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个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引入中学课堂。它为37名学生和工程专业人士提供奖学金，让他们参加为期一年的课程，获得硕士学位和中学数学教师执照。该项目1-4年每年提供8个奖学金名额，第5年每年提供5个奖学金名额。它正在促进本科工程专业学生参与波士顿大学新推出的4 + 1项目，学生将在五年内获得工程学士学位和教育学硕士学位。暑期实习和学年计划让本科工程师与中学生一起参与设计项目（盒子里的创新），这被用来激发和培养对教育的兴趣。该项目还在招聘实习工程师。在入职期间，教师将通过夏季和学年讲习班、研讨会和指导得到支持。BEST项目为经验丰富、以探究为基础的教师准备项目提供了一个范例，该项目解决了教师数学教育（MET II）报告中的建议，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熟悉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。该项目正在测试一种招聘、培训和留住高素质教学工程师的模式。

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.