The Randolph-Macon College Noyce Teacher/Scholar Program - A Program Designed to Recruit, Train, and Support Well-Qualified Chemistry, Biology, and Physics Teachers

伦道夫-梅肯学院诺伊斯教师/学者计划 - 旨在招募、培训和支持合格的化学、生物和物理教师的计划

• 批准号: 1540703
• 负责人: April Marchetti
• 金额: $ 119.93万
• 依托单位: Randolph-Macon College
• 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: 2015-10-01 至 2021-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1540703&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Randolph; Macon; College; Noyce; Teacher

In 2010, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology called for the education of at least 100,000 new STEM middle and high school teachers with majors in STEM fields and strong content-specific pedagogical preparation. This project is responsive to that call, and will support the education of 16 teachers with majors in the disciplines of biology, chemistry, or physics, and education minors. Randolph Macon College will leverage an existing successful teacher-preparation program in which all of the pre-service teachers passed their STEM-related PRAXIS II examination and achieved employment. The Noyce program will attract students to careers in STEM education through targeted recruitment, with special emphasis placed upon recruiting underrepresented students. The local area encompasses multiple high-needs school districts, including the city of Richmond, Caroline County, and Petersburg, VA; these districts struggle to find qualified, certified STEM instructors.The Noyce scholars will gain experience working with youth from high-need school districts through field placements in local school districts, participation in a summer program designed to bring STEM education to students with high need, and seminar programs intended to give participants strategies to overcome challenges of working in a high-need school district. Program participants will receive dedicated induction support during their first years as STEM educators teaching in high-needs school districts; this support will include site visits, a stipend to fund classroom technology, monetary support for professional development, funds to travel back to the College to participate in a mentoring program for Noyce students still in residence, and the establishment of a social media group for Noyce participants to share their experiences and advice. The program will add to the broader base of knowledge on recruiting, training, and providing induction support to STEM educators by exploring the following topics: the effectiveness of targeted recruitment of STEM students, the effectiveness of financial incentive in attracting students to a Noyce program, how consistent field work effects teaching effectiveness, and the effect of endeavoring to create cohesive group dynamics on retention of Noyce Scholars. The project personnel will disseminate results of the Noyce program at various discipline-specific venues, allowing other institutions to adopt and adapt successful program strategies. The Noyce scholars will disseminate the results of their original scientific and educational research in the form of poster and oral presentations at professional conferences in the students' areas of discipline.

2010年，总统科学技术顾问理事会呼吁至少培养10万名新的STEM初中和高中教师，他们主修STEM领域，并为具体内容的教学做好准备。该项目响应了这一呼吁，将支持16名生物、化学或物理专业教师和未成年人的教育。兰多夫梅肯学院将利用现有的成功的教师准备计划，其中所有的职前教师通过他们的干相关的PRAXIS II考试，并实现就业。诺伊斯计划将通过有针对性的招聘吸引学生从事STEM教育，特别强调招聘代表性不足的学生。当地包括多个高需求学区，包括里士满市、卡罗琳县和弗吉尼亚州彼得堡;这些学区很难找到合格的、经过认证的STEM教师。诺伊斯学者将通过在当地学区的实地实习，参加一个旨在为有高需求的学生提供STEM教育的暑期项目，和研讨会计划，旨在为参与者提供策略，以克服在高需求学区工作的挑战。计划参与者将在他们作为STEM教育工作者在高需求学区教学的第一年获得专门的入门支持;这种支持将包括实地考察，津贴，以资助课堂技术，货币支持的专业发展，资金返回学院参加辅导计划的诺伊斯学生仍然居住，并建立了一个社交媒体小组，供诺伊斯的参与者分享他们的经验和建议。该计划将通过探索以下主题增加招聘，培训和为STEM教育工作者提供入门支持的更广泛的知识基础：有针对性地招聘STEM学生的有效性，吸引学生参加诺伊斯计划的经济激励的有效性，一致的实地工作如何影响教学效果，以及努力创造有凝聚力的群体动态对诺伊斯学者保留的影响。项目人员将在各个学科特定的场所传播诺伊斯计划的成果，使其他机构能够采用和调整成功的计划战略。诺伊斯学者将在学生学科领域的专业会议上以海报和口头报告的形式传播他们原创的科学和教育研究成果。