Virginia Teach, Phase II: A Community-Based Approach to Serving Mathematics Students in Need

Noyce项目第二阶段的智力价值建立在前一个项目的成功基础上，该项目支持了30名Noyce学者，其中一些人现在进入了他们的第四年专业教学。这个第二阶段项目正在支持另外25名有才华的学生，他们正在接受培训，成为高需求学区的中学数学教师。弗吉尼亚教育项目扩大了学区合作伙伴的数量，以更好地为城市和农村地区的高需求学校提供服务。与当地社区大学建立的新伙伴关系正通过帮助该项目从他们可能服务的高需求地区招募学者来支持这一目标。除了该项目提供的奖学金支持外，它还培养了充满活力的实地经验集群和专业教学实习，并为这些专业社区提供持续的支持。该项目将继续监测和评估第一阶段以及第二阶段新增的学者，为学者进入专业教学阶段的准备和成功提供纵向数据。因此，Virginia Teach正在进行一项研究，为招聘和培训教师在高需求地区为学生服务的知识库做出贡献。因此，这个项目正在回答这样的问题：“数学认证项目的哪些要素最能支持本科生从学生到教师的转变？”除了为高需求的学区提供准备充分的数学教师外，这个项目的智力价值还来自于与学区和社区学院新建立的伙伴关系。这样的合作关系导致了一个新的，合作的学生项目，重点是如何最好地为ESL数学学生服务。此外，通过永久改善弗吉尼亚理工大学的认证项目，与当地学区的合作将产生更广泛的影响。与当地社区大学的合作有望带来永久的招聘渠道。最后，计划在数学教师会议上作报告，并在同行评议的期刊上发表文章，以传播所吸取的经验教训。

The intellectual merit of this Phase II Noyce project builds on the success of a previous project, which supported 30 Noyce scholars, with some now entering their fourth year of professional teaching. This Phase II project is supporting an additional 25 talented students who are training to become secondary mathematics teachers in high-need school districts. The Virginia Teach project expands the number of school district partnerships to better serve high-need schools in both urban and rural districts. New partnerships with local community colleges are supporting this goal by helping the project recruit scholars from the high-need districts in which they may serve. In addition to the scholarship support that this project provides, it also fosters vibrant clusters of field experience and professional teaching placements with ongoing support for these professional communities. The project is continuing to monitor and evaluate Phase I scholars as well as those being added in Phase II, providing longitudinal data on the preparation and success of scholars as they enter professional teaching. Thus, Virginia Teach is conducting research that contributes to the knowledge base related to recruiting and training teachers to work with students in high-need districts. Accordingly, this project is answering questions such as, "What elements of mathematics certification programs best support undergraduates' transitions from students to teachers?"Besides providing well-prepared math teachers for high-need school districts, the intellectual merit of this project also derives from the newly forged partnerships with school districts and community colleges. Such partnerships have resulted in a new, collaborative student project focused on how to best serve ESL mathematics students. Further, the partnerships with local school districts have broader impacts through permanently improving the certification program at Virginia Tech. The partnerships with local community colleges are expected to lead to permanent recruitment pipelines. Finally, presentations at mathematics teacher conferences and publications in peer-reviewed journals are planned in order to disseminate lessons learned.