Transforming Rural Communities: Virtual Instructional Coaching in Afterschool and Library Programs

农村社区转型：课后和图书馆项目中的虚拟教学辅导

• 批准号: 1713134
• 负责人: Sue Allen
• 金额: $ 187.41万
• 依托单位: Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1713134&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transforming; Rural; Communities; Virtual; Instructional

As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds innovative research, approaches and resources for use in a variety of settings. The project will derive a nationwide online coaching/mentoring program for out of school educators in rural settings. The program builds on a Noyce Foundation pilot project. The issue to be addressed is that educators in rural settings are challenged in a multitude of ways due to isolation. This project will try to find ways to alleviate some of the consequences of isolation through resource sharing, knowledge sharing, and unique techniques for communicating with students. Partners in this effort are the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, the National AfterSchool Association, Development Without Limits, and the Maine State Library.By using widely-available technologies, this project will bring fully online instructional coaching in STEM to out-of-school educators who live too remotely to attend ongoing in-person workshops. The project team will achieve this by adapting a highly promising coaching program where groups of educators video-record their own work with youth, practice key skills, and meet regularly to discuss their work. The project will: (a) test technical challenges to achieve fully virtual implementation; (b) design and adapt a specific STEM-skill curriculum to align with different levels of need; (c) customize the model to work with rural librarians; and (d) integrate the work into existing state and national accreditation systems.

作为加强非正式环境中学习的总体战略的一部分，推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）项目资助了用于各种环境的创新研究、方法和资源。该项目将为农村地区的校外教育工作者推出一个全国性的在线辅导/指导计划。该项目建立在诺伊斯基金会的一个试点项目之上。需要解决的问题是，农村地区的教育工作者由于与世隔绝而在许多方面受到挑战。这个项目将试图通过资源共享、知识共享和与学生交流的独特技术，找到减轻孤立的一些后果的方法。这项工作的合作伙伴是缅因州数学和科学联盟、全国课后协会、无限发展和缅因州州立图书馆。通过使用广泛可用的技术，该项目将为居住在偏远地区而无法参加现场研讨会的校外教育工作者提供完全在线的STEM教学指导。项目团队将通过采用一项非常有前途的指导计划来实现这一目标，在该计划中，教育者们将自己对年轻人的工作进行录像，练习关键技能，并定期会面讨论他们的工作。该项目将：(a)测试技术挑战，以实现完全的虚拟实施；(b)设计和调整特定的stem技能课程，以配合不同层次的需要；(c)定制与农村图书馆员合作的模式；(d)将工作整合到现有的州和国家认证系统中。

项目成果

Virtual Coaching PLCs In and Out of School

校内校外虚拟辅导 PLC

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Connected science learning
• 作者: Cook, K.;Lakin, H.;Allen, S.;Byrd, S.;Nickerson, B.;Kastelein, K.
• 通讯作者: Kastelein, K.

Formative assessment of STEM activities in afterschool and summer programs.

对课外活动和暑期项目中的 STEM 活动进行形成性评估。

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Connected science learning
• 作者: Sneider, C.;Allen, S.
• 通讯作者: Allen, S.

Sustainability, Spread, and Shift: Developing a Professional Learning Program for Out-of-School Educators With Scale-Up in Mind

可持续性、传播和转变：为校外教育工作者制定专业学习计划并考虑扩大规模

• DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2021.675233
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Frontiers in Education
• 影响因子: 2.3
• 作者: Peterman, Karen;Robertson Evia, Jane;Allen, Sue;Byrd, Scott C.;Nickerson, Brittney;Kastelein, Kate
• 通讯作者: Kastelein, Kate