Urban STEM Teacher Capacity Building

城市 STEM 教师能力建设

• 批准号: 1540805
• 负责人: Janelle Johnson
• 金额: $ 7.4万
• 依托单位: Metropolitan State University of Denver
• 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: 2015-08-01 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1540805&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Urban; STEM; Teacher; Capacity; Building

Urban STEM Teacher Capacity Building at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) will prepare STEM majors with experiences, skills, and knowledge to become highly effective inquiry-based teachers committed to working in high-need urban schools. The capacity building phase will strengthen the foundations of the university's science and mathematics licensure programs while also ensuring a possible future Noyce Scholarships & Stipends (S&S) program aligns with the needs of its K-12 and community partners. Particular emphasis will be placed on recruiting women and students of color into STEM majors and the teaching pipeline. MSU Denver currently partners with more than 20 metropolitan area school districts; the capacity developed under this grant will enhance these relationships to positively impact schools and districts throughout the extended Denver metro area. Primary goals for the project include expanding mutually beneficial partnerships with high-need school districts in the metro Denver area; ensuring the content and structure of mathematics and science teacher licensure programs support a future Noyce S&S program; developing an undergraduate physics teaching licensure program that includes engineering concepts; and collaborating with local partners to hone recruitment and retention strategies specific for students underrepresented in STEM fields. During the capacity building phase, data from diverse stakeholder groups will be collected and analyzed to improve program design, revise curricula, and enhance the classroom readiness of science and mathematics teacher candidates for urban contexts.Metropolitan State University of Denver will research and develop the infrastructure needed for broad participation in a Track 1 Scholarships and Stipends Program (S&S) capacity building project called Urban STEM Teacher Capacity Building (U-STEM). The interdisciplinary Leadership Team will investigate what diverse U-STEM stakeholders recommend as key elements of a successful program design specific to MSU Denver's urban commuter setting and the needs of its first generation and underrepresented student populations. Focus groups and online surveys will be used with these stakeholders (e.g. STEM scholars, MSU Denver Physics administrators and faculty, School of Education administrators and faculty, MSU Denver Student Services administrators and staff, and partner school and district administrators and faculty). The Leadership Team will cultivate strong partnerships with local high-needs school districts; ensure that the content and structures of current licensure programs will effectively prepare and support S&S recipients through course programming, clinical field experiences, and integrated STEM instruction; develop an undergraduate teacher licensure program for physics majors that incorporates engineering coursework; create a Learning Assistant Program embedded with cultural responsiveness; and collaborate with community partners to develop and test effective recruitment and retention strategies that focus on increasing the percentage of underrepresented students majoring in STEM fields who successfully enter the K-12 teaching profession. This integration of research and education will build sustainable capacity for a possible Track 1 Noyce project at MSU Denver.

丹佛大都会州立大学 (MSU Denver) 的城市 STEM 教师能力建设将为 STEM 专业学生提供经验、技能和知识，让他们成为致力于在高需求城市学校工作的高效探究型教师。能力建设阶段将加强大学科学和数学许可项目的基础，同时确保未来可能的诺伊斯奖学金和助学金 (S&S) 项目符合其 K-12 和社区合作伙伴的需求。将特别重视招募女性和有色人种学生进入 STEM 专业和教学队伍。 MSU 丹佛目前与 20 多个大都市区学区合作；这笔赠款下开发的能力将加强这些关系，从而对整个丹佛都会区的学校和地区产生积极影响。该项目的主要目标包括扩大与丹佛都市区高需求学区的互利合作伙伴关系；确保数学和科学教师执照计划的内容和结构支持未来的诺伊斯 S&S 计划；制定包含工程概念的本科物理教学许可计划；与当地合作伙伴合作，针对 STEM 领域代表性不足的学生制定专门的招聘和保留策略。在能力建设阶段，将收集和分析来自不同利益相关群体的数据，以改进项目设计、修改课程，并提高科学和数学教师候选人对城市环境的课堂准备程度。丹佛大都会州立大学将研究和开发广泛参与第一轨奖学金和助学金计划 (S&S) 能力建设项目（称为城市 STEM 教师能力建设 (U-STEM)）所需的基础设施。跨学科领导团队将调查不同 U-STEM 利益相关者所建议的成功项目设计的关键要素，具体针对 MSU 丹佛的城市通勤环境以及第一代和代表性不足的学生群体的需求。将与这些利益相关者（例如 STEM 学者、MSU 丹佛物理管理人员和教职人员、教育学院管理人员和教职人员、MSU 丹佛学生服务管理人员和工作人员、以及合作学校和学区管理人员和教职人员）进行焦点小组和在线调查。领导团队将与当地高需求学区建立牢固的合作伙伴关系；确保当前许可计划的内容和结构能够通过课程规划、临床现场经验和综合 STEM 教学，有效地为 S&S 接受者做好准备和提供支持；制定物理专业本科教师执照计划，其中包含工程课程；创建一个嵌入文化响应能力的学习助理计划；与社区合作伙伴合作，制定和测试有效的招聘和保留策略，重点提高 STEM 领域代表性不足的学生成功进入 K-12 教学行业的比例。这种研究和教育的整合将为密歇根州立大学丹佛分校可能的 Track 1 Noyce 项目建立可持续的能力。