Fort Berthold Bridge to Master of Science in Science Education (FBB-MSSE) Project

通过这一能力建设项目，贝特霍德堡社区学院(FBCC)正在开发基础设施，以支持未来的诺伊斯学者为位于北达科他州西北部的贝特霍尔德要塞印第安人保留地服务。目标是培养完成科学教育科学硕士学位的K-12 STEM教师的能力，并为曼丹、希达萨和阿里卡拉(MHA)国家的高需求预留学校服务。该项目将MHA文化背景融入到其活动中，从而潜在地改变了STEM教师准备教授土著人口的方式。具体来说，项目活动包括：1)进行需求评估以增加MSSE申请者的人数，2)为未来在高需求K-12预留学校服务的诺伊斯学者制定招聘计划，3)进行关于MHA传统环境知识和K-12科学教育教学的研究，4)创建和试点测试具有丰富文化内涵的MHA K-12科学课程，5)扩展现有的FBCC教师教育计划，使至少拥有STEM学士学位的个人能够满足北达科他州K-12教师执照的要求，6)为未来寻求MSEE的诺伊斯学者建立一座支持研究生水平和远程学习挑战的桥梁，7)在蒙大拿州立大学(MSU)和FBCC建立程序，以监督罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划所要求的课程完成和教学承诺的遵守情况。该项目解决了保留学校对训练有素的STEM教师的需求。来自该地区的10名潜在诺伊斯学者参加了为期四周的实习，以试点一种基于文化的、动手操作的科学课程。此外，一个由FBCC和密歇根州立大学教职员工、MHA长老和来自当地学区(新城、帕尔希尔、曼达里、白盾和双胞胎)的教师组成的合作团队正在参与项目活动。

Through this capacity building project Fort Berthold Community College (FBCC) is developing the infrastructure to support future Noyce Scholars to serve the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, located in northwestern North Dakota. The goal is to establish the capacity to produce K-12 STEM teachers who complete a Master of Science in Science Education (MSSE) degree and serve the high-needs reservation schools of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (MHA) Nation. The project integrates an MHA culture context into its activities, and thus potentially transforms the way STEM teachers are prepared to teach Native populations. Specifically, the project activities include: 1) conducting a needs assessment to increase the pool of MSSE applicants, 2) developing a recruitment plan for future Noyce Scholars serving in high-needs, K-12 reservation schools, 3) conducting research regarding an MHA traditional environmental knowledge and educational pedagogy in K-12 science, 4) creating and pilot testing a culturally rich MHA K-12 science curriculum, 5) expanding the existing FBCC Teacher Education Program to enable individuals with at least a STEM Bachelors degree to meet K-12 teacher licensure requirements in North Dakota, 6) creating a bridge to support graduate level and distance learning challenges for future Noyce Scholars seeking an MSEE, and 7) establishing procedures at Montana State University (MSU) and FBCC to monitor compliance with required coursework completion and teaching commitment required for a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.The project addresses the need for well-prepared STEM teachers at reservation schools. Ten potential Noyce Scholars from the region participate in a four-week internship to pilot test a culturally based, hands-on science curriculum. Additionally, a collaborative team of stakeholders that includes FBCC and MSU faculty, MHA Elders, and teachers from local school districts (New Town, Parshall, Mandaree, White Shields, and Twin Buttes) are engaged in project activities.