Integrated Mathematics and Science Teacher Recruitment, Preparation, and Induction Pathway for the Central California Coastal Region

在Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划（Noyce）的支持下，本项目旨在满足国家招聘、培养和留住优秀数学和科学教师的需求。该项目的总体目标是加强高中的数学和科学教育，为教育和经济上处于不利地位的学生提供服务。通过提供Noyce奖学金，该机构的教师资格证书计划可以提供延长的学生教学和课程，研究表明这可以支持长期，成功的教学事业。预计奖学金支持将使未来的教师能够在加州大学圣克鲁斯分校完成为期一年的教师准备课程。该项目将把未来的教师与经验丰富的教师导师配对，他们将共同开展项目，以改善教师所在学校的学生教学。此外，该项目还将为科学和工程专业人士提供为期一周的初中和高中强化实习机会。这次实习有望增加他们从事教学事业的兴趣。这个为期五年的项目涉及五个地区高需求学区，三所加州社区学院（萨利纳斯的哈特内尔学院，圣克鲁斯县的卡布里洛学院和圣何塞的圣何塞城市学院），以及加州大学圣克鲁斯分校的科学和教育学院。项目团队将完善和调整教师招聘、准备、入职和留用流程，以提高加州中部沿海地区高需求学区的教师效率和留用率。该项目旨在为33名新的STEM大学毕业生或有经验的STEM专业人员提供奖学金。该奖学金将支持学者完成加州大学圣克鲁斯分校的硕士/教学证书课程。未来的教师将通过在合作社区大学的暑期教学实习培养专业技能和信心。该项目的研究结果将有助于了解如何在为不同背景（包括种族/文化、语言和学习偏好）的学生服务的学校中，为各种背景的教师做好准备，使他们取得成功和满意。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为高需求学区有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富的模范K-12 STEM教师成为STEM大师教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12教师的持久性、留任性和有效性的研究。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。

With support from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce), this Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project aims to serve the national need of recruiting, preparing, and retaining exemplary mathematics and science teachers. The project's overarching goal is to strengthen mathematics and science education in high schools that serve educationally and economically disadvantaged students. Through offering Noyce scholarships, the institution's teacher credential program can provide extended student teaching and coursework, which research indicates can support long-term, successful teaching careers. Scholarship support is expected to enable prospective teachers to complete the one-year teacher preparation program at the University of California (UC), Santa Cruz. The project will pair prospective teachers with experienced teacher-mentors, who will work together on projects to improve student teaching and learning in the teacher's school. Additionally, the project will offer science and engineering professionals a one-week, intensive internship in middle and high schools. This internship is expected to increase their interest in pursuing a teaching career.The five-year project involves five regional high-need school districts, three California community colleges (Hartnell College in Salinas, Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz County, and San Jose City College in San Jose), and science and education faculty from UC Santa Cruz. The project team will refine and align teacher recruitment, preparation, induction, and retention processes to improve teacher effectiveness and retention in high-need school districts in the central California coastal region. The project intends to provide scholarships to 33 new college STEM graduates or experienced STEM professionals. The scholarships will support the Scholar's completion of the combined MA/teaching credential program at UC Santa Cruz. Prospective teachers will develop professional skills and confidence through summer teaching internships at partner community colleges. The project's research results will contribute to understanding how to prepare teachers of all backgrounds for success and satisfaction in schools that serve students with diverse backgrounds, including race/culture, language, and learning preferences. The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 teachers in high-need school districts.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.