Building CAU Capacity to Prepare STEM Teachers for High Need K-12 School Districts

克拉克·亚特兰大大学(CAU)Robert Noyce能力建设项目正在支持CAU在CAU STEM部门、教育学院以及亚特兰大和克莱顿县公立学校之间建立合作伙伴关系的基础上建立K-12科学教育者培养计划的努力。正在为希望获得高中教学资格证书的本科STEM专业学生和STEM毕业生开发新的课程，特别强调为高需求学区培养高素质、有文化能力的科学教育者。正在开发的课程符合州、地区和国家专业协会的科学教育标准。这一教师认证计划基于强大的STEM主题课程，从而获得STEM领域的学士学位，这样发展中的教育工作者就可以毫无畏惧地教授该主题，并跟上他们选择的科学领域的进步。新课程提供了在城市7-12个教室测试有关科学成就的假设的机会，并将这些发现转化为特定地区的一套教和学科学的“最佳实践”。该项目的更广泛影响包括加强中等水平的STEM教学，STEM专业和非专业的学生都能从具有知识、技能和文化能力的教师教授的STEM课程中受益。

Clark Atlanta University's (CAU's) Robert Noyce Capacity Building project is supporting CAU's effort to build a K-12 science educator preparation program based on partnerships between CAU STEM departments, the School of Education, and the Atlanta and Clayton County Public Schools. New curriculum is being developed for undergraduate STEM majors and STEM graduates wishing to earn certification for high school teaching with a particular emphasis on developing highly qualified, culturally competent science educators for high need school districts. The curriculum under development is responsive to state, district, and national professional associations science education standards. This teacher certification program is based on a strong STEM subject matter curriculum, leading to a B.S. degree in a STEM field, such that the developing educators are fully prepared to teach the subject matter without trepidation and to keep up with advances in their chosen science field. The new curriculum provides opportunities to test hypotheses about science achievement in urban 7-12 classrooms and translate these findings into a district specific set of "best practices" for teaching and learning science. Broader impacts of this project include enhanced STEM teaching at the secondary level where STEM majors and non-majors alike benefit from STEM classes taught by faculty with knowledge, skills, and cultural competence.