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

纽约城市技术学院（City Tech）和曼哈顿社区学院（Borough of Manhattan Community College，BMCC），邻近的纽约市立大学（CUNY）机构，正在实施诺伊斯教师奖学金第一阶段计划，该计划旨在增加布鲁克林和纽约大都市区高需求学区高素质STEM教师的数量。三层诺伊斯伙伴关系招募学生在他们的第一和第二年的STEM本科学习，并招收他们作为诺伊斯探险家（第一层）。 诺伊斯探索者，学者，教师（NEST）计划通过在BMCC的一个引人入胜的暑期项目带领诺伊斯探索者，该项目提供了STEM内容，STEM教学法的组合，并提供了一个与同龄人和/或年轻学生进行教学角色互动的机会，通过同伴辅导，指导和其他准教学能力。诺伊斯学者（Tier II）是STEM课程的第三和第四年本科生，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，诺伊斯学者将被指定为诺伊斯教师（第三级），他们将通过城市技术的数学教育或职业和技术教师教育计划的初步入门获得支持。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教师队伍创建一个新的STEM教师准备途径。智力优势在于创新的三层结构，首先指定一个广泛的潜在学者库作为诺伊斯探索者，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的职业介绍来保持专业支持。作为NEST计划的一部分，诺伊斯学者每年都有诺伊斯教师培训研讨会，暑期实习机会，导师，并有机会在现场STEM初中和高中教师的直接监督下实践教学，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，以及注册教育学课程，这些课程将技术作为教学工具，并将探究作为有效的教学策略。此外，诺伊斯学者将有资格获得许可证后，在纽约市教学计划完成后。NEST计划的更广泛的影响是，它增加了合格的STEM教师谁教布鲁克林和其他高需求地区的大都市纽约地区，从而成倍增加资源不足学区的学生人数，他们将由合格的STEM专业人员授课。 NEST计划建立在与纽约市教育部、P-TECH高中、City Poly高中和纽约学区其他学校的现有合作关系基础上。 BMCC到City Tech STEM教师准备基础设施，为未来几年参加City Tech和BMCC的代表性不足的学生的专业教师准备提供了可持续的途径。 NEST计划作为一个示范途径，通过创新的三层结构“探索者，学者，教师”，最大限度地支持希望进入STEM学科教学专业并服务于社区的STEM学生。

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.