Noyce Explorers, Scholars, Teachers (NEST): Fostering the Creation of Exceptional Mathematics and Technology Teachers in New York City

毗邻纽约市立大学的纽约市理工学院（City Tech）和曼哈顿社区学院（BMCC）正在实施Noyce教师奖学金第一阶段计划，以增加布鲁克林和纽约大都会地区高需求学区高素质STEM教师的数量。Noyce的三层合作伙伴关系招募了STEM本科学习一年级和二年级的学生，并将他们注册为Noyce探索者（一级）。Noyce探索者、学者、教师（NEST）项目带领Noyce探索者在BMCC参加一个引人入胜的暑期项目，该项目提供STEM内容、STEM教学法的结合，并通过同伴辅导、指导和其他准教学能力，为同龄人和/或更年轻的学生提供教学角色互动的机会。诺伊斯学者（第二级）是STEM项目的三年级和四年级本科生，他们致力于成为高需求学校的STEM（数学或技术）教师，并获得诺伊斯奖学金的支持。获得许可后，Noyce学者将被指定为Noyce教师（三级），他们将从城市理工大学的数学教育或职业技术教师教育项目中获得支持。这个为期五年的项目将培养20名新的STEM教师，并为纽约市严重不足的STEM教学力量创造新的STEM教师培养途径。学术价值在于创新的三层结构，首先是指定广泛的潜在学者作为诺伊斯探索者，继续支持选定的群体作为诺伊斯学者，并通过他们作为诺伊斯教师进入专业领域来保持专业支持。作为NEST项目的一部分，诺伊斯奖学金获得者将获得每年一次的诺伊斯教师培训研讨会、暑期实习机会、指导以及在STEM初中和高中教师的直接指导下实践教学的机会，通过社区服务在非正式环境中体验数学和科学教育的培训。学习将技术作为教学工具和探究作为有效教学策略相结合的教育学课程。此外，诺伊斯的学者在项目完成后将有资格获得在纽约市任教的执照。NEST项目的一个更广泛的影响是，它增加了在布鲁克林和纽约大都会地区其他高需求地区任教的高素质STEM教师的数量，从而成倍地扩大了资源不足学区的学生数量，这些学生将由高素质的STEM专业人员授课。NEST项目建立在与纽约市教育部、P-TECH高中、城市保利高中和纽约市学区其他学校的现有合作伙伴关系的基础上。BMCC到City Tech的STEM教师培训基础设施，为未来几年参加City Tech和BMCC的代表性不足的学生提供专业教师培训的可持续途径。NEST项目通过创新的三层结构“探索者、学者、教师”提供了多个切入点，为希望进入STEM学科教学专业并为社区服务的STEM学生提供最大限度的支持。

New York City College of Technology (City Tech) and Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), neighboring CUNY institutions, are implementing a Noyce Teacher Scholarship Phase I program that increases the number of highly qualified STEM teachers in high need school districts in Brooklyn and the New York metropolitan area. The three-tiered Noyce partnership recruits students in their first and second years of STEM undergraduate studies and enrolls them as Noyce Explorers (Tier I). The Noyce Explorers, Scholars, Teachers (NEST) program leads Noyce Explorers through an engaging summer program at BMCC that offers a combination of STEM content, STEM pedagogy, and provides an opportunity to interact in a pedagogical role with peers and/or younger students, through peer tutoring, mentoring, and in other quasi-instructional capacities. Noyce Scholars (Tier II) are third and fourth year undergraduates in STEM programs who have committed to becoming STEM (either Mathematics or Technology) teachers in high need schools and are supported with Noyce scholarships. Upon licensure, Noyce Scholars will be designated Noyce Teachers (Tier III), and they will receive support through their initial induction into the profession either from City Tech's Mathematics Education or Career and Technical Teacher Education program. The five-year program will produce a total of 20 new STEM teachers and create a new STEM teacher preparation pathway for the critically underpowered STEM teaching force in New York City.Intellectual merit lies in an innovative three-tier structure that begins by designating a broad pool of potential scholars as Noyce Explorers, continues to support a selected cohort as Noyce Scholars, and maintains professional support through their induction into the profession as Noyce Teachers. As part of the NEST program, Noyce Scholars are guaranteed yearly Noyce teacher training workshops, summer internship opportunities, mentorships, and the opportunity to practice teaching under the direct supervision of STEM middle and high school teachers in the field, the training to experience math and science education in informal settings through community service, and enrollment in courses on pedagogy that incorporate both the use of technology as a teaching tool and inquiry as an effective teaching strategy. Moreover, Noyce scholars will be qualified to obtain a license to teach in New York City after the completion of the program.A broader impact of the NEST program is that it increases the number of well-qualified STEM teachers who teach in Brooklyn and other high-need districts in the metropolitan New York region, thereby expanding exponentially the numbers of students in under-resourced school districts who will be taught by well-qualified STEM professionals. The NEST program builds on existing partnerships with the New York City Department of Education, P-TECH High School, City Poly High School, and other schools in the NYC School District. The BMCC-to-City Tech STEM teacher preparation infrastructure that provides a sustainable pathway for the professional teacher preparation of underrepresented students who attend City Tech and BMCC for years to come. The NEST program serves as a model pathway with multiple points of entry through the innovative, three-tier structure "Explorer, Scholar, Teacher" that maximizes support for STEM students who wish to enter the teaching profession in STEM disciplines and serve their communities.