Building the Capacity for Community-engaged STEM Teacher Preparation

在NSF Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划的支持下，该项目旨在通过建设能力，为高需求的德克萨斯州学校培养高素质的初中和高中STEM教师，从而为高质量的STEM教学服务。 通过德州农工大学、科珀斯克里斯蒂和西奥索独立学区之间的合作，该项目将开发一个基础设施，用于招聘、准备和支持新的初中和高中STEM教师。 该项目将使社区伙伴参与为教师候选人设计和提供有意义的活动，从而加强学校与社区之间的联系。 该项目的长期目标包括提高学生在STEM领域的成绩，并帮助解决全国高素质STEM教师短缺的问题。该项目将开始进行评估，以确定教师短缺的领域，并确定教师培训需求的优先次序。 评估结果将为中学和高中STEM教师的新执照计划的设计提供信息。STEM教师，教育教师，学校人员和社区合作伙伴合作开发社区参与的教师准备课程。这项工作将加强这些团体之间的伙伴关系。 由此产生的新课程、实地经验和社区辅导活动将进行试点测试和评估。 该项目还将制定和试点测试策略，从不同群体中招募有才华的STEM本科生从事教学工作。 NSF Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为高需求学区的K-12数学和科学教师，以及在职教师成为STEM硕士教师。 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。

With support from the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, this project aims to serve the national interest in high quality STEM teaching by building capacity to prepare highly-qualified middle and high school STEM teachers for high-need Texas schools. Through collaborations between Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, and the West Oso Independent School District, the project will develop an infrastructure for recruiting, preparing, and supporting new middle school and high school STEM teachers. The project will engage community partners in designing and delivering meaningful activities for teacher candidates, thus strengthening connections between schools and their communities. Long-term goals of this project include increasing student achievement in STEM fields and helping to address the national shortage of highly-qualified STEM teachers. The project will begin by conducting an assessment to define teacher shortage areas and to prioritize teacher training needs. The results of the assessment will inform the design of a new licensure program for middle and high school STEM teachers. STEM faculty, Education faculty, school personnel, and community partners collaborate to develop a community-engaged teacher preparation curriculum. This work will strengthen the partnerships among these groups. The resulting new courses, field experiences, and community mentoring activities will be pilot tested and assessed. The project will also develop and pilot test strategies for recruiting talented STEM undergraduates from diverse groups into teaching careers. The NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers in high-need school districts and in-service 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.