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

克拉克亚特兰大大学（CAU）的罗伯特·诺伊斯能力建设项目正在支持CAU建立一个基于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合作伙伴关系的K-12科学教育者准备计划。目前正在为希望获得高中教学认证的STEM本科专业和STEM毕业生开发新课程，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工作者。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。该教师认证计划基于强大的STEM学科课程，可获得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学科，并跟上他们所选择的科学领域的进步。新课程提供了测试城市7-12年级学生科学成就假设的机会，并将这些发现转化为一套特定地区的科学教学“最佳实践”。该项目的更广泛影响包括加强中学阶段的STEM教学，STEM专业和非专业都受益于具有知识、技能和文化能力的教师教授的STEM课程。

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.