Preparing STEM Teachers for English Language Learners: the STELLER Project

为英语学习者培养 STEM 教师：STELLER 项目

• 批准号: 1439923
• 负责人: Julie Bianchini
• 金额: $ 79.69万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1439923&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; STEM; Teachers; English; Language

This project will implement a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Phase II project, STEM Teachers for English Language Learners: Excellence and Retention (STELLER), at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). STELLER addresses the growing national need to recruit, prepare, and provide effective induction support for new STEM middle and high school teachers with degrees in STEM fields and strong content-specific pedagogical preparation. A unique aspect of this project is the intent to focus on preparing new teachers who can meet the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs), students whose difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding English may hinder their learning. This program seeks to recruit undergraduate STEM students across all disciplines for entry into a 13-month post baccalaureate program leading to certification and a career teaching in high needs secondary schools. A total of 40 scholars will be supported over the five years of the project. The new teacher scholars will obtain teaching positions in high-need secondary schools with a particular emphasis on placement in the Santa Barbara Unified School district but also elsewhere on the California Central Coast in Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, and Kern counties.STELLER's team will consist of UCSB faculty from science, mathematics, engineering, computer science, and education; teachers and administrators from the high-need Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD); directors from UCSB's Office of Education Partnerships; and community leaders from the Santa Barbara County K-20 STEM Council. The program will continue efforts begun under the Noyce Phase I CalTeach at Santa Barbara (CTSB) to increase the quality, number, and diversity of secondary science and mathematics teachers who graduate from UCSB's post-baccalaureate Teacher Education Program (TEP). Starting at the undergraduate level, a focus on English Language Learners (ELLs) will be added so as to thoroughly prepare secondary science and mathematics teacher candidates to teach the disciplinary-specific language, core ideas, and practices outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. The trajectories of CTSB and STELLER Teacher Scholars will be tracked to generate new insights into effective teacher education. This project will produce a 24% increase in UCSB's production of science and mathematics teachers. Evaluation efforts will include an assessment of activities specific to this project as well as continued assessment of the success of beginning teachers from the initial Phase I Noyce Program at UCSB. A mixed methods approach will be used in project evaluation. Data regarding the program operation will be collected through surveys and interviews with all participants. Data regarding teacher effectiveness and training will be collected in classroom observations, tracking of average state standardized test scores of students, and performance on the state-mandated teaching performance assessment.

该项目将在圣巴巴拉的加州大学（UCSB）实施罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金第二阶段项目，英语学习者的STEM教师：卓越和保留（STELLER）。 STELLER解决了日益增长的国家需求，为新的STEM初中和高中教师招聘，准备和提供有效的入门支持，这些教师拥有STEM领域的学位和强大的特定内容的教学准备。 这个项目的一个独特的方面是专注于准备新的教师谁可以满足英语学习者（ELLs）的需要，学生在说，阅读，写，或理解英语的困难可能会阻碍他们的学习。 该计划旨在招募所有学科的本科STEM学生进入为期13个月的学士学位后课程，从而获得认证并在高需求中学从事职业教学。 在该项目的五年期间，将总共支助40名学者。 新的教师学者将在高需求的中学获得教学职位，特别强调在圣巴巴拉联合学区的安置，但也在加州中央海岸的其他地方，在圣巴巴拉，文图拉，圣路易斯奥比斯波和克恩县。来自高需求的圣巴巴拉联合学区（SBUSD）的教师和管理人员; UCSB教育合作办公室的主任;以及来自圣巴巴拉县K-20 STEM理事会的社区领袖。 该计划将继续努力下诺伊斯第一阶段CalTeach在圣巴巴拉（CTSB）开始，以提高质量，数量和多样性的中学科学和数学教师谁从UCSB的学士后教师教育计划（TEP）毕业。 从本科阶段开始，将增加对英语学习者（ELLs）的关注，以便为中学科学和数学教师候选人做好充分准备，教授下一代科学标准和数学共同核心国家标准中概述的学科特定语言，核心思想和实践。 CTSB和STELLER教师学者的轨迹将被跟踪，以产生有效的教师教育的新见解。 该项目将使UCSB的科学和数学教师产量增加24%。评估工作将包括对该项目具体活动的评估，以及对UCSB第一阶段Noyce计划初任教师成功情况的持续评估。 项目评价将采用混合方法。 有关计划运作的数据将通过对所有参与者的调查和访谈收集。 有关教师有效性和培训的数据将在课堂观察中收集，跟踪学生的平均国家标准化考试成绩，以及国家规定的教学绩效评估的表现。