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

弗吉尼亚数学专家计划：为高需求学区培养 K-8 数学教师领导者的在线计划

• 批准号: 1660774
• 负责人: Aimee Ellington
• 金额: $ 150万
• 依托单位: Virginia Commonwealth University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-05-01 至 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1660774&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Virginia; Mathematics; Specialist; Initiative; Online

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.

轨道3：硕士教学奖学金项目，弗吉尼亚数学专家倡议：一个在线计划，以准备K-8数学教师领导人的高需求学区，将准备20 K-8数学教师成为数学教师领导人在高需求学区在整个弗吉尼亚州。除了为整个弗吉尼亚州的合作学区准备20名新的数学教师领导外，该项目还将：（1）帮助留住合作地区的K-8数学教师，因为每天都有校内专业发展，（2）制定一个可持续的，严格的，交互式在线计划，为准备数学教师领导人，将访问教师在弗吉尼亚州和全国其他州。研究表明，准备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名数学教师领导将为K-8教师提供持续的专业发展，帮助他们深入了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联邦大学，数学科学创新中心，弗吉尼亚数学和科学联盟，以及弗吉尼亚州20个高需求学区。这个创新的项目将通过以下方式推进在弗吉尼亚州K-8学校准备和实施数学教师领导者的研究：（1）推进为教师领导者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;（二）制作一个高效的在线数学专家准备计划，将为未来的教师队列从区内外的（3）为高需求学区的数学教师领导者制作在线辅导计划，这将有助于教师领导者在早年取得成功，并告知其他有兴趣开发在线辅导计划的人;以及（4）与弗吉尼亚州的高需求学区合作，其中许多学校没有参与先前的数学专家培训和实施工作。