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Developing and Supporting Excellence in STEM Teaching: A Regional Collaboration to Increase Teacher Diversity, Preparation, and Continuity

发展和支持卓越的 STEM 教学：旨在提高教师多样性、准备和连续性的区域合作

基本信息

批准号：
1660606
负责人：
Jacqueline Coomes
金额：
$ 145万
依托单位：
Eastern Washington University
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：
2017-09-01 至 2023-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1660606&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Developing Supporting Excellence STEM Teaching

项目摘要

Through this Noyce Track 1 project, Eastern Washington University (EWU) is responding to the persistent STEM teacher shortage in the State of Washington by designing a project that will increase the number, diversity, and preparation of STEM teachers. This project will aggressively recruit strong STEM majors during their first two years of college to participate in early experiences related to teaching in grades 5-12. Students then will be recruited from this pool of interested and qualified STEM majors to receive scholarship support in the junior and senior year as EWU Noyce Scholars who will earn both a baccalaureate degree in a STEM discipline and a Bachelor's of Arts in Education. Ultimately, at least 33 STEM majors will become certified to teach through this project. In doing so, the project will increase the number of teachers from a variety of STEM disciplines and from under-represented populations. In addition to the early engagement of potential pre-service candidates in the freshman and sophomore years, another signature feature of this project that will have lasting effects is that it will increase collaboration across K-12, community colleges, and EWU. A key project design element develops strong collaboration among faculty in mathematics, science, and teacher education, which will positively affect the teacher preparation program at EWU, and ultimately increase knowledge in the larger teacher education community. Other impacts on the program and the region arise from continued support for teacher development through their first two years of teaching. The induction activities will allow for continued connections among partners, strengthening teacher preparation, teacher educator knowledge, the pipeline of potential STEM teachers from community colleges, and K-12 teacher development. The freshman and sophomore STEM majors will be recruited from EWU and EWU's primary feeder community colleges, Spokane Falls Community College and Spokane Community College, to participate in early experiences, which include: an early practicum in Spokane Public Schools (SPS), the partner high-need school district, and the Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program; serving as volunteers for 5-12 mathematics and science events held at EWU; and joining junior and senior Noyce Scholars in activities such as Inquiry Circles and attending Undergraduate Research Symposia. This five-year project will: increase the number of teachers who graduate from EWU with a degree in a STEM discipline and are certified to teach; increase the number of Noyce Scholars from physics, geoscience, chemistry, and mathematics; prepare Noyce Scholars to understand and effectively apply pedagogy emphasizing Standards for Mathematical Practices (SMP) and Science and Engineering Practices (SEP) to improve student learning in their classrooms; and increase the capacity and dispositions of secondary STEM teachers to effectively teach high-need students, including students from low socio-economic circumstances, from under-represented populations in STEM, from rural or remote schools, and English language learners. Strategic EWU project activities designed to develop skills and dispositions necessary to effectively teach high-need students mathematics and science include: online learning modules and field work designed by faculty specializing in Ethnic Studies and English as a Second Language (ESL); participation in three six-week rotations in classrooms of exceptional STEM teachers with high-need students; design and implementation of Inquiry Circles (after-school middle and high school students STEM events) in order to practice designing, implementing, and reflecting on activities for high-need students; participation with graduates in their first two years of teaching in a Video Club to explore the challenges of implementing effective inquiry learning; and research on an important aspect of teaching in their discipline and presentation of their studies at the EWU Student Research and Creative Works Symposium. After certification and obtaining a teaching position, Scholars will remain active in the EWU Noyce Program by participating in the Video Club three times per year and through regular contact with EWU faculty. The project will benefit from the collaboration and support of the Noyce Advisory Board and Noyce Collaborators. These groups will monitor and advise project leaders, ensure that the project is integrated into the culture at EWU, monitor recruitment and Scholar progress, and provide advice to resolve issues that arise. Ultimately, the EWU research-based project design provides activities within a learning progression that enables Scholars to develop into impactful and reflective STEM teachers.

通过这个诺伊斯轨道1项目，东华盛顿大学（EWU）正在通过设计一个项目，将增加STEM教师的数量，多样性和准备，以应对华盛顿州持续的STEM教师短缺。该项目将在大学的前两年积极招募优秀的STEM专业学生，参与5-12年级教学相关的早期经验。然后，学生将从感兴趣和合格的STEM专业人才库中招募，以获得大三和大四的奖学金支持，作为EWU Noyce学者，他们将获得STEM学科的学士学位和教育艺术学士学位。最终，至少有33个STEM专业将通过该项目获得教学认证。在此过程中，该项目将增加来自各种STEM学科和代表性不足人口的教师人数。除了在大一和大二的潜在职前候选人的早期参与，这个项目的另一个标志性特征，将有持久的影响是，它将增加跨K-12，社区学院和EWU的合作。一个关键的项目设计元素开发在数学，科学和教师教育教师之间的强有力的合作，这将积极影响在EWU的教师准备计划，并最终增加在更大的教师教育社区的知识。对该计划和该地区的其他影响来自对教师发展的持续支持，通过他们的头两年的教学。入职活动将允许合作伙伴之间的持续联系，加强教师准备，教师教育知识，来自社区学院的潜在STEM教师的管道，以及K-12教师发展。大一和大二STEM专业将从EWU和EWU的主要支线社区学院，斯波坎福尔斯社区学院和斯波坎社区学院招募，参加早期经验，其中包括：在斯波坎公立学校（SPS），合作伙伴高需求学区的早期实习，以及数学，工程和科学成就（梅萨）计划;作为志愿者为5-12在EWU举行的数学和科学活动;并加入初级和高级诺伊斯学者在活动，如查询圈和参加本科研究研讨会。这一为期五年的项目将：增加从EWU毕业并获得STEM学科学位并获得教学认证的教师数量;增加来自物理，地球科学，化学和数学的诺伊斯学者的数量;准备诺伊斯学者了解并有效应用强调数学实践标准（SMP）和科学与工程实践（SEP）的教学法，以改善学生在课堂上的学习;并提高中学STEM教师的能力和配置，以有效地教授高需求学生，包括来自社会经济状况较差的学生、来自STEM代表性不足的人群、来自农村或偏远学校的学生以及英语学习者。战略EWU项目活动，旨在发展必要的技能和处置，有效地教高需求的学生数学和科学包括：在线学习模块和实地工作，由专门从事民族研究和英语作为第二语言（ESL）的教师设计;在三个为期六周的旋转特殊干教师的教室与高需求的学生参与;查询圈的设计与实现（课后初中和高中学生STEM活动），以实践设计，实施和反思高需求学生的活动;与毕业生在他们的头两年的教学视频俱乐部的参与，探讨实施有效的研究性学习的挑战;在EWU学生研究和创造性作品研讨会上，他们对学科教学的一个重要方面进行了研究，并介绍了他们的研究。经过认证并获得教学职位后，学者将通过每年三次参加视频俱乐部并通过与EWU教师定期联系，继续活跃在EWU Noyce计划中。该项目将受益于Noyce咨询委员会和Noyce合作者的合作和支持。这些小组将监测和建议项目负责人，确保该项目是在EWU文化的整合，监测招聘和学者的进展，并提供建议，以解决出现的问题。最终，EWU基于研究的项目设计在学习过程中提供活动，使学者能够发展成为有影响力和反思的STEM教师。