Noyce Ambassadors Program

莫洛伊学院的Track 1 Noyce大使计划旨在增加纽约长岛地区STEM教师（特别是双语STEM教师）的数量。增加双语和代表性不足的STEM教师的数量可能会提高学生的表现，并导致高中毕业的学生更加多样化，他们攻读STEM专业，要么教STEM，要么在STEM领域工作。随着大部分教师接近退休年龄，预计莫洛伊周边地区对STEM教师的需求将会增加。此外，双语教师的需求量很大，因为莫洛伊附近县的英语学习者(ELLs)/多语言学习者（mll）是一个稳步增长的亚人口，占该州所有ELLs/ mll的14%。Noyce大使计划的目标是培养新认证的STEM教师，其中三分之二来自代表性不足的背景，第一代大学生和/或双语。Noyce大使计划将包括各种活动，以招募优秀的STEM学生，并激励他们成为高需求学区的教师。活动包括为期两周的介绍性研究新兵训练营，其中一周在莫洛伊学院校园举行，另一周在拿骚社区学院（NCC）校园举行。在这个研究训练营中，学生将向教师和在职教师学习。一旦被录取，诺伊斯大使将参加两个暑期实习经历，一个在莫洛伊的校园，另一个在莫洛伊的环境研究和沿海海洋监测中心（CERCOM）现场站。CERCOM野外站致力于马蹄蟹的圈养繁殖，探索全球沿海环境和近岸海洋，并通过数据分析解释这些环境。这些经历将向Noyce大使展示如何在现实问题的背景下应用和教授STEM概念。在学年期间，诺伊斯大使将完成密集的课程和基于学校的实地体验，为他们成为高效的教师做准备。Molloy还将提供专业发展，以支持Noyce大使完成他们的教学要求。Noyce大使项目旨在培养18名新的STEM教师，并将招收数学、生物或地球与环境科学专业的学生。Molloy将与NCC合作招收高中和社区大学的学生。通过这种伙伴关系，该项目旨在培养未来的STEM学生和教师，以及潜在的Noyce大使。莫洛伊和NCC还将与四个地方教育机构合作：拿骚县的自由港和尤宁代尔学区，萨福克县的布伦特伍德和阿米蒂维尔学区。这些机构将作为临床教学经验的场所。该项目将进行一项研究，以评估旨在维持每个诺伊斯大使在课堂上的战略的有效性。本研究旨在通过深入了解哪些支持和活动是最有效的，为什么教师选择离开高需求的教学环境，以及哪些学术技能和经验可以提高STEM教师的保留率，从而使STEM教学和教育社区受益。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

The Track 1 Noyce Ambassadors Program at Molloy College seeks to increase the number of STEM teachers (particularly bilingual STEM teachers) in the Long Island, New York area. Increasing the number of bilingual and underrepresented STEM teachers may improve student performance as well as lead to a more diverse pool of students graduating from high school, pursuing STEM majors, and either teaching STEM or working in a STEM field. The need for STEM teachers in the areas surrounding Molloy is expected to increase as a large percentage of current teachers approach retirement age. Further, bilingual teachers are in high demand as English Language Learners (ELLs)/Multilingual Learners (MLLs) in Molloy's nearby counties are a steadily growing subpopulation, accounting for 14% of all ELLs/MLLs in the state. The goal of the Noyce Ambassadors Program is to produce newly certified STEM teachers, with two-thirds from underrepresented backgrounds, first-generation college students, and/or bilingual. The Noyce Ambassadors Program will include a variety of activities to recruit high-achieving STEM students and inspire them to become teachers in high needs school districts. Activities include a two-week introductory research boot camp held for one week on Molloy's campus and for one week on Nassau Community College's (NCC) campus. At this research boot camp, students will learn from faculty as well as in-service teachers. Once admitted into the program, the Noyce Ambassadors will participate in two summer internship experiences, one on Molloy's campus and another at Molloy's Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring (CERCOM) field station. The CERCOM field station is dedicated to the captive breeding of horseshoe crabs, exploration of global coastal environments and nearshore oceans, and interpretation of these environments through data analysis. These experiences will show the Noyce Ambassadors how to apply and teach STEM concepts in the context of real-life problems. During the academic year, the Noyce Ambassadors will complete an intensive curriculum and school-based field experiences that are tailored to prepare them to be highly effective teachers. Molloy will also provide professional development to support Noyce Ambassadors as they complete their teaching requirements.The Noyce Ambassadors Program aims to produce 18 new STEM teachers, and will recruit students majoring in mathematics, biology or earth and environmental science. Molloy will collaborate with NCC to recruit high school and community college students. Through this partnership, the project aims to form a pipeline of future STEM students and teachers, as well as potential Noyce Ambassadors. Molloy and NCC will also collaborate with four Local Education Agencies: Freeport and Uniondale school districts in Nassau County, and Brentwood and Amityville school districts in Suffolk County. These agencies will serve as sites for clinical teaching experiences. This project will conduct a research study to assess effectiveness of strategies that are intended to sustain each Noyce Ambassador in the classroom. This research seeks to benefit the STEM teaching and education communities by providing insight into what supports and activities are most effective, why teachers opt to leave high-needs teaching settings, and what academic skills and experiences lead to higher teacher retention in STEM.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.