Preparing Science and Mathematics Teachers at the University of Texas at Arlington

德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校培养科学和数学教师

• 批准号: 1439914
• 负责人: Ann Cavallo
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Arlington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1439914&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Science; Mathematics; Teachers; University

The national education community is acutely aware of the critical need for science and mathematics teachers, especially in low income, low-performing schools. This Phase II Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship project at the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington) will lead to an increased number of new, highly skilled science and mathematics teachers who will be prepared to meet their students' educational needs and fill the numerous vacancies urban districts currently endure. UT Arlington, a Hispanic-serving institution, is well positioned to recruit and retain candidates from populations historically underrepresented in science and mathematics.The project will certify 30 new teachers who are highly qualified to teach in the Dallas, Arlington, and Fort Worth (DFW) Independent School Districts. This collaborative effort among the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) College of Education and Health Professions, the College of Science, and three surrounding urban school districts will provide a program of campus courses, online mentoring, and classroom teaching experiences to certify 30 new science and mathematics teachers for the three school districts. The program objectives are to: 1) recruit mathematics and science teacher candidates from baccalaureate programs, community colleges, and career changers from local industry, 2) provide a quality two-track teacher certification program for the teacher candidates, and 3) induct, monitor, and mentor the teacher candidates through the program and their early years of teaching. The project will specifically recruit teacher candidates in the secondary school physical sciences and mathematics. Recruitment efforts for Noyce Scholars are enhanced by a comprehensive STEM teacher candidate recruiting program established under the previous Noyce project and the UTeach replication program.The UTeach Arlington program together with the Noyce Scholarship program has markedly increased candidate recruitment with 60 new science and math teachers completing certification in 2014, which is a significant increase from (on average) 5 math and science candidates certified annually through the teacher preparation program that existed before the previous Noyce project and UTeach implementation. All Noyce scholars will be supported through their teacher preparation program and teacher induction by Mentor Teachers, a Noyce Scholar Leader, the principal investigator team, Content and Pedagogy Mentors and other support personnel. Research and evaluation data on program impacts, outcomes and best practices, along with new curricula developed through the program will continue through long-term longitudinal study of Phase I and Phase II Noyce Scholars to determine retention in teaching and teaching effectiveness with results to be shared with the science and math education communities through scholarly publications and presentations at professional conferences. Project outcomes will be measured by conducting classroom observations using the UTeach Observation Protocol instrument, review of teaching materials, interviews, and analysis of student achievement data.

国家教育界敏锐地意识到对科学和数学教师的迫切需求，特别是在低收入、低绩效的学校。 德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UT阿灵顿）的第二阶段罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目将增加新的、高技能的科学和数学教师的数量，他们将做好准备满足学生的教育需求并填补城市地区目前存在的众多空缺。UT阿灵顿，一个西班牙裔服务机构，是很好的定位，以招募和留住人口的候选人在科学和数学的历史代表性。该项目将认证30名新教师谁是高素质的教学在达拉斯，阿灵顿，和沃斯堡（DFW）独立学区。 德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UTA）教育与健康学院、科学学院和三个周边城市学区之间的合作将提供一个校园课程、在线辅导和课堂教学经验的计划，为三个学区认证30名新的科学和数学教师。 该方案的目标是：1）从学士学位课程，社区学院和当地行业的职业转换者中招募数学和科学教师候选人，2）为教师候选人提供优质的双轨教师认证计划，以及3）通过该计划和他们早年的教学来引导，监督和指导教师候选人。该项目将专门招聘中学物理科学和数学方面的教师候选人。诺伊斯学者的招聘工作得到了加强，根据以前的诺伊斯项目和UTeach复制计划建立了一个全面的STEM教师候选人招聘计划。UTeach阿灵顿计划与诺伊斯奖学金计划一起显着增加了候选人招聘，2014年有60名新的科学和数学教师完成认证，这是一个显着增加（平均）5数学和科学的候选人认证，每年通过教师准备计划之前存在的诺伊斯项目和UTeach实施。所有诺伊斯学者都将通过导师教师、诺伊斯学者领袖、首席研究员团队、内容和教育学导师以及其他支持人员的教师准备计划和教师入职培训提供支持。关于计划影响，成果和最佳实践的研究和评估数据，沿着通过该计划开发的新课程将继续通过第一阶段和第二阶段诺伊斯学者的长期纵向研究，以确定教学保留率和教学效果，并通过学术出版物和专业会议上的演讲与科学和数学教育界分享结果。 项目成果将通过使用UTeach观察协议工具进行课堂观察，教材审查，访谈和学生成绩数据分析来衡量。