Drexel Engineering Noyce

Drexel Engineering Noyce （DEN）将承担Noyce Track 1（奖学金和津贴）项目，招募本科工程师考虑STEM教学职业，目标是在五年的资助期内培养至少26名经过认证的中级STEM教师。DEN将通过吸引那些本科教育存在于工程设计和STEM内容领域交叉点的个人，同时为这些个人提供教育和研究型教学法的研究计划，支持在课堂上真正实施探究和工程设计。DEN的毕业生将有助于确保下一代有资格参与和领导以STEM为中心的经济，并能够帮助解决费城学区合格STEM教师的短缺问题，费城学区是该项目的主要合作地区。DEN将引入工程方面的招聘、留用和社区建设工作，包括(a)工程方面的招聘工作，邀请来自工程学院的知名教职员工和学生大使；(b)明确重视工程作为一门科学学科，并将工程应用纳入STEM教师认证计划；(c)引入DEN特定的活动，例如工程教育演讲者系列，为DEN参与者提供学术和社会支持和参与机会。DEN学者将有机会参加并出席地区和国家教育会议。校友将参加由德雷塞尔教育学院设计的入职支持项目，以确保他们拥有在教学职业中取得成功的工具和资源。最终，费城学区的学校将受益于26名STEM教师的独特定位，他们将有效应对“下一代科学标准”的呼吁，将工程设计提升到与STEM教学中的科学探究相同的水平。

Drexel Engineering Noyce (DEN) will undertake a Noyce Track 1 (Scholarships & Stipends) project to recruit undergraduate engineers to consider STEM teaching careers, and aims to produce at least 26 certified, secondary STEM teachers over the five-year grant period. DEN will support authentic implementation of inquiry and engineering design in classrooms by drawing upon individuals whose undergraduate education exists at the intersection of engineering design and STEM content areas while simultaneously providing these individuals with a program of study in education and inquiry-oriented pedagogy. DEN graduates will both help ensure that the next generation of individuals are qualified to participate and lead in a STEM-centered economy and able to help address the shortage of qualified STEM teachers in the School District of Philadelphia, the primary partner district of the project.DEN will introduce engineering specific recruitment, retention and community-building efforts, including (a) engineering-specific recruitment efforts featuring high-profile faculty, staff and student ambassadors from the College of Engineering; (b) explicitly valuing engineering as a scientific discipline and embedding engineering applications into STEM teacher certification programs; and (c) introducing DEN-specific events, such as an engineering education speaker's series, providing academic and social support and engagement opportunities for DEN participants. DEN scholars will have the opportunity to participate and present at regional and national education conferences. Alumni will participate in induction support programs designed by Drexel's School of Education to ensure that they have the tools and resources to succeed in the teaching profession. Ultimately, School District of Philadelphia schools will benefit from 26 STEM teachers uniquely positioned to effectively address the Next Generation Science Standards' call to elevate engineering design to the same level as scientific inquiry in STEM instruction.