Supporting Preservice Candidates to be Culturally Sensitive and Technology-Competent STEM Teachers

在Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划（Noyce）的支持下，纽约理工学院（NYIT）的第1条：奖学金和津贴项目旨在满足国家和地方对培养高素质STEM教师的需求，这些教师具有强大的内容和教学知识，文化敏感性以及技术和工程设计技能。该项目将与当地四所高需求高中（罗斯福、韦斯特伯里、谷溪中央和学院宪章）和纽约科学馆合作。该项目将招募16名STEM学士学位后毕业生完成教学艺术硕士（MAT）课程，其中包括中学教师认证。Noyce学者将获得奖学金来完成MAT项目，然后在他们的MAT经历期间和之后将得到一些专业发展经验和研讨会的支持，以及在入职期间的国家强制指导计划。该项目将支持16名诺伊斯学者，他们拥有生命科学、数学、物理、工程和计算机科学领域的学士学位。诺伊斯学者将接受为期一年的强化专业培训，最终获得教学艺术硕士学位，其中包括文化响应性教学课程。该项目的创新方面包括：(1)文化能力课程，培养Noyce学者在高需求学校的教学能力；(2)合作组织纽约科学馆（NYSCI）的助教计划；(3)技术研讨会，培养学者的技术整合能力和计算思维技能；(4)由NYSCI和NASA认证提供商举办的研讨会，为学者提供参与STEM实践活动的机会。这些方法和成果有望有助于在高需求学校培养和留住高质量的教师。对这些创新成分的研究将增加对职前STEM教师培训的了解。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富的模范K-12 STEM教师成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM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 at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) aims to serve the national and local need of preparing high-quality STEM teachers with strong content and pedagogical knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and technology and engineering design skills. The project will partner with four local high-need high schools (Roosevelt, Westbury, Valley Stream Central, and Academy Charter) and the New York Hall of Science. The project will recruit sixteen STEM post-baccalaureates to complete a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program that includes secondary teacher certification. The Noyce scholars will receive scholarships to complete the MAT program and then will be supported during and after their MAT experience with several professional development experiences and workshops as well as a state-mandated mentoring program during the induction years.This project will support sixteen Noyce scholars with baccalaureate degrees in the areas of Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering and Computer Science. Noyce scholars will receive a year of intensive professional training, culminating with a Masters of Arts in Teaching degree that includes coursework in culturally responsive teaching. Innovative aspects of this project include: (1) cultural competency courses to develop the Noyce scholars' competencies for teaching in high-need schools, (2) a teaching assistant program at the partner organization New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), (3) technology workshops to develop competency in technology integration and computational thinking skills for the scholars, and (4) workshops conducted by NYSCI and NASA certified providers to provide the scholars the opportunity to engage in STEM hands-on activities. These approaches and outcomes promise to contribute to preparing and retaining high-quality teachers in high-need schools. Research about these innovative components will add to what is known about preservice STEM teacher training. The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM 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.