Supporting the Preparation of Science and Mathematics Teachers in Rural South Texas

在国家科学基金会罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目的资助下，德克萨斯大学里奥格兰德山谷的这个项目将招聘科学和数学专业的本科生，并为他们成为中学科学和数学教师做好准备。在该奖项的五年时间里，该项目将支持55名学者。在该项目中，德克萨斯大学格兰德河谷分校将与南得克萨斯州的九个公立学区(麦卡伦独立学区、爱丁堡综合学区、南得克萨斯综合学区、哈林根综合学区、布朗斯维尔独立学区、教会综合独立学区、夏兰兰独立学区、圣贝尼托综合独立学区和洛斯弗雷斯诺综合独立学区)合作。诺伊斯学者将有实习机会，该项目有一个强有力的评估计划来调查奖学金计划的结果。该项目将培养科学和数学专业的学生成为合格的高中科学和数学教师，然后他们将在南得克萨斯州里奥格兰德山谷及其周边地区的高需求学区任教。该项目将在德克萨斯大学格兰德河谷管理，这是一所位于德克萨斯州南部的联邦政府指定的拉美裔服务机构，其27,000多名学生中有89%自认为是拉美裔。通过利用以公平为基础的课程，以及已建立的UTeach模式的其他优势，该项目有可能增加对有助于成功招聘和保留STEM教师的因素的理解，特别是那些服务于以西班牙裔为主的人口的教师。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。

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, this project at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will recruit undergraduate majors in science and mathematics and prepare them to become secondary science and mathematics teachers. Over the five-year span of the award, the project will support 55 scholars. In this project, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will collaborate with nine public school districts in South Texas (McAllen Independent School District, Edinburg Consolidated School District, South Texas Independent School District, Harlingen Consolidated School District, Brownsville Independent School District, Mission Consolidated Independent School District, Sharyland Independent School District, San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, and Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District). Noyce Scholars will have internship opportunities, and this project has a strong evaluation plan to investigate the outcomes of the scholarship program.This project will prepare science and mathematics majors to become certified high school science and mathematics teachers who will then teach in high-need school districts in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and surrounding areas. This project will be administered at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, a federally designated Hispanic-serving Institution in South Texas with 89% of its more than 27,000 students self-identifying as Hispanic. By leveraging a curriculum grounded in equity, along with other strengths of the established UTeach model, this project has the potential to increase understanding of factors that contribute to successful recruitment and retention of STEM teachers, particularly those serving in largely Hispanic populations.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.