Educating STEM Majors to Teach in High-Need Schools

教育 STEM 专业学生在高需求学校任教

• 批准号: 1660615
• 负责人: John Pecore
• 金额: $ 131.09万
• 依托单位: University of West Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1660615&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Educating; STEM; Majors; Teach; Need

The University of West Florida, in collaboration with two Florida public community colleges, Pensacola State College and Northwest Florida State College, will address the need to recruit and retain highly qualified STEM teachers for grades 6-12 with a commitment to serve in high-need school districts through funding from Track 1 of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The project will recruit, train, and retain eighteen STEM majors to serve as grade 6-12 teachers in the disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and earth environmental science. Additionally, the project will support eighteen eligible dual-enrolled, freshman, and sophomore STEM students in an early teaching experience and a summer community-based service learning internship. Each Noyce scholar will participate in activities to improve their cultural competence with working in high-need schools and to enhance their professional identity.Project goals will include 1) recruiting highly qualified STEM majors into a career in teaching, 2) increasing the number and quality of certified STEM grades 6-12 teachers, and 3) supporting Noyce Scholar graduates during their first few years of teaching. The project team will research the following questions: 1) What factors encourage STEM majors to pursue teaching careers in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs)? 2) What factors contribute to retaining graduated STEM majors as grades 6-12 classroom teachers in high-need LEAs? 3) How does the project's learning community support Scholars' professional teacher development? Each Noyce scholar will work with an average of 150 different students each year for a total of approximately 750 students every five years; therefore, 18 Noyce Scholars will impact an estimated 13,500 students in high-need school districts. Working with the districts, graduates will receive additional support to ensure their success as a novice teacher increasing the likelihood that Noyce scholars will remain in the teaching profession beyond five years, impacting thousands of students in Northwest Florida.

西佛罗里达大学与彭萨科拉州立学院和西北佛罗里达州立学院这两所佛罗里达公立社区学院合作，将通过罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的第1轨资金，致力于为6-12年级招募和留住高素质的STEM教师。该项目将招募、培养和保留18名STEM专业学生，担任数学、物理、化学、生物和地球环境科学等学科的6-12年级教师。此外，该项目将支持18名符合条件的双入学，大一和大二STEM学生在早期的教学经验和夏季社区为基础的服务学习实习。每位诺伊斯奖学金获得者都将参加活动，通过在高需求学校工作来提高他们的文化能力，并增强他们的职业认同感。项目目标包括：1）招募高素质的STEM专业学生从事教学工作; 2）提高STEM 6-12级认证教师的数量和质量; 3）在诺伊斯奖学金获得者毕业后的最初几年里为他们提供支持。项目组将研究以下问题：1）是什么因素促使STEM专业的学生在高需求的地方教育机构（LEAs）从事教学职业？2)什么因素有助于保留毕业的STEM专业作为高需求LEAs的6-12年级课堂教师？ 3)该项目的学习社区如何支持学者的专业教师发展？每个诺伊斯学者每年将与平均150名不同的学生合作，每五年约有750名学生;因此，18名诺伊斯学者将影响高需求学区的约13，500名学生。与地区合作，毕业生将获得额外的支持，以确保他们作为一个新手教师的成功，增加诺伊斯学者将继续在教学行业超过五年的可能性，影响在西北佛罗里达成千上万的学生。