STEM Stars: Strengthening the STEM Teacher Pipeline in Metropolitan Chicago

罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划能力建设项目旨在解决芝加哥和周边大都市地区中学STEM教师短缺和代表不足的少数族裔STEM教师的差距问题。多米尼加大学(DU，一家位于芝加哥郊区的四年制私立拉美裔服务机构)将与Triton College(一家公立两年制拉美裔服务机构)合作，为潜在的STEM教师培训学生设计一条可复制的途径，从Triton转到DU。在Proviso Math and Science Academy和Benito Juarez社区学院的STEM教师的帮助下，对STEM领域的教学感兴趣的高中生将被开发一条平行的途径，这些高中拥有强大的STEM课程。来自杜克大学教育学院和其Rosary艺术与科学学院STEM系的教职员工将参加与Triton College STEM教职员工的研讨会，目标是在两个机构之间制定课程调整和衔接协议。来自数学和科学学院(郊区第209区公立学校的一部分)和贝尼托华雷斯社区学院(芝加哥的一所公立学校)的STEM教师，这两所学校都有很高的拉美裔入学率和强大的STEM课程，将与DU STEM和教育学教职员工开展发展伙伴关系的活动，如课堂演讲和校园访问。这些活动将提高对STEM教学作为成绩优异的高中生的职业选择的认识，并将DU作为他们可以追求这一职业道路的目的地大学。该项目旨在为后续的Noyce Track 1奖学金和津贴提案奠定基础，通过发展DU在STEM领域招收、招生和毕业各种学生的能力，这些学生也可以获得中学教师执照。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program capacity-building project aims to address the shortage of secondary STEM teachers and the disparity in underrepresented minority STEM teachers in Chicago and the surrounding metropolitan area. Dominican University (DU, a private, four-year Hispanic-serving institution in suburban Chicago) will partner with Triton College (a public, two-year Hispanic-serving institution) to design a replicable pathway for potential STEM teacher preparation students to transfer from Triton to DU. A parallel pathway for high school students interested in teaching careers in STEM fields will be developed, with the help of STEM teachers from Proviso Math and Science Academy and Benito Juarez Community Academy, high-needs high schools with strong STEM programs.Faculty members from DU's School of Education and the STEM departments in its Rosary College of Arts and Sciences will participate in workshops with Triton College STEM faculty members, with the goal of developing curricular alignment and articulation agreements between the two institutions. STEM teachers from the Proviso Math and Science Academy (part of the suburban Proviso Public School District 209) and the Benito Juarez Community Academy (a Chicago Public School), both of which have high Hispanic enrollments and strong STEM programs, will engage in partnership-developing activities such as classroom presentations and campus visits with DU STEM and Education faculty members. These activities will increase awareness of STEM teaching as a career option for high-achieving high school students, as well as DU as a destination university where they could pursue this career path. This project aims to lay the groundwork for a subsequent Noyce Track 1 Scholarships and Stipends proposal by developing DU's capacity to recruit, enroll, and graduate diverse students in STEM fields who could also pursue secondary teaching licensure.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.