Preparing STEM Master Teacher Fellows in the Greater New York City Area

这个诺伊斯轨道3项目在慈悲学院，西班牙裔服务机构，将响应在大纽约市地区发展高效的K-12数学和科学教师领导的迫切需要。慈悲学院将与萨拉劳伦斯学院中心的城市河流在贝扎克和纽约大学的坦顿工程学院。该项目将对纽约高需求伙伴学区（埃尔姆斯福德、新罗谢尔、奥西宁和扬克斯）的学生产生影响，他们将受益于来自代表性不足群体的高素质数学和科学教师领导。在六年的时间里，轨道3项目将准备14个在职的K-12数学和科学教师成为他们学校和地区的领导者。该项目的目标是培养K-12教师领导者，重点关注STEM中代表性不足的群体;改善K-12 STEM教学;提高对STEM教学法教师发展的理解;并提高对STEM教师专业学习社区的理解。该项目将培养以学生为中心的学习技能的STEM教师领导者，这些学习与现实世界的STEM问题有关，并以最佳实践为基础。因此，研究员将随时准备支持学生的成就和对STEM的兴趣，并带领其他教师改善课堂和学校的STEM教学。Mercy Fellows将参与一项密集的专业发展计划，其中包括STEM教育课程和与在教师专业发展方面表现卓越的合作机构的专业经验。项目合作伙伴包括位于Beczak的萨拉劳伦斯学院城市河流中心，这是一个专注于环境教育和当地联系的非营利组织。合作伙伴将为Mercy Noyce项目提供丰富的活动和教师专业知识。研究员将受益于教师指导，双月会议，领导力项目的资金，并收到工资补贴。这些支持将准备研究员在他们的高需求学校和学区实施高质量的STEM教育实践。 该项目将提高教师在学校内担任STEM领导角色的能力。通过STEM和Mercy College教育教师的频繁联系和指导，项目负责人将通过STEM教育课程，领导力项目和专业工作介绍来指导研究员。项目活动将与有效的专业发展和经验的标志保持一致，以留住高需求学区的教师。该项目的一个主要组成部分是垂直专业学习社区（PLC），将支持基于标准的教学。收集的数据将为STEM教学法培训的影响提供信息，这些培训利用这些社区来制定最佳做法，包括旨在招募和吸引传统上代表性不足的STEM群体的最佳做法。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。

This Noyce Track 3 project at Mercy College, a Hispanic Serving Institution, will respond to the critical need for developing highly effective K-12 mathematics and science teacher leaders in the greater New York City area. Mercy College will partner with Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak and New York University's Tandon School of Engineering. The project will have an impact on students in high-need partner school districts in New York (Elmsford, New Rochelle, Ossining and Yonkers), who will benefit by having highly-qualified mathematics and science teacher leaders from underrepresented groups. Over a six-year period, the Track 3 project will prepare 14 in-service K-12 teachers of mathematics and science to become leaders in their school and district. The project's goals are to develop K-12 teacher leaders, with a focus on groups who are underrepresented in STEM; improve K-12 STEM instruction; increase understanding of teacher development for STEM pedagogy; and enhance understanding of Professional Learning Communities for STEM Faculty. The project will prepare STEM teacher leaders skilled in student-centered learning tied to real-world STEM issues and grounded in best practices. As a result, Fellows will be ready to support student achievement and interest in STEM and lead other teachers in improving STEM teaching and learning in their classrooms and schools. Mercy Fellows will engage in an intensive professional development program that includes STEM education coursework and professional experiences with partner institutions who have demonstrated excellence in teacher professional development. Project partners include the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak, a nonprofit focused on environmental education and local connections. Partners will contribute enrichment activities and faculty expertise to the Mercy Noyce project. Fellows will benefit from faculty mentoring, bi-monthly meetings, funding for leadership projects, and receipt of salary supplements. These supports will prepare Fellows to implement high-quality STEM education practices in their high-need school and school district. The project will enhance teachers' ability to take on STEM leadership roles within their schools. With frequent contact and mentoring by STEM and education faculty at Mercy College, project leaders will guide Fellows through STEM education coursework, leadership projects, and professional presentations of their work. Project activities will be well-aligned with hallmarks of effective professional development and experiences to retain teachers in high-need school districts. A major component of the project is the vertical Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that will support standards-based instruction. Data collected will inform the impacts of STEM pedagogy training using these communities to develop best practices, including those designed to recruit and engage traditionally underrepresented groups in STEM. Faculty collaboration across STEM and education departments and participation in PLCs will be examined to determine how they can best support STEM education coursework.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.