Tribal College Faculty Professional Development Workshop

部落学院和大学方案(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为国家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领域追求富有挑战性和回报的职业的机会，提供在可能具有文化意义的领域进行研究的机会，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)计划资助研究和开发、实施和调查模式，以改变博士教育的博士论文阶段，博士后培训和/或在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)和/或STEM教育研究方面历史上代表性不足的少数民族(URM)的教师晋升。蒙大拿大学(UM)的这项提案的重点是发展部落机构的教师，因此他们也将能够支持他们的学生的需求。此外，密歇根大学继续建立和加强与蒙大拿部落学院的合作努力，这将为部落学生提供更多在密歇根大学进行研究的机会。蒙大拿大学将扩展一个成功的模式，为部落学院的教职员工提供与密歇根大学研究人员的合作和新的研究机会。部落学院(TC)教员将获得实地研究经验，以获得在平头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的实验室研究实践，他们的学生的需求，以及TC教员的知识、技能和能力。研究小组模式将继续加强教师网络，因为TC教师相互学习，并开始与密歇根大学的教师建立合作，以进行未来可能的研究讨论。研讨会将让TC教员在2018年夏天来密歇根大学校区和外国语学院一周，在随后的秋季和春季学期举行两次后续会议，并在2019年夏天参加针对经验丰富的TC教员的专业课程。将于2019年夏季为新的TC教员开发并提供一条平行轨道。

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.