STEM Teaching Scholars for High Need Chicago-Area Schools

在NSF罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的资助下，罗斯福大学（RU）的一个团队与芝加哥公立学校（CPS），菲尔德自然历史博物馆（FMNH）和奥克顿社区学院（OCC）合作，将招募和准备科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）专业和STEM专业人员，从事中学数学和科学教学。RU和OCC将密切合作，以确保明确的建议和财政援助信息的沟通OCC干学生，并组织招聘活动，提供引人注目的邀请职业生涯在教学数学和科学在高需求的学校的目标。此外，菲尔德自然历史博物馆将是设计和实施实习活动的主要合作者。在RU，有两种途径获得教师执照：传统的四年制本科课程和传统的研究生学位课程，适用于职业转换者和应届大学毕业生。在为期五年的时间里，该项目每年将招募5-6名新的本科学者和5名新的学士后学者，共计42名新教师。该项目将有意识地检查和支持STEM教师身份的发展，以增强他们对STEM内容知识和教学知识的信心和能力，以及将这些知识转化为教学的能力实践因此，除了招募学者并为K-12 STEM教学生涯做好准备外，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）加强学前教育课程经验。该项目还将成为四年制高等教育机构与两年制高等教育机构之间以及四年制高等教育机构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.