Winthrop Initiative for STEM Educators

有充分的证据表明，需要有能力、自信和敬业的STEM教师在高需求的学区服务。通过这个第二阶段的Noyce项目，温斯罗普STEM教育工作者倡议WISE将提供奖学金资金，以培养32名新的初中和高中教师，他们将获得在南卡罗来纳州教授数学、生物、化学和/或普通科学的许可。这些新教师中的每一位都将通过所选STEM领域的学士学位在内容领域拥有坚实的基础。该项目将通过几个本科生和研究生的初步许可途径提供支持。WISE还将为大约48名成绩优异的STEM专业学生提供年度暑期实习计划(旨在鼓励学生将STEM教育作为一种职业)，其中将包括在高需求学校的学习和服务学习领域的真实研究。约克技术学院是一所两年制院校，将与温斯罗普大学在诺伊斯学者的招聘、指导和支持方面建立合作伙伴关系。这个由国家科学基金会(NSF)罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划资助的第二阶段项目还将进行一项纵向研究，以检查他们职前教师教育工作的几个方面。WISE为攻读STEM专业的学生提供了三条成为教师的途径。第一个选项是为数学和生物专业的本科生设计的，他们很早就决定继续教师培训。将为STEM专业本科课程的最后两年提供奖学金支持，允许获得数学、生物和化学认证，并可选择延长中等年级和普通科学的证书。第二种选择是，攻读STEM专业的学士学位后，他们需要完成一项艺术教学硕士(MAT)课程，从而获得初步的教师资格。同时提供快速通道(3学期选项)和更灵活的课程，通常需要四个学期的课程作业。第三个选项旨在将本科生和研究生课程的各个方面结合起来。它允许学生作为本科生开始在学校工作，并在五年级完成研究生水平的认证。这一新模式为研究、选修课提供了灵活性，并提供了一种平衡的方法，允许随着时间的推移纳入实地考察。在该项目期间，调查组将继续进行纵向数据收集，以确定与招聘和留住合格的STEM教育人员有关的有效模式。将审查的领域包括：招聘工作；两年制大学转学学生的过渡经验；暑期研究经验；坚持不懈；内容专家对性格和技能的影响；以及支持高需求学校新STEM教师的基础设施。最终，WISE不仅将为专业队伍贡献32名高素质的STEM教师，而且有潜力为高需求学校招聘、发展和留住高素质STEM教师提供研究支持的最佳实践。

There is a well-documented need for competent, confident, and committed STEM teachers to serve in high-need school districts. Through this Phase 2 Noyce project, the Winthrop Initiative for STEM Educators, WISE, will provide scholarship funds to produce thirty-two new teachers at the middle and high school level who will be licensed to teach mathematics, biology, chemistry, and/or general science in the State of South Carolina. Each of these new teachers will have a solid foundation in the content area through a bachelor's degree in the chosen STEM field. The project will provide support through several undergraduate and graduate initial licensure pathways. WISE will also enhance the undergraduate experience for approximately forty-eight high-achieving STEM majors by providing an annual summer internship program (designed to encourage students to consider STEM education as a career) that will include authentic research in the area of study and service learning in high-need schools. York Technical College, a 2-year institution, will partner with Winthrop University in the recruitment, mentoring, and support of Noyce scholars. This Phase 2 project, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program will also conduct a longitudinal study to examine several aspects of their pre-service teacher education work. WISE provides students who pursue majors in a STEM field three pathways for becoming a teacher. The first option is designed for undergraduate mathematics and biology majors who decide early to pursue teacher preparation. Scholarship support will be provided for the final two years of a STEM major's undergraduate program allowing for certification in mathematics, biology, and chemistry, with options to extend licensure for middle grades and general science. The second option is for post-baccalaureate STEM majors who take coursework to complete a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program leading to initial teacher certification. Both a fast track (3-term option) and a more flexible program that typically requires four semesters of coursework are offered. The third option is designed to combine aspects of the undergraduate and graduate program. It allows students to start working in schools as an undergraduate and complete certification at the graduate level in year five. This new model provides flexibility for research, electives, and a balanced approach that allows for fieldwork incorporated over time. During the course of this project the investigating team will continue longitudinal data collection in order to identify effective models related to recruitment and retention of qualified STEM educators. Areas to be examined include: recruitment efforts; transition experiences for 2-year college transfer students; summer research experiences; persistence; influence of content specialists on dispositions and skills, and the infrastructure to support new STEM teachers in high-need schools. Ultimately, not only will WISE contribute thirty-two well-qualified STEM teachers to the professional workforce, but WISE has the potential to contribute research-supported best practices for the recruitment, development, and retention of highly qualified STEM teachers for high-need schools.