Mathematics Education Intensive Residency Project Focusing on Veterans

针对退伍军人的数学教育强化住院项目

• 批准号: 1557307
• 负责人: William Farber
• 金额: $ 116.52万
• 依托单位: MERCY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1557307&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mathematics; Education; Intensive; Residency; Project

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, the Mathematics Education Intensive Residency Project Focusing on Veterans will recruit veterans with strong mathematics backgrounds and prepare them to become grade 7-12 grade mathematics teachers. The project will fund twenty scholarships/fellowships over four years. In this project, Mercy College will collaborate with the Yonkers Public School District. The program will implement a clinically rich master's degree program in secondary mathematics education to investigate the nexus between theory and practice, and will benefit Noyce Scholars through the partnership between school practitioners and college faculty. The program will provide recipients with the content and methodology necessary to work effectively in inclusive and traditional mathematics classrooms. Particular emphasis will be given to helping candidates understand the spirit, intent, and content of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, and will investigate multiple strategies for implementing successful research-based mathematics education in high-need classrooms. At the conclusion of this 14-month master's degree program, candidates will be eligible for certification and employment. The project will correlate with current education reform practice to support a cohort model, clinical residency and follow-up induction services as a means for preparing and retaining successful teachers, and will follow the professional development model suggested by data from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and the Center for Teaching Quality. It will guide each cohort through a sequence of activities designed to integrate theory and practice, including research-based courses in teaching, the use of technology in the classroom, differentiated teaching strategies, and implementing the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. The program will provide a coherent curriculum and sequenced courses requiring increasing levels of knowledge for application to the clinical residency and emphasize authentic classroom teaching under the mentorship of a well-qualified mathematics teacher and guidance from visiting Mercy College clinical faculty. A year of follow-up support for each cohort will be provided through online seminars, SKYPE and after-school learning workshops. Through multiple sources -- coursework, the internship, certification tests, and the awarding of the degree -- the project will verify candidates' level of competence to teach mathematics curricula in secondary schools, and will evaluate the progress of student achievement in their classes. Data collected from this project will provide an understanding of 1) whether veterans can serve as successful role models for at-risk youngsters by bringing the value-added strengths of maturity and teamwork skills to secondary school teaching and school capacity-building and 2) whether an ongoing learning community will empower a successful transition to civilian life, enable veterans to become effective teachers upon entering the profession, and work productively with diverse populations of secondary school students and educator colleagues.

在美国国家科学基金会Robert Noyce教师奖学金项目的资助下，以退伍军人为重点的数学教育强化实习项目将招募具有强大数学背景的退伍军人，并将他们培养成7-12年级的数学教师。该项目将在4年内提供20个奖学金/研究金。在这个项目中，仁慈学院将与扬克斯公立学区合作。该计划将在中学数学教育中实施一个临床丰富的硕士学位课程，以研究理论与实践之间的联系，并将通过学校从业者和大学教师之间的伙伴关系使诺伊斯学者受益。该计划将为受助人提供在包容性和传统数学课堂中有效工作所需的内容和方法。特别强调的是帮助考生理解国家数学共同核心标准的精神、意图和内容，并将研究在高需求教室中成功实施研究型数学教育的多种策略。在这个为期14个月的硕士学位课程结束时，候选人将有资格获得认证和就业。该项目将与当前的教育改革实践相结合，以支持队列模式、临床住院医师和后续入职服务，作为培养和留住成功教师的手段，并将遵循教育工作者准备认证委员会（CAEP）和教学质量中心的数据所建议的专业发展模式。它将通过一系列旨在将理论与实践相结合的活动来指导每个队列，包括教学中的研究性课程、课堂上技术的使用、差异化教学策略以及实施数学共同核心国家标准。该项目将提供连贯的课程和顺序的课程，要求提高临床住院医师的知识水平，并强调在一位合格的数学老师的指导下进行真实的课堂教学，并得到Mercy学院访问临床教师的指导。将通过在线研讨会、SKYPE和课后学习讲习班，为每个队列提供为期一年的后续支持。通过课程作业、实习、认证测试和学位授予等多种途径，该项目将验证候选人在中学教授数学课程的能力水平，并评估学生在课堂上的学习进展。从该项目收集的数据将有助于了解：(1)退伍军人能否通过将成熟和团队合作技能的增值优势带到中学教学和学校能力建设中，为处于危险中的青少年树立成功的榜样；(2)持续的学习社区能否使退伍军人成功过渡到平民生活，使他们在进入职业后成为有效的教师。并与不同人群的中学生和教育工作者同事进行富有成效的工作。