Developing STEM Master Teachers to Lead Digital Conversion in K-12 Schools

培养 STEM 名师引领 K-12 学校数字化转型

• 批准号: 1758243
• 负责人: Cynthia Callard
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: University of Rochester
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1758243&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; STEM; Master; Teachers; Lead

This Noyce Track 3 Master Teaching Fellowship project seeks to address the growing national need for mathematics and science teachers who are equipped to provide instruction in digitally-rich classrooms. It builds upon previous work at the University of Rochester to develop teacher leaders. It also takes advantage of a newly formed Consortium of the University of Rochester and several school districts in upstate New York, that are working together toward district-wide digital conversion. The project will develop a group of teacher leaders, known as Master Teaching Fellows, to guide district-wide digital conversion efforts in high-need school districts. Digital conversion is a comprehensive process that that provides each student with a tablet or laptop computer and uses these computers to enhance student learning. Each Fellow will engage in a five-year program involving 41 credit hours of graduate coursework accompanied by related mentored experiences. Completion of this program will lead to an Advanced Certificate in Digitally-Rich Teaching in K-12 Schools, which is approved by the New York State Education Department. In addition, the Master Teaching Fellows will receive annual salary supplements, as they persist as classroom teachers who demonstrate effective use of digital resources. Through its project evaluation, the project will generate knowledge about how to prepare teacher leaders who can support implementation of high-quality, technology-enriched STEM instruction by others.Twenty experienced and exemplary mathematics and science teachers with master's degrees will be recruited from six high-need, small school districts (including three primarily rural districts) that are members of the Western New York Digital Conversion Consortium. This project will capitalize on the long-standing partnership established in previous Master Teaching Fellow projects between the University of Rochester (through its Warner School of Education and STEM departments), the Geneva City School District, the Newark Central School District, and the non-profit Rochester Museum & Science Center. It will also add new partners: East Irondequoit Central School District, a local pioneer in digital conversion, and three additional high-need rural districts from the Consortium (Dansville, Penn Yan, and Auburn). With more rigorous learning standards and the challenge of integrating new technology with instruction, it is imperative that researchers and practitioners collaborate to develop deep understanding of what is needed to achieve the full potential of digitally-rich teaching to improve student achievement, especially in STEM. This project will contribute evidence to the STEM education community about preparation of STEM teacher leaders to integrate digital resources into instruction, to lead their districts in digital conversion efforts, and to use technology to improve STEM instruction and increase student engagement. This program for the preparation of "digitally-rich STEM master teachers" has the potential to serve as a replicable model by other universities in the future.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

诺伊斯 Track 3 硕士教学奖学金项目旨在满足全国对数学和科学教师日益增长的需求，这些教师有能力在数字丰富的课堂上提供教学。 它建立在罗切斯特大学之前培养教师领导者的工作的基础上。 它还利用了罗切斯特大学和纽约州北部几个学区新成立的联盟的优势，该联盟正在共同努力实现全学区的数字转换。 该项目将培养一批被称为“大师级教学研究员”的教师领导者，以指导高需求学区的全区数字转换工作。 数字转换是一个综合过程，为每个学生提供平板电脑或笔记本电脑，并使用这些计算机来增强学生的学习。 每位研究员将参加为期五年的课程，包括 41 个学分的研究生课程以及相关的指导经验。 完成该课程将获得纽约州教育部批准的 K-12 学校数字丰富教学高级证书。 此外，大师级教学研究员将获得年薪补贴，因为他们坚持担任课堂教师，展示了数字资源的有效利用。 通过项目评估，该项目将产生关于如何培养能够支持其他人实施高质量、技术丰富的 STEM 教学的教师领导者的知识。将从属于纽约西部数字转换联盟成员的六个高需求小型学区（包括三个主要农村学区）招募 20 名经验丰富、堪称典范的数学和科学教师，拥有硕士学位。 该项目将利用罗切斯特大学（通过其华纳教育学院和 STEM 系）、日内瓦城市学区、纽瓦克中央学区以及非营利性罗切斯特博物馆和科学中心之间在之前的硕士教学研究员项目中建立的长期合作伙伴关系。 它还将增加新的合作伙伴：East Irondequoit Central School District（当地数字转换先驱），以及该联盟的另外三个高需求农村地区（丹斯维尔（Dansville）、彭延（Penn Yan）和奥本（Auburn））。 面对更加严格的学习标准以及将新技术与教学相结合的挑战，研究人员和从业者必须合作，深入了解如何充分发挥数字化教学的潜力，以提高学生的成绩，尤其是在 STEM 领域。 该项目将为 STEM 教育界提供证据，帮助 STEM 教师领导者做好准备，将数字资源整合到教学中，领导所在学区进行数字化转换工作，并利用技术改进 STEM 教学并提高学生参与度。 这一培养“数字丰富的 STEM 大师级教师”的计划有可能成为其他大学未来可复制的模式。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。