Southeast Massachusetts Science Teacher Scholars Program

马萨诸塞州布里奇沃特州立学院（BSC）的诺伊斯教师学者项目包括马萨诸塞州社区学院（MCC）和四个学区：布罗克顿公立学校、兰多夫公立学校、福尔里弗公立学校以及弗里敦和莱克维尔公立学校。科学教师学者计划提供为期2年的奖学金，40职前本科生在他们的大三和大四，以及夏季实习，以24新生或大学生。至少有6名学者在MCC工作两年后转学到BSU，其中6名实习生是MCC的学生。该项目的重点是生物学，化学，物理学和地质学的STEM专业，特别强调化学和物理。28名STEM专业的学生准备成为中学教师，12名准备成为小学教师。由于MCC服务于非常多样化的人群，该项目使学生能够攻读STEM学位，并有各种背景和经验的机会成为K-12级别的高素质STEM教师。 来自每个合作学区的硕士教师-导师在整个教育和教学的开始一年与科学教师学者合作，并在高需求学校提供与科学教学有关的指导。该项目利用BSU的STEM教育促进中心，实习生利用现有的生物技术，化学，环境，或天文学项目，让STEM专业的学生参与提供探究教学法。STEM专业帮助设计和运行课后科学丰富计划作为另一种招聘经验。追求小学教育事业的学者在传统的STEM专业和幼儿或小学教育专业就读，从而获得初始许可证。打算从事初中或高中教学职业的学生将参加传统的STEM专业和中学教育未成年人，再次获得初始许可证。正在开发新的1学分科学教育研讨会，以解决目前学者科学或教学课程中未涵盖的主题，但教师导师认为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。在教学的第一年，科学教师学者充分参与新教师伙伴关系，在BSC提供给整个当地新教师的一对计划。 第一个是新教师学院，每年八月为期两天的活动，第二个是新教师研讨会系列，学年期间的每月计划，重点是一般教学以及科学教学。研究涉及招聘工作的有效性沿着的有效性，信心和保留的科学教师学者相比，非奖学金获得者的研究。

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.