Encouraging Students to Become Secondary STEM Teachers in Eastern Iowa

在美国国家科学基金会罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的资助下，这项名为“鼓励学生成为爱荷华州东部的中学STEM教师”的项目将招收STEM学科的本科生或STEM专业人员，并为他们成为中学STEM教师做好准备。该项目将在五年内资助30-40个奖学金/研究金。在这个项目中，爱荷华大学将与爱荷华州城市社区学区的柯克伍德社区学院合作。宜人社区中学和清溪-阿玛纳高中。该项目将通过爱荷华大学的一个新的4-1项目支持学生获得理科教学硕士学位(MAT)或文学学士学位和MAT，该项目允许学生在5年内完成这两个学位。奖学金获得者将获得最长三年的支持，并将参加暑期专业发展讲习班，旨在支持发展内容知识、循证教学和支持STEM中代表性不足群体的战略。诺伊斯学者将由来自高需求合作学区的经验丰富的教师进行指导。此外，项目团队将为中学理科教学开发一条新的转学途径，以支持柯克伍德社区学院的学生转学到爱荷华大学完成STEM学位和教师执照。爱荷华大学(UI)将与柯克伍德社区学院(KCC)合作实施在爱荷华大学经常使用的招聘策略，例如KCC目前没有以STEM为重点的职业探索活动。这个项目的目标是鼓励KCC和伊利诺伊大学STEM课程的学生考虑中学理科教师的职业生涯。该项目的目标是通过职业探索活动和财政支持，将柯克伍德大学和爱荷华大学的STEM学生招收到中学科学教师培训计划中。KCC现有的一门名为“探索教学”的课程将被修改为包括STEM重点课程，并将成为KCC新的转学途径的一部分，该途径将支持学生转学到UI的教师准备计划。将与柯克伍德儿童互动营合作，为一年级和二年级学生开发暑期实习机会。职业探索课程、实习和诺伊斯奖学金机会将广泛地向STEM学生和两所院校中代表性不足的人群进行宣传。诺伊斯学者将由经验丰富的老师指导，并将通过实地考察经验和专业发展活动与导师和同行互动。从该项目收集的数据将为改进教师招聘和其他教师培训方案提供基础。

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, the project titled, "Encouraging Students to Become Secondary STEM Teachers in Eastern Iowa" will recruit undergraduate majors in STEM disciplines or STEM professionals and prepare them to become secondary STEM teachers. The project will fund 30-40 scholarships/fellowships over five years. In this project, the University of Iowa will collaborate with Kirkwood Community College, the Iowa City Community School District, Mt. Pleasant Community Middle School and Clear Creek-Amana High School. The project will support students in attaining a Masters of Arts in Science Teaching degree (MAT) or a Bachelor of Arts degree and MAT through a new 4+1 program at the University of Iowa that allows students to complete both degrees in 5 years. Scholarship recipients will receive up to three years of support and will participate in summer professional development workshops designed to support development of content knowledge, evidence-based pedagogies, and strategies for supporting underrepresented groups in STEM. Noyce Scholars will be mentored by experienced teachers from high-need partner school districts. Additionally, the project team will develop a new transfer pathway for secondary science teaching that will support Kirkwood Community College students in transferring to the University of Iowa to complete degrees in STEM and teacher licensure.The University of Iowa (UI) will partner with Kirkwood Community College (KCC) to implement recruitment strategies frequently used at UI such as STEM-focused career exploration activities are not currently in place at KCC. The objective of this project is to encourage students in STEM coursework at KCC and UI to consider secondary science teaching careers. The goal of this project is to recruit STEM students at Kirkwood and the University of Iowa into secondary science teacher preparation programs through career exploration activities and financial support. An existing course titled "Exploring Teaching" at KCC will be modified to include a STEM focus and will become part of a new transfer pathway at KCC that will support students' ability to transfer to UI's teacher preparation programs. Summer internship opportunities for freshmen and sophomores will be developed in collaboration with the Kirkwood Interactive Camps for Kids. Career exploration courses, internships, and Noyce Scholarship opportunities will be advertised broadly to STEM students and underrepresented populations at both institutions. Noyce Scholars will be mentored by experienced teachers and will interact with mentors and peers through fieldwork experiences and professional development activities. Data collected from the project will provide a basis for improvements in teacher recruitment and in other teacher preparation programs.