Noyce Scholarships to Prepare Teachers for Culturally Congruent Science and Mathematics Education of Native American Students

Salish Kootenai学院的Noyce Track 1项目旨在解决整个蒙大拿州美洲原住民社区数学和科学教师严重短缺的问题。 该项目将提供奖学金和津贴，以支持20名数学和科学专业的学生成为高需求中学的合格教师。这些未来的教师将主要是美国原住民学生或附近的平头印第安人保留地。 该项目还将提供本科生实习机会，以增加将进入K-12教学作为职业的数学和科学专业的人数。此外，它将发展结构，帮助新教师茁壮成长，并坚持在教学专业。 该项目将建立在一个成功的美洲土著教师准备模式，重点是专业精神和教学实践。该项目将与萨利希和库特奈部落和长老、平头保留区学区和非正规教育机构的教育工作者合作，通过邀请未得到充分服务的学习者的经验和观点进入数学和科学课堂，有可能改善学习。这种伙伴关系将为本科职前教师提供支持，因为他们开发文化一致的教学实践。 该项目还将通过新教师的上岗培训来支持诺伊斯的接受者。这种支持将包括项目工作人员的课堂访问、专业发展、专业学习社区会议、在线讨论和行政支持。 该项目可以提供新的知识，说明教师如何做好准备，以满足得不到充分服务的学生的需要。 它还旨在为所有学生的更高科学成就做出贡献，因为项目毕业生与他们所属的专业学习社区的同事一起示范了以STEM为重点的公平和访问教学法的应用。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。

Salish Kootenai College's Noyce Track 1 project aims to address the critical shortage of mathematics and science teachers from Native American communities throughout Montana. The project will provide scholarships and stipends to support the preparation of 20 mathematics and science majors to become licensed teachers in high-need secondary schools. These prospective teachers will mostly be Native American students on or near the Flathead Indian Reservation. The project will also provide undergraduate internships to increase the number of mathematics and science majors who will enter K-12 teaching as a career. Additionally, it will develop structures that help new teachers to thrive and persist in the teaching profession. The project will build on a successful Native American teacher preparation model that focuses on professionalism and teaching practices. This approach has the potential to improve learning by inviting the experiences and perspectives of under-served learners into mathematics and science classrooms.This project will partner with the Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Elders, Flathead Reservation School Districts, and educators in informal educational settings. This partnership will provide support for undergraduate pre-service teachers as they develop culturally congruent instructional practices. The project will also support Noyce recipients through induction as new teachers. This support will include classroom visits by project staff, professional development, professional learning community meetings, online discussions, and administrative support. The project can contribute new knowledge about the ways teachers are prepared to meet the needs of underserved students. It also aims to contribute to higher science achievement for all students, as project graduates model the application STEM-focused equity and access pedagogy with colleagues in the professional learning communities to which they belong.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.