Southeast Massachusetts Science Teacher Scholars Program

马萨诸塞州布里奇沃特州立学院(BSC)的诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的合作伙伴包括马萨索特社区学院(MCC)和四个学区：布罗克顿公立学校、伦道夫公立学校、福尔河公立学校以及弗里敦和拉克维尔公立学校。科学教师奖学金计划为40名初三和四年级的职前本科生提供两年期奖学金，并为24名大一或大二学生提供暑期实习。至少有6名学者在MCC工作了两年后转到了北卡罗来纳州立大学，其中6名实习生是目前在MCC学习的学生。该项目的重点是STEM专业的生物、化学、物理和地质学，特别强调化学和物理。STEM专业的28名学生正在准备成为中学教师，12名学生正在准备成为小学教师。由于MCC服务的人群非常多样化，该项目使攻读STEM学位的学生以及具有不同背景和经验的学生有机会成为高素质的K-12水平的STEM教师。来自每个合作学区的硕士教师-导师在他们的整个教育和开始的教学年度与科学教师学者合作，并提供与在高需求学校教授科学有关的指导。该项目利用北卡罗来纳州立大学STEM教育促进中心，实习生与现有的生物技术、化学、环境或天文学项目合作，让STEM专业的学生参与提供探究教学法。STEM专业的学生帮助设计和运行课外科学丰富项目，这是另一种招聘经验。追求基础教育事业的学生注册传统的STEM专业和幼儿或基础教育专业，从而获得最初的执照。想要在初中或高中从事教学工作的学生要注册传统的STEM专业和中等教育辅修课程，这也会导致他们获得最初的执照。正在开发新的1学分的科学教育讲习班，以解决目前学者科学或教育学课程中没有涵盖的主题，但教师导师认为这些主题对于未来的科学教师来说很重要，特别是那些对高需求学校有用的主题。在他们执教的头几年，科学教师学者完全参与了新教师伙伴关系，这是BSC为当地新教师提供的两个项目。第一个是新教师学院，每年8月举行为期两天的活动；第二个是新教师研讨会系列，这是一个学年期间的月度项目，重点是一般教学和科学教学。研究包括研究招聘工作的有效性，以及与非奖学金获得者相比，科学教师奖学金的有效性、信心和留存率。

The Noyce Teacher Scholar Program at Bridgewater State College (BSC) in Massachusetts includes as partners Massasoit Community College (MCC), and four districts: Brockton Public Schools, Randolph Public Schools, Fall River Public Schools, and Freetown and Lakeville Public Schools. The Science Teachers Scholars program is providing 2-year scholarships to 40 pre-service undergraduates during their junior and senior years, as well as summer internships to 24 freshmen or sophomores. At least 6 of the Scholars have transferred to BSU after two years at MCC, and 6 of the Interns are current MCC students. The project is focusing on STEM majors in biology, chemistry, physics and geology, with a special emphasis on chemistry and physics. Twenty-eight of the STEM majors are preparing to become secondary education teachers and twelve are preparing to become elementary education teachers. Because MCC serves a very diverse population, the project is enabling students pursuing a STEM degree and with a variety of backgrounds and experiences opportunities to become highly-qualified STEM teachers at the K-12 level. Master teacher-mentors from each of the partner school districts work with the Science Teacher Scholars throughout their education and beginning year of teaching and provide mentoring in relation to teaching science in high-needs schools.The project is utilizing the Center for the Advancement of STEM Education at BSU where interns work with existing biotechnology, chemistry, environmental, or astronomy projects to engage STEM majors in delivering inquiry pedagogy. STEM majors help design and run after-school science enrichment programs as another recruiting experience. Scholars pursuing an elementary education career are enrolled in a traditional STEM major and in the early childhood or elementary education major leading to an initial license. Students intending a middle or high school teaching career are enrolled in a traditional STEM major and the secondary education minor, again leading to an initial license. New 1-credit Science Education Workshops are being developed to address topics that are not currently covered in the Scholars science or pedagogical courses but that the teacher-mentors deem important for future science teachers to know, particular those useful in high-needs schools. During their first years of teaching, Science Teacher Scholars participate fully in the New Teacher Partnership, a pair of programs offered at BSC to new teachers throughout the local area. The first is the New Teacher Academy, a two-day event each August, and the second is the New Teacher Seminar Series, a monthly program during the Academic Year that focuses on teaching in general as well as teaching science. Research involves a study of the effectiveness of recruitment efforts along with the effectiveness, confidence, and retention of the Science Teacher Scholars compared to non-scholarship recipients.