VolsTeach for Appalachia: Strengthening the STEM Teacher Pathway from Community College to East Tennessee High-need School Districts

阿巴拉契亚 VolsTeach：加强从社区学院到田纳西州东部高需求学区的 STEM 教师之路

基本信息

批准号：
1758325
负责人：
Lynn Hodge
金额：
$ 144.5万
依托单位：
University of Tennessee Knoxville
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：
2018-08-01 至 2024-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1758325&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
VolsTeach Appalachia Strengthening STEM Teacher

项目摘要

This project, referred to as VolsTeach for Appalachia (VFA), is a Robert Noyce Track 1 project at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The project aims to help meet the national need for new STEM teachers who can serve in diverse rural school settings. To accomplish this goal, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will collaborate with Pellissippi State Community College (PSCC) will and five East Tennessee school districts (Anderson County, Campbell County, Claiborne County, Lenoir Count, and Sevier County). The goal of VFA is to grow and diversify the STEM teacher workforce by supporting community college students to become STEM teachers. Located in the heart of Appalachia, the East Tennessee region is experiencing a persistent shortage in mathematics and science teachers that is increasingly compounded by many retiring teachers. VFA will support 32 high-potential Noyce Appalachian Scholars, recruited from PSCC, as they become STEM teachers. Scholars will devote at least their first four years of teaching to high-need school districts. VFA aims to accomplish this goal by recruiting students and providing them with summer internships, enhanced coursework, academic supports, and out-of-classroom experiences. The research results and lessons learned from this project will be shared nationally to help address the need for highly prepared STEM teachers who will teach and inspire the next generation of STEM professionals and problem solvers. By effectively connecting University of Tennessee with PSCC faculty, VFA aims to select community college students as Noyce Appalachian Scholars, and support them to complete a bachelor's degree in a STEM major with a minor in education and receive a teaching certification. Scholars will complete the program under the guidance of master teachers, STEM faculty, and STEM education faculty. VFA's recruitment plan will include delivery of a STEM Teaching and Learning course at PSCC, along with a four-week summer internship that aims to inspire first-year students' love of STEM teaching. VFA's program development will include refocusing coursework to support learning about Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Additional program supports for Scholars will include academic coaches, supplemental instruction, transfer coaches, content area advisors, education advisors, and out-of-classroom experiences. Scholars will receive scholarship support for two years, along with community learning and building and tailored supports. VFA aims to contribute to the knowledge base about teacher preparation, recruitment, and retention, especially in high-need school districts. The project's research components will focus on: (1) identity in relation to culturally responsive teaching; and (2) the study of the VFA model of STEM teacher preparation. Such research has the potential to inform coursework design and resources that support preservice teachers' learning of and identification with culturally relevant pedagogy. Project outcomes and research results will be disseminated statewide and nationally in publications, conference presentations, and other communications.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.

该项目被称为阿巴拉契亚（VFA）的Volsteach，是田纳西大学诺克斯维尔大学的Robert Noyce Track 1项目。该项目旨在帮助满足可以在各种农村学校环境中服务的新STEM教师的国家需求。为了实现这一目标，田纳西大学诺克斯维尔大学将与佩里西皮州立社区学院（PSCC）威尔和五个东田纳西学区（安德森县，坎贝尔县，克莱伯恩县，莱诺尔计数和塞维尔县）合作。 VFA的目的是通过支持社区大学生成为STEM老师来发展和多样化STEM教师员工。东田纳西州位于阿巴拉契亚州的心脏地带，正经历数学和科学老师的持续短缺，许多退休教师越来越复杂。 VFA将支持32名高潜力的Noyce Appalachian学者，并从PSCC招募，因为他们成为STEM老师。学者们至少将他们的前四年教学致力于高需求的学区。 VFA的目的是通过招募学生并为他们提供暑期实习，增强的课程，学术支持和教室室外体验来实现这一目标。从该项目中学到的研究结果和经验教训将在全国范围内分享，以帮助满足备受准备的STEM教师的需求，这些老师将教授和激发下一代的STEM专业人员和问题解决者。通过有效地将田纳西大学与PSCC教师联系起来，VFA旨在选择社区大学生作为Noyce Appalachian学者，并支持他们在STEM专业的教育专业的STEM专业中获得学士学位，并获得教育的未成年人并获得教学认证。学者将在硕士教师，STEM教师和STEM教育教师的指导下完成该计划。 VFA的招聘计划将包括在PSCC上提供STEM教学课程，以及为期四周的夏季实习，旨在激发一年级学生对STEM教学的热爱。 VFA的计划开发将包括重新关注课程，以支持学习与文化相关的教学法。为学者提供的其他计划支持将包括学术教练，补充教练，转移教练，内容领域顾问，教育顾问和教室外的经验。学者将获得两年的奖学金支持，以及社区学习和建筑和量身定制的支持。 VFA旨在为教师准备，招聘和保留的知识基础做出贡献，尤其是在高需求的学区。该项目的研究组成部分将重点关注：（1）与文化响应式教学有关的身份；（2）研究STEM教师准备的VFA模型。这样的研究有可能为课程设计和资源提供信息，以支持职前教师对文化相关的教学法的学习和认同。项目成果和研究结果将在全州和全国范围内在出版物，会议演讲和其他沟通中传播。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。