Duke University Noyce Scholarship - Phase II

杜克大学教学艺术硕士（MAT）项目与达勒姆公立学校和三一艺术与科学学院的STEM部门合作，建立了罗伯特·诺伊斯奖学金项目二期项目，在项目期间为30名杜克·诺伊斯学者提供奖学金。该项目有四个目标：1)招募和招收高素质的STEM毕业生和职业中期专业人员；2)培养教师提高学生在数学和科学方面的成绩；3)支持新教师在职业生涯的头三年，因为他们在高需求的学区任教；4)继续对项目进行纵向评估和分析，以确定在为高需求学区招聘、准备和留住高素质教师方面最有效的因素。该项目扩展了2006年授予的第一期项目所完成的工作。特别是，它旨在提高教师留任率，吸引更多代表性不足的少数族裔STEM专业和专业人士加入STEM教学。为了达到这些目标，实施了一套全面的活动。这个Noyce项目旨在与历史上著名的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）建立关系，并从中招募学生。Noyce学者为期一年的MAT项目包括教学课程，数学和科学学科的研究生课程，以及在达勒姆公立学校的高中两个学期的实习。新教师在他们的职业生涯的前三年得到了一个创新的，结构化的教师指导计划的支持，包括早期职业生涯的杜克诺伊斯毕业生，经验丰富的杜克诺伊斯毕业生和教职员工。其他支持活动包括两年一次的Noyce学习会议活动和通过参加会议支持专业发展。该项目的更广泛影响包括增加高素质科学和数学教师的多样性，并实施有效招聘、培养和留住STEM教师的模式。针对早期职业教师的系统指导计划鼓励了更高的教师保留率，并提供了一个可以在其他计划中采用的模式。通过评估活动，该项目提高了对战略的理解，为STEM专业和职业中期专业人员制定和实施有效的MAT计划，并为高需求学区的新教师提供支持。

The Duke University Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program, in collaboration with the Durham Public Schools and the STEM departments in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, establishes a Robert Noyce Scholarship Program Phase II Project to provide stipends to 30 Duke Noyce Scholars during the project period. This project has four goals: 1) Recruit and enroll diverse cohorts of highly-qualified STEM graduates and mid-career professionals; 2) Prepare teachers to improve student achievement in mathematics and the sciences; 3) Support new teachers during the first three years of their career as they teach in high-need school districts; and 4) Continue longitudinal evaluation and analysis of the project to determine those factors most effective in recruiting, preparing, and retaining highly-qualified teachers for high-need school districts. This project extends and expands work completed in a Phase I project awarded in 2006. In particular it seeks to increase teacher retention and to attract more underrepresented minority STEM majors and professionals into STEM teaching. A comprehensive set of activities is implemented to reach these goals. This Noyce project seeks to build relationships with and recruit from prestigious historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The one-year MAT Program for Noyce Scholars includes a curriculum of pedagogical coursework, graduate coursework in the Mathematics and Science disciplines, and two-semester internships in high schools of Durham Public Schools. New teachers in their first three years in the profession are supported by an innovative, structured teacher mentoring program that includes the early-career Duke Noyce graduates, experienced Duke Noyce graduates, and faculty. Other support activities include bi-annual Noyce Learning Conference events and support of professional development through conference participation. The broader impacts of this project include increasing the diversity of highly-qualified science and mathematics teachers and implementing a model to effectively recruit, prepare and retain STEM teachers. The systematic mentoring program for early-career teachers encourages higher teacher retention rates and provides a model that can be adapted at other programs. Through the evaluation activities, this project advances the understanding of strategies to develop and implement an effective MAT program for STEM majors and mid-career professionals and to support new teachers in high-need school districts.