Teaching Excellence in STEM Secondary Education

诺伊斯能力建设项目将为诺伊曼大学的STEM学生成为合格教师创造一条可行且有吸引力的途径，从而为国家利益作出贡献。该项目旨在提供更多高素质的STEM教师，以满足劳动力需求，并与当地高需求学校发展合作伙伴关系，以确保修订后的课程培养出拥有适当知识、技能、能力和指导的STEM教师，以便在课堂上脱颖而出。该项目还寻求通过课程修订过程深化STEM和教育教员之间的伙伴关系。该项目将修订现有的学位课程，获得生物学和/或普通科学教学认证的生物学学位，以便在四年内完成，而不是五年。该机构先前修订数学教育课程的工作将被用来通知修订情况。活动将包括开发两个在线通识教育课程，将在夏季提供，以减少课程表拥挤，并在学年期间有时间进行早期教学体验。该项目将为STEM和教育教师提供专业发展机会，与当地一所有高度需求的学校建立正式合作伙伴关系，并制定招聘战略，包括学校访问、年度科学奥林匹克竞赛期间的展示以及有针对性地重新定向现有专业。还将为新教师制定指导计划和入职支持活动。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Noyce Capacity Building project will contribute to the national interest by creating a viable and attractive pathway for STEM students at Neumann University to become certified as teachers. The project aims to supply additional highly qualified STEM teachers to meet workforce needs and to develop a partnership with local high-need schools to ensure that the revised curriculum prepares STEM teachers who have the appropriate knowledge, skills, competencies, and mentorship to excel in the classroom. The project also seeks to deepen partnerships between STEM and education faculty through the curriculum revision process. This project will revise an existing degree program leading to a Biology degree with certification in Biology and/or General Science teaching so that it can be completed in four years rather than five. Prior work to revise the Mathematics Education curriculum at the institution will be leveraged to inform the revisions. Activities will include the development of two online general education courses, which will be offered in summer to reduce schedule crowding and allow time for early teaching experiences during the academic year. The project will provide professional development opportunities for STEM and education faculty, establish a formal partnership with a local high-need school, and develop recruiting strategies involving school visits, a showcase during the annual Science Olympiad, and targeted redirection of existing majors. A mentoring program and induction support activities for new teachers will also be developed.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.