The Virginia Mathematics Specialist Initiative: An Online Program to Prepare K-8 Mathematics Teacher Leaders for High-Need School Districts

这个Track 3：大师教学奖学金项目，弗吉尼亚州数学专家倡议：为高需求学区准备K-8数学教师领导的在线计划，将培养20名K-8数学教师，成为整个弗吉尼亚州高需求学区的数学教师领导。除了为弗吉尼亚州各地的合作学区培养20名新的数学教师领袖外，该项目还将：(1)由于每天都有校内专业发展，帮助合作学区留住K-8数学教师；(2)开发一个可持续、严格、互动的在线计划，以培养数学教师领袖，弗吉尼亚州和全国其他州的教师都可以接触到该计划。研究表明，培养和部署数学专家是为K-8数学教师提供专业发展并最终提高学生成绩的有效途径。该项目的20名数学教师领袖将为K-8教师提供持续的专业发展，帮助他们深入理解数学内容和有效的教学策略，以帮助学生理解数学并与其他STEM学科建立联系。这个诺伊斯硕士教学奖学金项目是弗吉尼亚州联邦大学、数学科学创新中心、弗吉尼亚州数学和科学联盟以及弗吉尼亚州20个高需求学区之间的合作项目。这一创新项目将通过以下方式推进整个弗吉尼亚州K-8学校数学教师领导的培养和实施研究：(1)增进关于为教师领导提供在线专业发展的知识，并开发一个分析在线专业发展计划的框架；(2)制作一个高效的在线数学专家准备计划，为来自弗吉尼亚州内外地区的未来教师队伍做好准备，并告知其他有兴趣发展在线专业发展计划的人；(3)为高需求学区的数学教师领导制作一个在线指导计划，帮助教师领导在早期取得成功，并告知其他有兴趣发展在线指导计划的人；以及(4)与弗吉尼亚州的高需求学区合作，其中许多学区并未参与之前培养和实施数学专家的努力。

This Track 3: Master Teaching Fellowships project, The Virginia Mathematics Specialist Initiative: An Online Program to Prepare K-8 Mathematics Teacher Leaders for High-Need School Districts, will prepare 20 K-8 mathematics teachers to be mathematics teacher leaders in high-need school districts throughout Virginia. In addition to preparing 20 new mathematics teacher leaders for partnering school districts throughout Virginia, the project will: (1) help retain K-8 mathematics teachers in the partnering districts due to the availability of daily in-school professional development and (2) develop a sustainable, rigorous, interactive online program for preparing mathematics teacher leaders that will be accessible to teachers in Virginia and in other states across the country. Research has shown that preparing and deploying mathematics specialists is an effective way to provide professional development for K-8 teachers of mathematics and ultimately increase student achievement. The project's 20 mathematics teacher leaders will provide ongoing, professional development for K-8 teachers to help them develop a deep understanding of the mathematics content and effective pedagogical strategies needed to help students understand mathematics and make connections to other STEM disciplines.This Noyce Master Teaching Fellowships project is a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University, the MathScience Innovation Center, the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition, and 20 high-need school districts across Virginia. This innovative project will advance the research of preparing and implementing mathematics teacher leaders in K-8 schools throughout Virginia by: (1) advancing knowledge about providing online professional development for teacher leaders and developing a framework for analyzing online professional development programs; (2) producing a highly effective online mathematics specialist preparation program that will be ready for future cohorts of teachers from districts inside and outside of Virginia and inform others interested in developing online professional development programs; (3) producing an online mentoring program for mathematics teacher leaders in high-need school districts that will help teacher leaders be successful in their early years and inform others interested in developing online mentorship programs; and (4) collaborating with high-need school districts in Virginia, many of which have not been part of previous efforts to prepare and implement mathematics specialists.