STEM Teaching Scholars for High Need Chicago-Area Schools

在NSF Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划的资助下，罗斯福大学(RU)的一个团队将与芝加哥公立学校(CPS)、菲尔德自然历史博物馆(FMNH)和奥克顿社区学院(OCC)合作，招聘和培养科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业的学生和STEM专业人员，以便从事中学数学和科学教学。RU和OCC将密切合作，确保向OCC STEM学生传达明确的建议和资助信息，并组织招聘活动，目的是向有高度需求的学校的数学和科学教师提供令人信服的职业邀请。此外，菲尔德自然历史博物馆将在设计和实施实习活动方面发挥重要的合作者作用。在俄亥俄大学，获得教师资格证书有两条途径：传统的四年制本科课程和传统的研究生学位选项，面向转行的人和最近毕业的大学学生。在为期五年的时间里，该项目每年将招聘5至6名新的本科生学者和5名新的学士学位后学者，共42名新教师。作为一个理论基础，该项目将有意审查和支持STEM教师身份的发展，以增强他们对STEM教学知识和教学知识的信心和能力，以及他们将这些知识转化为教学实践。因此，除了招募学者并为他们的K-12 STEM教学生涯做准备外，项目目标还包括：(1)加强RU以课程为基础的方法来发展STEM身份；(2)加强学生前的教学课程经验。该项目也将是四年制高等教育机构(IHE)与两年制IHE之间以及四年制IHE与博物馆之间伙伴关系的一个范例。

With funding from the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, a team at Roosevelt University (RU), partnering with Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), and Oakton Community College (OCC), will recruit and prepare science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and STEM professionals for careers in teaching secondary mathematics and science. RU and OCC will work closely to ensure the communication of clear advising and financial aid information to OCC STEM students and to organize recruitment activities with the goal of providing compelling invitations to careers in teaching mathematics and science in high-need schools. Furthermore, the Field Museum for Natural History will be a key collaborator on the design and implementation of internship activities. At RU, there are two pathways to teacher licensure: a traditional four-year undergraduate track and a traditional graduate degree option for career changers and recent college graduates. Over its five-year duration, the project will recruit 5-6 new undergraduate Scholars and 5 new post-baccalaureate Scholars per year, for a total of 42 new teachers.As a theoretical underpinning, this project will intentionally examine and support the development of STEM teacher identities to enhance their confidence and competence in STEM content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge as well as their translation of such knowledge into teaching practices. Thus, in addition to recruiting Scholars and preparing them for K-12 STEM teaching careers, project goals include: (1) strengthen RU's course-based approach to the development of STEM identities and (2) strengthen pre-student teaching curricular experiences. The project will also be an example of a partnership between a four-year institution of higher education (IHE) and a two-year IHE as well as a partnership between a four-year IHE and a museum.