Project Inspire STEM Teacher Residency

田纳西理工大学、汉密尔顿县教育部和公共教育基金会（PEF）将合作解决大查塔努加地区数学和科学教师严重短缺的问题。 这个为期一年的在职培训计划类似于医疗实习。 教学实习将采用逐步释放模式，通过该模式，24名教学研究员（TF）将在一名经验丰富的导师（临床导师）的指导下被安排在教室里，在学年期间每周工作四天。 临床教师将提供教师，行政和课程支持的居民，因为他们通过课程和教学的许可证和硕士学位课程移动与数学或科学的浓度为6-12年级。在居住期间，TF将参加课程，参加研讨会，并反思他们获得的实际学习。 此外，他们将承担更多的教学责任，直到他们最终教整个九周的单元。 每个高需求的居住学校也是一个教师发展小组学习实验室，在那里，TF将从事专业发展活动。 因此，居住将为行政和未来的教学学校领导机会奠定基础。 形成性和总结性评价将侧重于分析与学位和执照获得、课堂观察和访谈有关的定性和定量数据，以及在实现提高中学STEM教学质量的总体项目目标方面取得的进展。 所有三个合作伙伴将共同努力，向更广泛的社区传播项目的成果。 PEF将通过地方教育基金会的全国网络和全国100 Kin 10组织（100Kin10.org）分发结果，该组织致力于到2021年为美国的教室提供10万名优秀的STEM教师。这项工作的成果也将在国家和区域会议上介绍。

Tennessee Technological University, the Hamilton County Department of Education, and the Public Education Foundation (PEF) will collaborate to address the critical shortage of math and science teachers in the greater Chattanooga area. This year-long program of on-the-job training is similar to a medical residency. The teaching residency will employ a gradual release model through which 24 Teaching Fellows (TFs) will be placed in classrooms under the guidance of an experienced mentor (clinical Instructor) for four days a week during the academic year. The clinical instructors will provide faculty, administrative, and curricular support to the residents as they move through the licensure and Masters degree program in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in either math or science for grades 6-12. During the residency, TFs will take courses, meet in seminars, and reflect on the practical learning they gain. Moreover, they will take on more teaching responsibilities until they eventually teach an entire nine-week unit. Each high-need residency school is also a Teachers Development Group Learning Laboratory, where the TFs will engage in professional development activities. Thus, the residency will provide a foundation for both administrative and future instructional school leadership opportunities. Formative and summative evaluation will focus on analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data related to degree and licensure attainment, classroom observations and interviews, and progress in meeting the overarching project goals of improving the quality of STEM instruction in the secondary schools. All three partners will work together to disseminate results of Project Inspire to the larger community. PEF will distribute results through the national network of Local Education Foundations and the national 100Kin10 organization (100Kin10.org) which is dedicated to providing America's classrooms with 100,000 excellent STEM teachers by 2021. Results of this work will also be presented at national and regional conferences.