Southeast Massachusetts Science Teacher Scholars Program

马萨诸塞州布里奇沃特州立学院（BSC）的诺伊斯教师学者计划包括作为合作伙伴的马萨索伊特社区学院（MCC）和四个地区：布罗克顿公立学校、伦道夫公立学校、福尔河公立学校、弗里敦和莱克维尔公立学校。科学教师学者计划为40名大三和大四的预科本科生提供为期两年的奖学金，并为24名大一或大二的学生提供暑期实习机会。至少有6名学者在MCC学习两年后转到北外，6名实习生是MCC的在读学生。该项目主要针对STEM专业的生物、化学、物理和地质专业，特别强调化学和物理。其中28名STEM专业学生准备成为中学教育教师，12名准备成为小学教育教师。由于世纪挑战集团服务于非常多样化的人群，该项目使追求STEM学位并具有各种背景和经验的学生有机会成为K-12级别的高素质STEM教师。来自每个合作学区的师长导师在科学教师学者的整个教育过程和教学的开始阶段与他们一起工作，并为高需求学校的科学教学提供指导。该项目利用北京州立大学的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专业的学生参与探究教学法。STEM专业的学生帮助设计和运营课后科学充实项目，这是另一种招聘经历。追求基础教育事业的学者可以选择传统的STEM专业，也可以选择儿童早期教育或基础教育专业，从而获得初步执照。打算从事初中或高中教学工作的学生可以选择传统的STEM专业和中等教育辅修专业，同样可以获得初始执照。新的1学分科学教育研讨会正在开发中，以解决目前尚未在学者科学或教学课程中涉及的主题，但教师导师认为这些主题对未来的科学教师很重要，特别是那些在高需求学校有用的主题。在他们教学的头几年，科学教师学者充分参与新教师伙伴关系，这是BSC为当地新教师提供的一对项目。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，在学年期间每月举办一次，重点关注一般教学和科学教学。研究包括对招聘工作的有效性的研究，以及与非奖学金获得者相比，科学教师学者的有效性、信心和保留率。

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.