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

在美国国家科学基金会罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目的资助下，德克萨斯大学格兰德河谷分校的这个项目将招募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。在该奖项的五年跨度，该项目将支持55名学者。在这个项目中，德克萨斯大学格兰德河谷分校将与南德克萨斯州的九个公立学区合作（麦卡伦独立学区，爱丁堡合并学区，南德克萨斯独立学区，哈林根合并学区，布朗斯维尔独立学区，使命合并独立学区，Sharyland独立学区，圣贝尼托合并独立学区，Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District附近的景点诺伊斯学者将有实习机会，这个项目有一个强大的评估计划，调查奖学金计划的成果。这个项目将准备科学和数学专业成为认证的高中科学和数学教师，然后在德克萨斯州南部的格兰德河山谷和周边地区的高需求学区任教。该项目将在德克萨斯州格兰德河谷大学管理，该大学是德克萨斯州南部联邦指定的西班牙裔服务机构，其27，000多名学生中有89%自认为是西班牙裔。 通过利用以公平为基础的课程，沿着已建立的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留住STEM教师的因素的理解，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响进行评估来支持审查标准。

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.