Southeast Massachusetts Science Teacher Scholars Program

马萨诸塞州东南部科学教师学者计划

• 批准号: 1339779
• 负责人: Jeffrey Williams
• 金额: $ 143.97万
• 依托单位: BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY
• 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=1339779&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Southeast; Massachusetts; Science; Teacher; Scholars

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.

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马萨索伊特社区学院 (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。科学教师学者计划为 40 名大三和大四的本科生提供为期 2 年的奖学金，并为 24 名新生或大二学生提供暑期实习机会。至少有 6 名学者在 MCC 学习两年后转学到 BSU，其中 6 名实习生是 MCC 的学生。该项目重点关注生物、化学、物理和地质学领域的 STEM 专业，特别强调化学和物理。 28 名 STEM 专业学生准备成为中学教育教师，12 名学生准备成为基础教育教师。由于 MCC 服务的人群非常多元化，因此该项目为攻读 STEM 学位并拥有各种背景和经验的学生提供了成为 K-12 级别高素质 STEM 教师的机会。 来自每个合作学区的大师级教师导师在科学教师学者的整个教育和教学开始阶段与他们合作，并为高需求学校的科学教学提供指导。该项目利用 BSU 的 STEM 教育促进中心，实习生在现有的生物技术、化学、环境或天文学项目中工作，让 STEM 专业的学生参与探究式教学。 STEM 专业帮助设计和运行课外科学强化项目，作为另一种招聘体验。从事基础教育职业的学者会注册传统的 STEM 专业和幼儿教育或基础教育专业，以获得初始许可证。打算从事初中或高中教学工作的学生可以选择传统的 STEM 专业和中学教育辅修课程，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来说很重要，特别是那些对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合作伙伴关系，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，每年八月举行为期两天的活动，第二个是新教师研讨会系列，这是学年期间的每月计划，重点关注一般教学和科学教学。研究涉及对招聘工作的有效性以及科学教师学者与非奖学金获得者相比的有效性、信心和保留率的研究。