Teaching Excellence in STEM Secondary Education

诺伊斯能力建设项目将为诺伊曼大学的STEM学生创造一条可行且有吸引力的途径，从而为国家利益做出贡献。该项目旨在提供更多的高素质STEM教师，以满足劳动力需求，并与当地高需求学校建立伙伴关系，以确保修订后的课程为STEM教师提供适当的知识、技能、能力和指导，使他们在课堂上脱颖而出。该项目还寻求通过课程修订过程加深STEM与教育教师之间的伙伴关系。该项目将修改现有的学位课程，以获得生物学和/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。先前在该机构修订数学教育课程的工作将被利用来通知修订。活动将包括开发两门在线通识教育课程，这些课程将在夏季提供，以减少时间表的拥挤，并在学年中留出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，与当地一所高需求学校建立正式合作伙伴关系，并制定招聘策略，包括参观学校，在年度科学奥林匹克竞赛期间展示，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。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。

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.