Phase 1: URI Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

罗德岛大学罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目正在招募本科STEM专业学生和STEM专业职业转行者，否则他们可能不会考虑从事K-12教学工作，并在入职期间为他们提供支持。具体而言，该项目在5年内支持20名本科STEM专业和5名STEM专业人员。这些学者正准备在高需求地区教授小学、初中和高中学生。此外，将为50名大一和大二学生提供STEM教育领域的带薪暑期实习机会。该项目与罗德岛州的五个学区以及非营利组织合作。该项目以两种方式扩展STEM教师教育，这两种方式都具有变革性的智力价值。首先，使用基于州K-12科学评估结果的模型，选择多样化和高效的实地安置地点。第二，实施有目的持续指导模式，培训合作教师作为诺伊斯学者在学生教学过程中的导师。这一模式也被用于支持诺伊斯学者在头三年的教学中成为新教师。该项目的评估方面将解决影响STEM专业和STEM专业人员进入K-12教学的因素，影响他们在城市学校工作兴趣的因素，以及导致成功实习的因素。除了为罗德岛的高需求学区提供准备充分的STEM教师外，该项目更广泛的影响还集中在促进对K-12数学和科学领域成功招聘和教师培训的发现和理解。计划通过演讲和出版物分享重要的发现。该项目还对罗德岛州的劳动力发展产生了影响，罗德岛州面临着重大的经济转型，其中K-12级别的STEM培训和STEM教学可能在未来发挥重要作用。

The University of Rhode Island Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program is recruiting undergraduate STEM majors and STEM professional career changers who might otherwise not have considered a career in K-12 teaching and supporting them through their induction years. Specifically, this project supports 20 undergraduate STEM majors and 5 STEM professionals over 5 years. These scholars are being prepared to teach elementary, middle, and high school students in high-need school districts. In addition, 50 freshman and sophomores will be afforded paid summer internships in STEM education areas. This project collaborates with five Rhode Island school districts as well as non-profit organizations. This project extends STEM teacher education in two ways, both having transformative intellectual merit. First, using a model based on the results of state K-12 science assessments, diverse and highly effective field placement sites are being selected. Secondly, the Purposeful Ongoing Mentoring Model is being implemented to train cooperating teachers as mentors for Noyce Scholars during student teaching. This model is also being implemented to support Noyce Scholars as new teachers during their first 3 years of teaching. Evaluative aspects of this project will address the factors influencing STEM majors and STEM professionals to enter K-12 teaching, factors influencing their interest in working in urban schools, and factors leading to successful internships.Besides providing well-prepared STEM teachers for high-need school districts in Rhode Island, the broader impacts of this project center on advancing discovery and understanding of successful recruitment and teacher training in K-12 mathematics and science. Plans are in place for sharing significant findings via presentations and publications. This project also has implications for workforce development in Rhode Island, a state facing a significant economic transition and one in which STEM training and STEM teaching at the K-12 level are likely to play a significant future role.