Preparing Future Mathematics and Science Teachers through the Noyce Scholarship Program at Savannah State University and Savannah Technical College

在罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金第一阶段项目中，萨凡纳州立大学(SSU)的研究人员将与合作机构密切合作，招聘、指导、教育和认证学生成为高素质的STEM中学和高中教师，以帮助缓解这一国家需求领域的劳动力短缺。项目团队将帮助该项目的毕业生进入高需求学校，并在他们进入STEM教师职业时为他们提供重要和及时的支持。为了应对萨凡纳查塔姆县公立学校系统(SCCPSS)对STEM教师的高需求，SSU将与SCCPSS和两年制学校萨凡纳技术学院(STC)合作，增加准备在高需求学校任教的高素质、获得技术教育认证的STEM教师的数量。特别是，这个诺伊斯项目将培养至少二十八(28)名本科数学和工程专业的学生和八(8)名STEM专业人员，以成为数学和/或科学6-12年级的认证中学或高中教师。作为一所学生占94%的非裔美国人的历史黑人大学，SSU的活动不仅将增强STEM劳动力的多样性，还将有助于更广泛地了解如何定制教师培养计划，以帮助非洲裔美国人和其他代表性不足的少数族裔学生为成功的STEM教师生涯做好准备。整个计划将使用几个相互关联的部分来招聘、培训、指导和留住新的高素质STEM教师。这些战略组成部分将包括：(I)促进广泛的外展和有针对性的招聘活动；(Ii)作为招聘过程的一部分，为一年级和二年级的本科生提供实习和暑期项目(讲习班、观察和实践教学经验)，以激发教学兴趣；(Iii)为希望成为教师的选定STEM专业的初级和高级专业学生提供奖学金；(Iv)通过SSU现有的教师教育计划，提供一个具有挑战性、解决问题、基于探究和合作的学习环境，以解决现实世界的应用；(V)实施实地体验活动，以帮助培训和保留过程；(Vi)协调专业发展、指导机会和其他入职支持，以确保成功过渡到教学和改善早期职业教师毕业生的留校率；以及(Vii)研究和评估这些举措的效果。评估工具旨在提供定量和定性信息，作为研究和持续改进计划的基础。

For this Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Phase I project, investigators from Savannah State University (SSU) will work closely with partner institutions to recruit, mentor, educate, and certify students to become highly qualified STEM middle school and high school teachers to help alleviate workforce shortages in this area of national need. The project team will help place graduates from the program in high-need schools and then provide them with important and timely support when they enter the STEM teaching profession. Responding to the high demand for STEM teachers in the Savannah Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS), SSU will partner with SCCPSS and two-year school Savannah Technical College (STC) to increase the number of high quality, technology education-certified STEM teachers prepared to teach in high-need schools. In particular, this Noyce project will prepare at least twenty-eight (28) undergraduate mathematics and engineering majors and eight (8) STEM professionals to become certified middle school or high school teachers of mathematics and/or science grades 6 - 12. SSU's activities as a Historically Black University with a student body of 94% African-American not only will enhance STEM workforce diversity, but will also contribute to a broader understanding of how teacher preparation programs can be tailored to reach and prepare African-American and other underrepresented minority students for successful STEM teaching careers.The overall program will employ several interconnected components to recruit, train, mentor, and retain new highly qualified STEM teachers. These strategical components will include: (i) promoting extensive outreach and targeted recruitment activities; (ii) providing internships and summer programs (workshops, observation, and hands-on teaching experiences) for first and second year undergraduates as part of the recruitment process to generate interest in teaching; (iii) funding scholarships for selected junior and senior STEM majors who wish to become teachers; (iv) offering a challenging, problem solving, inquiry based, collaborating learning environment to address real-world applications through SSU's established teacher education program; (v) implementing field experience activities to aid the training and retaining process; (vi) orchestrating professional development, mentoring opportunities, and other induction support to ensure a successful transition to teaching and improved retention for the early career teacher graduates; and (vii) researching and assessing the effects of these initiatives. The assessment tools are designed to provide both quantitative and qualitative information as a basis for research and continuous improvement of the program.