Educating the STEM Teacher: From Recruitment into Induction

在美国国家科学基金会罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的资助下，北亚利桑那大学（NAU）的一个团队将与科科尼诺社区学院（CCC）和弗拉格斯塔夫联合学区合作，招募和准备科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）专业的学生，从事中学数学和科学的教学工作。领导团队将包括NAU工程、林业和自然科学学院（CEFNS）的教师，包括CEFNS的科学教学中心，以及NAU教育学院和CCC的教师。在Noyce项目前期资助的基础上，该项目每年将招募和培养10名新学者，共计50名新教师。每位学者将获得1年的奖学金支持，可以是NAUTeach项目的本科大四学生，也可以是教学科学硕士（MAT-S）项目的本科研究生。该项目将为完成STEM学士学位并获得教师资格认证的高年级学生以及参加MAT-S计划并获得教师资格认证的数学和科学学士学位后的学生发放奖学金。然后，项目团队将通过跨经验Noyce从业者社区的持续专业发展，在学者教学生涯的关键前两年为他们提供支持。为了建立和加强伙伴关系，该项目将提供大使机会，如同侪辅导。此外，该项目还将开设两门课程——“探究教学方法”和“基于探究的课程设计”——这将使NAU和CCC的学生探索教学作为职业道路。智力价值取决于使用定量和定性数据来解决评估问题，包括：归纳计划的设计和实施在多大程度上促进了支持所有学生有效的数学和科学教学的教育经验？CCC Noyce伙伴关系在多大程度上扩大了数学/科学教学职业的参与？合作对合作伙伴及其所在机构有何影响？专业学习社区的参与对教师的数学和科学教学实践和专业成长有什么影响？

With funding from the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, a team at Northern Arizona University (NAU), partnering with Coconino Community College (CCC) and the Flagstaff Unified School District, will recruit and prepare science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors for careers in teaching secondary mathematics and science. The leadership team will include faculty from NAU's College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences (CEFNS), including the CEFNS's Center for Science Teaching and Learning, as well as faculty from NAU's College of Education and faculty from CCC. Building on prior funding from the Noyce Program, the project will recruit and prepare 10 new Scholars per year, for a total of 50 new teachers. Each Scholar will receive 1 year of scholarship support either as an undergraduate senior in the NAUTeach program or as a post-baccalaureate graduate student in the Master of Arts in Teaching Science (MAT-S) program.The project will disburse scholarships for seniors completing a STEM baccalaureate degree with teacher certification and post-baccalaureate mathematics and science majors who enroll in the MAT-S program and will become certified to teach. The project team will then support Scholars during the critical first two years of their teaching careers through continuing professional development in cross-experiential Noyce community of practitioners. To build and strengthen partnerships, the project will provide ambassadorship opportunities with CCC, such as peer tutoring. In addition, the project will offer two courses -- "Inquiry Approaches to Teaching and "Inquiry-based Lesson Design" -- that will enable students at NAU and CCC to explore teaching as a career path. Intellectual Merit rests in the use of quantitative and qualitative data to address evaluation questions that include: To what extent does the design and implementation of the induction program promote educational experiences that support effective mathematics and science instruction for all students? To what extent does the CCC Noyce Partnership broaden participation in mathematics/science teaching careers? What are the impacts of the partnership on the partners and their home institutions? What are the effects of participation in professional learning communities on teachers' mathematics and science instructional practice and professional growth?