Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program for University of South Florida Science Majors

南佛罗里达大学（USF）在罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目的支持下，将通过USF教育学院、艺术与科学学院和希尔斯堡县公立学校之间的合作，实施一种模式，鼓励科学专业的学生进入有吸引力的、可行的、有益的职业道路，进入中学教学阶段。36名生物、化学、地球科学和物理专业的学生将获得奖学金，完成为期5年的加速学习计划，获得科学学士学位和教学硕士学位（MAT），并获得中学科学证书。该项目还将支持20名暑期实习生（理科生、大二学生）。在科学教育教师的指导下，这些实习生将研究如何发展专业学习社区，以及如何吸引教师并让他们采用《下一代科学标准》中所描述的实践。学生准备将强调使用改革、循证实践的科学教学；获得对科学本质的深刻理解；参与并帮助他人参与良好做法；针对文化和语言多样化学习者（即英语学习者、西班牙裔和非裔美国学生以及社会经济地位低的学生）的特殊策略；并在所有USF Noyce学者之间建立关系，通过专业学习社区实现长期的同伴支持。此外，该项目将利用一个具有有意支持网络基础设施的队列模型，鼓励指导、合作和成功，帮助候选人在入职期间从学生过渡到教师。最终，该项目将为高需求学校提供模范科学教师，他们深刻了解如何实施基于研究的实践，以响应学生、地区和社区的社会文化特征和需求。调查人员将研究专业学习社区的发展及其实施，以及实习生学习参与《下一代科学标准》中描述的科学实践的方式。这项工作的发现有望对更广泛的STEM教师准备领域有益。此外，评估将衡量项目的有效性，学者的资格和有效性以及他们的保留率。

The University of South Florida (USF), with support from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, will implement a model for encouraging science majors to enter an attractive, viable and rewarding career pathway to teaching at the secondary level through collaboration among the USF Colleges of Education and Arts and Sciences, and the Hillsborough County Public Schools. Thirty-six biology, chemistry, geosciences and physics majors will receive scholarships to complete a 5-year Accelerated Study Program leading to a bachelor's degree in the Sciences and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree with certification in secondary science. The project will also support 20 summer interns (freshman and sophomore science majors). Under the guidance of science education faculty, these interns will conduct research on how to develop professional learning communities, and to engage teachers and have them adopt the practices described in the Next Generation Science Standards. Student preparation will emphasize teaching science using reform, evidence-based practices; acquiring a deep understanding of the nature of science; engaging and helping others engage in good practices; special strategies to reach culturally and linguistically diverse learners (i.e., English language learners, Hispanic and African-American students, and students of low socio-economic status); and building relationships among all USF Noyce scholars that lead to long-term peer support through professional learning communities. Furthermore, the project will utilize a cohort model with an intentional support network infrastructure designed to encourage mentorship, collaborations and success as candidates make the transition from students to teachers through the induction years. Ultimately, the project will supply high-need schools with exemplary science teachers who deeply understand how to implement research-based practices in response to student, district, and community sociocultural characteristics and needs. The investigators will conduct research on the development of professional learning communities and their implementation, as well as the ways in which the interns learn to engage in the science practices described in the Next Generation Science Standards. Findings from this work are expected to be of benefit to the broader STEM teacher preparation field. In addition, the evaluation will measure the effectiveness of the program, the qualification and effectiveness of the scholars and their retention rate.