国数学（MfA）波士顿以及波士顿大学和教育发展中心的同事合作，提供教学研究员（TF）计划和硕士教学研究员（MTF）计划。 两个高度选择的团体，特维斯高中教师（教学研究员）正在参加为期五年的综合学习计划，其中包括为期一年的教学科学硕士和系统的专业发展在他们的形成年期间的四年内作为新教师在波士顿和Frawillet学区。 该项目提供了一个整合的课程，无缝交织的内容，教学内容的知识，和教学法。 教学奖学金计划以研究为基础，并以先前成功的数学教师培训模式为基础，这些模式在城市地区具有较高的教师留存率。八名来自波士顿和弗拉尼茨基的高需求学区的经验丰富的教师（硕士教学研究员）参与指导教学研究员，并参加数学专业和课程开发研讨会和讲习班。在各自学区的支持下，数学工作队与数学家和数学教育工作者密切联系，在改革数学教学和学习方面发挥领导作用。该项目的目标是：1）通过培养八名教学研究员（TF）成为高需求学校的优秀数学教师，增加波士顿学院目前硕士水平数学教师培养计划的产出; 2）招募和支持八名优秀的实践教师（硕士教学研究员）在数学从高需要学区成为高素质的教学领导者和导师;和3）通过结合波士顿学院，MfA波士顿和EDC的资源，在大波士顿地区建立一个强大而持久的数学家，数学教育工作者和教师的专业社区，并开发长期的基础设施来支持这个社区。

This project is supporting two programs at Boston College to address the need for highly qualified mathematics teachers in high-need school districts. The Boston College Department of Teacher Education (The Lynch School of Education) and Department of Mathematics (College of Arts and Sciences), working together with the non-profit Math for America (MfA) Boston and with colleagues at Boston University and Education Development Center, are offering a Teaching Fellow (TF) program and a Master Teaching Fellow (MTF) program. Two highly select groups of preservice high school teachers (Teaching Fellows) are participating in a five-year integrated program of study that includes a one-year Master of Science in Teaching and systematic professional development over a four-year period during their formative years as new teachers in Boston and Framingham school districts. The project provides an integrated curriculum that seamlessly interweaves content, pedagogical content knowledge, and pedagogy. The Teaching Fellowship program is grounded in research and based on prior successful models of mathematics teacher preparation that have a high teacher retention rate in urban districts. Eight experienced teachers (Master Teaching Fellows) from the high-need school districts of Boston and Framingham are involved in mentoring the Teaching Fellows and are participating in the mathematics professional and curriculum development seminars and workshops. With the support of their school districts, the MTFs, in close liaison with mathematicians and mathematics educators, are assuming leadership roles in reforming mathematics teaching and learning. The goals of the project are to: 1) Increase the output of the current Masters level mathematics teacher preparation program at Boston College by preparing eight Teaching Fellows (TFs) to become excellent mathematics teachers for high-need schools; 2) Recruit and support eight outstanding practicing teachers (Master Teaching Fellow) in mathematics from high-need school districts to become highly qualified instructional leaders and mentors; and 3) Build a strong and lasting professional community of mathematicians, mathematics educators and teachers in the greater Boston area by combining the resources of Boston College, MfA Boston and the EDC and to develop the long-term infrastructure neccessary to support this community.