Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining STEM Teachers for Western Kansas

为堪萨斯州西部招聘、准备和留住 STEM 教师

• 批准号: 1758501
• 负责人: Paul Adams
• 金额: $ 145万
• 依托单位: Fort Hays State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1758501&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Recruiting; Preparing; Retaining; STEM; Teachers

Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining STEM Teachers for Western Kansas is a Noyce Track 1 Scholarships & Stipends project at Fort Hays State University. The project aims to place new teachers into rural high schools in Western Kansas, thus increasing the workforce for secondary STEM education. To accomplish this goal, the project will provide students with scholarships and develop curriculum materials to prepare them to be successful teachers in high needs, rural classrooms with high percentages of students eligible for free and reduced lunches (a poverty indicator). A key element of the curriculum will be a rural field experience planned in cooperation with the school districts through a regional service center, coupled with academic year seminars. The project will use a mentoring program for undergraduates and a professional development program for early teachers that will support both future and practicing teachers. Rural areas in Kansas have a critical shortage of STEM teachers. By supporting the pipeline of students from community college, through teacher certification, and placement into high-need rural areas of Western Kansas, this project will contribute to STEM workforce development.The project aims to recruit 33 undergraduates from five local community colleges (Dodge City, Garden City, Barton County, Colby, and Seward Community Colleges) to Fort Hays State University, where they will double major in secondary education and a STEM discipline. The project will also collaborate with the Southwest Plains Regional Service Center, which serves 34 rural school districts in Western Kansas. The service center will provide scholarship recipients with early experiences in rural schools and assist with student teaching placements. The project will provide scholarships and support activities to students through their undergraduate and post-baccalaureate year, intended to enable the students to become certified STEM teachers. The project focuses on research questions including: What recruiting practices for attracting STEM teachers to FHSU are most effective? What recruiting strategies attract more STEM teachers? What factors result in retaining STEM teachers once they enter the profession in a high needs rural area? What factors negatively impact retention in rural areas? Answers to these questions has potential value to other teacher education programs, particularly those focused on preparation of pre-service teachers for high-needs, rural schools.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.

为堪萨斯州西部招聘、准备和留住STEM教师是海斯堡州立大学的Noyce Track 1奖学金和津贴项目。该项目旨在将新教师安置到堪萨斯州西部的农村高中，从而增加中学STEM教育的劳动力。为了实现这一目标，该项目将为学生提供奖学金，并编写课程材料，使他们能够在高需求的农村教室中成为成功的教师，这些教室中有很高比例的学生有资格享受免费和减价午餐（一项贫困指标）。课程的一个关键要素将是通过区域服务中心与学区合作计划的农村实地体验，再加上学年研讨会。该项目将采用本科生指导计划和早期教师专业发展计划，为未来教师和在职教师提供支持。堪萨斯州农村地区严重缺乏STEM教师。通过支持社区大学的学生管道，通过教师认证和安置到堪萨斯州西部高需求的农村地区，该项目将有助于STEM劳动力的发展。该项目旨在从当地五所社区学院（道奇城、花园城、巴顿县、科尔比和苏厄德社区学院）招募33名本科生到海斯堡州立大学，在那里他们将在中学教育和STEM学科上双学位。该项目还将与西南平原地区服务中心合作，该中心为堪萨斯州西部的34个农村学区提供服务。该服务中心将为奖学金获得者提供农村学校的早期体验，并协助学生实习。该项目将为学生提供本科和本科后学年的奖学金和支持活动，旨在使学生成为合格的STEM教师。该项目关注的研究问题包括：吸引STEM教师到FHSU的招聘实践是最有效的？什么样的招聘策略能吸引更多STEM教师？在高需求的农村地区，是什么因素导致STEM教师进入这一职业？哪些因素会对农村地区的保留率产生负面影响？这些问题的答案对其他教师教育项目具有潜在的价值，特别是那些专注于为高需求的农村学校培养职前教师的项目。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。