Preparing Teachers to Integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math in Elementary Classrooms

让教师做好在小学课堂中整合科学、技术、工程和数学的准备

• 批准号: 1852724
• 负责人: Kristin Rainville
• 金额: $ 119.99万
• 依托单位: Sacred Heart University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-15 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852724&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Teachers; Integrate; Science; Technology

With support from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce), this Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project aims to develop highly-qualified teachers to fill shortages of STEM teachers in high-need elementary schools in Connecticut. Specifically, the project will educate, graduate, and place 18 new, certified teachers into high-need schools in Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Stratford school districts. The Scholars will earn a Bachelor of Science degree in STEM and a Master of Arts in Teaching, to prepare them to be highly effective teachers of science-, math-, and technology-related subjects to elementary students. In addition to scholarship support, the project will provide Scholars with service learning opportunities in high-need elementary schools to promote community engagement, and early and ongoing mentoring and professional development to promote retention. By emphasizing recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds, the project has the potential to broaden participation within the Connecticut teacher workforce.The project has three goals: 1) to increase the number of highly qualified STEM teachers who are teaching in a high-need elementary school; 2) to retain the Noyce scholars until graduation and certification; 3) to support the Noyce scholars to meet their teaching commitment in a high-need district; 4) and to increase the effectiveness of these STEM teachers through a revised education curriculum and engagement in service learning and inquiry-based research experiences. To meet these goals, the project has developed a strong collaboration between the University and the Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Stratford School Districts. The Scholars will be recruited from prospective and matriculated first-year and transfer students, with an emphasis on including underrepresented minority students, first-generation college students, lower-income students, and veterans. The Scholars will benefit from a revised education curriculum, targeted STEM workshops, and engagement in service learning and inquiry-based research experiences. In addition, the Scholars will participate in a nine-month Graduate Teacher Internship at a high-need elementary school in Bridgeport, Norwalk, or Stratford school districts. In each of their participating years, Scholars will be paired with a STEM mentor teacher in a partnering high-need elementary school. Through publications and regional and national meetings, the project PIs will disseminate evidence collected about the effectiveness of the developed curriculum; the efficacy of preparing preservice teachers for high-need classrooms through topic integration in STEM; the value of service learning, STEM research, and emphasis on professional identity; and the success of early and ongoing mentorship for novice teachers. The Noyce Program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 mathematics and science teachers in high-need school districts and experienced and 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.

在Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划（Noyce）的支持下，这个轨道1：奖学金和津贴项目旨在培养高素质的教师，以填补康涅狄格州高需求小学STEM教师的短缺。具体来说，该项目将教育，毕业，并放置18个新的，认证的教师到高需求的学校在布里奇波特，诺沃克和斯特拉特福德学区。 学者将获得科学学士学位在干和艺术硕士教学，准备他们是科学，数学和技术相关的科目，以小学生的高效教师。 除了奖学金支持外，该项目还将在高需求的小学为学者提供服务学习机会，以促进社区参与，并提供早期和持续的指导和专业发展，以促进保留。 通过强调招收来自不同背景的学生，该项目有可能扩大康涅狄格州教师队伍的参与。该项目有三个目标：1）增加在高需求小学任教的高素质STEM教师的数量; 2）留住诺伊斯学者，直到毕业和认证; 3）支持诺伊斯学者在高需求地区履行他们的教学承诺; 4）通过修订教育课程和参与服务学习和基于探究的研究经验，提高这些STEM教师的有效性。 为了实现这些目标，该项目已经开发了大学和布里奇波特，诺沃克和斯特拉特福德学区之间的强有力的合作。 学者将从未来和录取的一年级和转学生中招募，重点是包括代表性不足的少数民族学生，第一代大学生，低收入学生和退伍军人。学者将受益于修订后的教育课程，有针对性的STEM研讨会，以及参与服务学习和基于探究的研究经验。 此外，学者将参加为期九个月的研究生教师实习在布里奇波特，诺沃克，或斯特拉特福德学区的高需求小学。 在他们参与的每一年，学者将在合作的高需求小学与STEM导师老师配对。 通过出版物以及区域和国家会议，项目PI将传播所收集的证据，这些证据涉及所开发课程的有效性;通过STEM中的主题整合为高需求教室准备副教师的有效性;服务学习，STEM研究和强调专业身份的价值;以及对新手教师的早期和持续指导的成功。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为高需求学区的有效K-12数学和科学教师，以及经验丰富和模范K-12 STEM教师成为STEM大师。该奖项反映了NSF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。