Capacity Building of a New Pathway for STEM Teacher Preparation

北乔治亚大学科学与数学学院和教育学院正在创建北佐治亚州本科生教育计划。该方案将利用佐治亚州大学系统董事会提供的新途径来培训和认证教师。新计划将是创新的，培养STEM专业的学生成为STEM内容和教育学方面的高素质STEM教师。该计划将创建新的课程，将生物、化学、计算机科学和物理领域公认和成功的STEM实践和方法整合在一起。NGage计划还将提供广泛的实地经验，建立在UNG成功的专业发展社区(PDC)模式基础上，用于培训职前教师。参加nGage计划的职前教师将有机会将通过该计划获得的技能和知识立即应用于合作学区。这条STEM途径将对佐治亚州的STEM准备工作产生重大影响，并通过一个由科学家、教育工作者和社区合作伙伴组成的项目组的共同努力，帮助未来的教师克服从事STEM培训的障碍。北乔治亚大学科学与数学学院和教育学院通过罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金方案提出了一个能力建设项目。北乔治亚州本科教育计划(NGage)的目标和范围是通过利用一条新开辟的教师培养途径来增加STEM中学教师的数量和质量。一个合作的教员团队将分析UNG服务区的需求。为了建设能力，该团队将：1)吸引和招聘高中高年级学生、大学新生、未申报的专业人员和实习专业人员在新的道路上成为STEM专业的学生，目标是增加高度准备的STEM教师的数量；2)在专业发展社区内与学校和教师建立合作伙伴关系，以促进对职前教师的培训和指导；以及3)通过开发创新的课程、利用STEM教师导师提供咨询和本科研究以及与行业合作伙伴进行相关的STEM实践，成功地培养STEM教师。第一年将需要为nGage计划奠定基础。对成功的项目开发和能力建设的评估将是定量和定性的。课程发展和新课程将会被复习。NGage有一个独特的机会来发展和改革佐治亚州STEM领域的中学教师培训。

The University of North Georgia's College of Science and Mathematics and College of Education are creating the North Georgia Undergraduate Education or NGagE program. The program will take advantage of the newly created pathway provided by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to prepare and certify teachers. The new program will be innovative and train STEM majors to become highly qualified STEM teachers in both STEM content and pedagogy. The program will create new courses that will integrate recognized and successful STEM practices and methodology in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science and Physics. The NGagE program will also provide extensive field experience building on UNG's successful Professional Development Community (PDC) model for training pre-service teachers. Pre-service teachers in the NGagE program will have the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained through the program coursework immediately in the partnering school districts. This STEM pathway will have a significant effect on the STEM preparation in Georgia, and assist prospective teachers in overcoming barriers in pursuing STEM training through the combined efforts of a project team of scientists, educators, and community partners. The University of North Georgia College of Science and Mathematics and College of Education propose a Capacity Building project through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The goal and scope of the North Georgia Undergraduate Education Program (NGagE) are to increase the number and quality of STEM secondary teachers by utilizing a newly created pathway for teacher preparation. A collaborative faculty team will analyze the needs in the UNG service area. To build capacity, the team will: 1) attract and recruit high school upperclassmen, university freshmen, undeclared majors, and practicing professionals to become STEM majors in the new pathway with the goal of increasing the number of highly prepared STEM teachers; 2) build partnerships within a Professional Development Community with schools and teachers to facilitate the training and mentoring of pre-service teachers; and 3) successfully prepare STEM teachers through the development of innovative coursework, the use of STEM faculty mentors for advising and undergraduate research, and industry partners for relevant STEM practices. The first year will entail laying the foundation for the NGagE program. The assessment of successful project development and capacity building will be both quantitative and qualitative. Program development and new coursework will be reviewed. NGagE has a unique opportunity to develop and reform secondary teacher preparation in the STEM fields in the state of Georgia.