Educating the STEM Teacher: From Recruitment into Induction

在NSF Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划的资助下，北方亚利桑那大学（NAU）的一个团队与Coconino社区学院（CCC）和弗拉格斯塔夫联合学区合作，将招募和准备科学，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。领导团队将包括来自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，以及来自NAU教育学院的教师和CCC的教师。在诺伊斯计划先前资助的基础上，该项目每年将招募和培养10名新学者，总共50名新教师。每个学者将获得1年的奖学金支持，无论是作为NAUTeach计划的本科高年级学生，还是作为教学科学硕士（MAT-S）计划的学士后研究生。该项目将为完成STEM学士学位并获得教师认证的高年级学生以及参加MAT-S计划并获得教学认证的学士后数学和科学专业的学生发放奖学金。然后，项目团队将通过在实践者的跨经验诺伊斯社区的持续专业发展，在他们的教学生涯的关键的前两年支持学者。为了建立和加强伙伴关系，该项目将提供与社区合作委员会合作的机会，如同侪辅导。此外，该项目还将提供两门课程--“探究式教学方法”和“探究式课程设计”--使NAU和CCC的学生能够探索教学作为职业道路。智力价值在于使用定量和定性数据来解决评估问题，包括：在何种程度上的设计和实施的诱导程序促进教育经验，支持有效的数学和科学教学的所有学生？CCC Noyce合作伙伴关系在多大程度上扩大了数学/科学教学职业的参与？伙伴关系对合作伙伴及其本国机构有何影响？参与专业学习共同体对数学与科学教师的教学实践与专业成长有何影响？

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?