Recruiting and Preparing STEM Teachers for High-Need Schools: Community College-University of California, Santa Cruz Partnerships

四个高需求学区和七所社区学院正在与加州大学圣克鲁斯分校（UCSC）合作，招募和准备42名新的数学和科学教师。该项目的目标除了传统的社区学院转学生和UCSC本科生外，还包括未来的硅谷职业转换专业人士。 诺伊斯基金将在三年内为90名学生提供密集的K-12实地经验，以吸引STEM专业和STEM专业人士进入诺伊斯计划和教学。 这包括两个队列中10名社区学院转学生的本科和继续硕士/教学证书奖学金，四个队列中另外32名硕士/证书学生的奖学金，以及所有42名新教师的早期职业指导和入门。该项目的活动发生在一个更广泛的框架，支持未来和早期的职业科学和数学教师，包括：UCSC的本科生支持计划未来的数学和科学教师（和一些社区学院的平行课程），UCSC的硕士/文凭课程，以及在合作地区发展良好的教师入职课程。实质性的评估和研究解决了一个关键问题：成功发展有关向不同学习者，特别是英语学习者教授科学和数学的知识。研究结果为UCSC及其合作伙伴的当前实践提供了信息，并有助于该领域的全国对话。UCSC的诺伊斯奖学金计划正在加强对未来数学和科学教师的多元化人才库的推广和支持，并正在UCSC，七所社区学院和四个高需求学区之间建立更紧密的伙伴关系。 这些努力正在加强招聘和留住地区短缺的关键领域的新教师，并就这些问题开展核心研究。

Four high-need school districts and seven community colleges are partnering with the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to recruit and prepare forty two new math and science teachers. This project targets prospective Silicon Valley career-change professionals in addition to traditional community college transfer students and UCSC undergraduates. The Noyce funds are to support intensive K-12 field experiences for ninety students over three years to attract STEM majors and STEM professionals into the Noyce program and into teaching. This includes undergraduate and continuing MA/teaching credential scholarships for 10 community college transfer students in two cohorts, scholarships for an additional thirty two MA/credential students in four cohorts, and early career mentoring and induction for all forty two new teachers. The project activities take place in a broader framework of support for prospective and early career science and math teachers including: UCSC's undergraduate support program for prospective math and science teachers (and parallel programs at some community colleges), UCSC's MA/Credential program, and a well-developed teacher induction programs in the partner districts.Substantive evaluation and research address a key issue: the successful development of knowledge about teaching science and math to diverse learners, especially English learners. The results are informing the current practice of UCSC and its partners and contribute to national conversation in this area. UCSC's Noyce Scholarship Program is strengthening outreach to and support of a diverse pool of prospective mathematics and science teachers and is building a closer partnerships between UCSC, seven community colleges, and four high-need school districts. These efforts are enhancing recruitment and retention of new teachers in key areas of district shortages and developing a central piece of research on these issues.