Tribal College Faculty Professional Development Workshop

部落学院和大学计划（TCUP）的一个目标是提高为美国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的STEM教学和研究能力。在这些机构扩大STEM课程的范围，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性、回报丰厚的职业的机会，为可能具有文化意义的领域提供研究，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。研究生教育和教授联盟（AGEP）项目资助研究、开发、实施和调查模型，以改变科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）和/或STEM教育研究中历史上代表性不足的少数民族（urm）的博士教育、博士后培训和/或教师进步的论文阶段。蒙大拿大学（UM）提案的重点是发展部落机构的师资队伍，这样他们也能支持学生的需求。此外，澳门大学继续建立和加强与蒙大拿部落学院的合作努力，这可以为部落学生提供更多的机会在澳门大学做研究。蒙大拿大学将扩展其成功模式，提供部落学院教师与UM研究人员的合作和新的研究机会。部落学院（TC）的教师将获得实地研究经验，以获得在弗拉黑德湖生物站的各种研究机会，同时调查适合TC校园实验室基础设施，学生需求以及TC教师知识，技能和能力的实验室研究实践。研究小组模式将继续加强教师网络，因为TC的教师相互学习，并开始与UM的教师建立合作，以进行未来可能的研究讨论。研讨会将于2018年夏季邀请TC教师到澳大校园和FLBS进行为期一周的培训，并在随后的秋季和春季学期举行两次后续会议，并在2019年夏季参加经验丰富的TC教师的专门课程。将在2019年夏季为新的TC教师开发并提供平行课程。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the STEM instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program funds research and the development, implementation, and investigation of models to transform the dissertation phase of doctoral education, postdoctoral training and/or faculty advancement of historically underrepresented minorities (URMs) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and/or STEM education research. The focus of the proposal from the University of Montana (UM) is on developing faculty at tribal institutions, so they too will be able to support the needs of their students. In addition, UM continues to build and strengthen collaborative efforts with the Montana tribal colleges, which could provide more opportunities for tribal students to do research at UM. The University of Montana will expand upon a successful model to provide tribal college faculty collaboration with UM researchers and new research opportunities. Tribal college (TC) faculty will be provided field research experience to gain exposure to various research opportunities at the Flathead Lake Biological Station while investigating lab research practices that are appropriate for the TC's campus lab infrastructures, the needs of their students, and the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the TC faculty members. The research group model will continue to strengthen a faculty network as TC faculty learn from each other and begin establishing collaborations with UM faculty for future possible research discussion. The workshop will have TC faculty come to the UM campus and the FLBS for one week during the summer of 2018, have two follow up meetings during the subsequent fall and spring semesters, and participate in a specialized program for experienced TC faculty in the summer of 2019. A parallel track will be developed and provided for new TC faculty in the summer of 2019.