Bringing Engineers into STEM Teaching (BEST) Project

将工程师带入STEM教学（BEST）项目是波士顿大学教育学院和工程学院以及波士顿地区六所学校或地区的合作项目。该项目的重点是将工程师的数学，技术和设计专业知识带入中学课堂。它为37名学生和工程专业人员提供奖学金，让他们参加为期一年的课程，获得硕士学位和中学数学教学许可证。该项目在1-4年级和5年级每年提供8个奖学金。它正在促进本科工程专业学生参与BU新推出的4 + 1课程，学生在五年内获得工程学士学位和教育硕士学位。目前正在利用暑期实习和学年方案，让本科工程师与中学生一起从事设计项目（盒子里的创新），以激发和培养对教育的兴趣。该项目还在招募执业工程师。在上岗培训期间，将通过夏季和学年讲习班、研讨会和辅导为教师提供支助。BEST计划为经验丰富和基于探究的教师准备计划提供了一个范例，该计划解决了教师数学教育（MET II）报告的建议，并使工程师成为教师成为可能。该项目为高需求地区提供了了解州数学标准和马萨诸塞州工程教育标准的教师，因此对数千名中学生产生了积极影响。该项目正在测试招聘、培训和留住高素质工程师的教学模式。

Bringing Engineers into STEM Teaching (BEST) Project is a collaboration of the School of Education and the College of Engineering at Boston University and six schools or districts in the Boston area. This project is focusing on bringing the mathematical, technological, and design expertise of engineers into secondary classrooms. It is providing scholarships to 37 students and engineering professionals to enroll in a one-year program that leads to a master's degree and licensure to teach secondary mathematics. The project provides 8 scholarships per year in years 1-4 and 5 in the fifth year. It is facilitating the participation of undergraduate engineering students in a newly launched 4 + 1 program at BU in which students receive a BS degree in engineering and a master's degree in education in five years. Summer internships and academic year programs for undergraduate engineers to work with middle school students on design projects (Innovations in a Box) are being used to motivate and develop interest in education. The project is also recruiting practicing engineers. During the induction years, teachers will be supported through summer and academic-year workshops, seminars and mentoring. The BEST program is providing an exemplar for an experience-rich and inquiry-based teacher preparation program that addresses the recommendations from the Mathematics Education of Teachers (MET II) Report and makes it possible for engineers to become teachers. This project is supplying high-need districts with teachers who are knowledgeable about state mathematics standards and Massachusetts engineering education standards and as a consequence, is positively affecting thousands of secondary school students. The project is testing a model for recruiting, training and retaining highly qualified engineers in teaching.