Preparing Highly-Qualified STEM Teachers: Supporting Student-Centered Instruction

克里斯托弗纽波特大学（CNU）的罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划轨道1项目旨在帮助解决国家对有效STEM教师的需求。该项目的总体目标是招募和培训24名STEM专业的高素质教师，他们坚持自己的职业，并为高需求学校的教学挑战做好准备。除了课程，准备计划将包括早期的实地经验和在当地STEM学院实习。为期一年的指导经验将与每周一次的研讨会相结合，为第一年的教师提供指导和支持。该项目团队旨在通过在诺伊斯学者、他们的导师和他们的大学导师之间建立一个三角支持网络来解决教师保留问题。该项目建立在CNU和纽波特纽斯公立学校之间的现有合作伙伴关系的基础上，为24名获得STEM学科许可的新教师做好准备。被招收为本科生的学生将完成4 + 1硕士课程以获得执照。 在STEM领域合格的学士学位后将完成为期一年的教育硕士学位。该项目小组打算培训未来的教师利用对学生思维和学习的研究以及对他们经验的反思来开发和完善有效的以学生为中心的课程。 项目团队预计，这次培训将鼓励学者们在进入教师行业后不断改进他们的教学实践。该项目旨在通过调查准备计划的独特方面（例如，辅导活动和重点发展学生的思想和学习的理解）影响学者的准备。该项目的研究结果将通过期刊出版物和专业组织的演讲传播。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知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 1 project at Christopher Newport University (CNU) aims to help address the national need for effective STEM teachers. The overall goal of the project is to recruit and train twenty-four STEM majors to be highly-qualified teachers who persist in their profession and who are prepared for the challenges of teaching in high-need schools. In addition to coursework, the preparation program will include early field experiences and internships at local STEM academies. A yearlong mentoring experience will be paired with a weekly seminar to provide guidance and support to teachers in their first year. The project team aims to address teacher retention by creating a triangular support network between the Noyce Scholars, their mentor teachers, and their university mentors.This project builds on an existing partnership between CNU and Newport News Public Schools to prepare twenty-four new teachers who are licensed in STEM disciplines. Students who are recruited as undergraduates will complete a 4 + 1 master's program to gain licensure. Well-qualified post-baccalaureates in STEM fields will complete a one-year Master in Education degree. The project team intends to train the future teachers to use research on student thinking and learning and reflections on their experiences to develop and refine effective student-centered lessons. The project team anticipates that this training will encourage the Scholars to continually improve their instructional practices after they enter the teaching profession. The project intends to generate new knowledge by investigating how the unique aspects of the preparation program (e.g., the mentoring activities and the focus on developing an understanding of student thinking and learning) affect the preparedness of the Scholars. The findings from the project will be disseminated via journal publications and presentations at professional organizations.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.