Carver Teaching Initiative Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Teaching Professionals through Internships, Recruitment, and Engagement

高素质的数学和科学教师数量少是一个持续的全国性挑战。美国数学和科学教师与学生之间的种族和民族不匹配加剧了这一挑战。尽管44%的美国K-12学生是非白人，但美国数学和科学教师中只有8%是非白人。印第安纳大学、普渡大学、印第安纳波利斯大学试图通过Robert Noyce Track 1项目、Carver教学计划通过实习、招聘和参与(CTI Inspire)激励下一代STEM教学专业人员来应对这一挑战。CTI Inspire旨在：(A)通过向成绩优异的STEM专业提供90个STEM研究性教学实习机会，增加STEM优秀专业的现有人才库，并使之多样化；(B)通过向25个成绩优异的STEM专业提供两年制奖学金，增加获得二级认证的STEM毕业生人数；以及(C)通过向毕业生提供新的教师上岗计划激励，增加从事新教师入职培训的应届毕业生人数。该项目将由印第安纳大学普渡大学印第安纳波利斯分校、常春藤科技社区学院、派克镇大都会学区、劳伦斯镇大都会学区和芒西社区学校合作完成。作为暑期实习生和奖学金获得者参加CTI Inspire奖学金计划的本科生STEM将(A)完成为期六周的STEM暑期教学实习，在城市环境中与高需求的K-12学生；(B)与STEM和STEM教育学院建立持续的指导关系；(C)与来自合作地区的实践教师一起参加半年一次的专业发展研讨会；以及(D)积极参与专业教学协会。通过CTI Inspire培训的教师将接受使用具有社会变革作用的STEM教学法的培训，其目的是激发少数族裔STEM学习者的STEM兴趣，并在非少数族裔STEM学习者中培养文化意识。最后，CTI Inspire奖学金项目形成的见解将通过地区、国家和国际研究和实践者会议以及通过在STEM和STEM教育期刊上发表与STEM教师教育工作者分享。这些传播努力将使其他STEM教师教育工作者能够复制成功的方法，避免不成功的方法。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。

The low number of highly qualified mathematics and science teachers is an ongoing national challenge. This challenge is exacerbated by the racial and ethnic mismatch between the nation's mathematics and science teachers and the nation's students. Although 44% of US K-12 students are non-white, only 8% of US mathematics and science teachers are non-white. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis seeks to address this challenge through the Robert Noyce Track 1 project, Carver Teaching Initiative Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Teaching Professionals through Internships, Recruitment, and Engagement (CTI Inspire). CTI Inspire aims to: (a) increase and diversify the available pool of high-achieving STEM majors who consider STEM teaching, by providing 90 STEM research teaching internships to high achieving, STEM majors; (b) increase and diversify the number of STEM graduates with secondary certification, by providing two-year scholarships for 25 high-achieving STEM majors; and (c) increase the number of new graduates who engage in new teacher induction, by providing new teacher induction program incentives to graduates. This project will be a collaboration between Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College, Metropolitan School District of Pike Township, Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township, and Muncie Community Schools. The undergraduate STEM majors participating in the CTI Inspire scholarship program as summer interns and scholarship recipients will (a) complete a six-week STEM summer teaching internship with high-need K-12 students in urban settings; (b) build ongoing mentoring relationships with STEM and STEM education faculty; (c) participate in semiannual professional development seminars with practicing teachers from partnering districts; and (d) actively engage in professional teaching associations. Teachers prepared through CTI Inspire will be trained in use of socially transformative STEM pedagogy, which aims to stimulate STEM interest among minority STEM learners and build cultural awareness among non-minority STEM learners. Finally, insights developed from the CTI Inspire scholarship program will be shared with STEM teacher educators through regional, national, and international research and practitioner conferences and through publication in STEM and STEM education journals. These dissemination efforts will position other STEM teacher educators to replicate successful approaches and to avoid unsuccessful approaches.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.