Texas Leadership Initiative for Inquiry Science Teaching

在罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（Noyce）的支持下，莱斯大学的这一轨道3：硕士教学奖学金项目旨在满足国家对培养科学教师领导者的需求，特别是在高需求的学校。 该项目将支持一个为期五年的专业发展计划，为小学和中学科学教师与硕士学位谁是在高需求的学校在大休斯顿地区教学。专业发展活动将通过休斯顿大学和休斯顿社区学院，德克萨斯州科学教师协会和休斯顿独立学区的教育教师之间的合作进行设计和实施。 这些合作伙伴将开展合作，提供指导和其他经验，以发展教师的领导能力，增加他们的科学知识，加深他们对探究性学习和文化相关教学法的理解和技能。作为他们专业发展的一部分，硕士研究员将设计和实施一个行动研究项目，以满足他们学校的需求，从而使他们能够从事教育研究。 该项目旨在提高教师的自我效能，提高高需求学校的教师保留率，并提高学生的参与度和成绩。为了这些目的，该项目将创建一个硕士教学研究员的干部谁可以通过指导他们的同龄人，建模有效的教学实践，并进行行动研究，支持学生在干成功。 预计这些教师领导也将有助于科学教学领导的全州范围内的变化。 为了支持这些成果，该项目将使研究员参与跨学科的调查经验，并提供辅导和指导。 将受到该项目积极影响的团体包括休斯顿独立学区的同行教师，休斯顿社区学院的职前教师以及德克萨斯州科学教师协会的教师。传播项目材料和成果的计划包括在课堂上实施课程，与同行教师分享课程，指导职前教师，并在德克萨斯州科学教师协会的地方和全州活动中展示。该项目将汇集一个模范教师团队，他们将开发具有社会相关性的跨学科课程，并有助于更好地了解教师领导力的发展。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 STEM教师，以及经验丰富的模范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智力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 3: Master Teaching Fellowships project at Rice University aims to serve the national need of developing science teacher leaders, especially in high-need schools. The project will support a five-year professional development program for elementary and secondary science teachers with master's degrees who are teaching in high-need schools in the Greater Houston area. The professional development activities will be designed and carried out through collaborations between education faculty from the University of Houston and Houston Community College, the Science Teachers Association of Texas, and Houston Independent School District. These partners will work cooperatively to provide mentoring and other experiences that will develop the teachers' leadership abilities and increase their scientific knowledge, as well as deepen their understanding of and skills in inquiry learning and culturally relevant pedagogy. As part of their professional development, the Master Teacher Fellows will design and implement an action research project that addresses a need at their school, thus enabling them to engage in education research. The project seeks to enhance teacher self-efficacy, improve teacher retention in high-need schools, and increase student engagement and achievement. To these ends, the project will create a cadre of Master Teaching Fellows who can support student success in STEM by mentoring their peers, modeling effective teaching practices, and conducting action research. It is expected that these teacher leaders will also contribute to state-wide changes in science teaching leadership. To support these outcomes, the project will engage the Fellows in interdisciplinary inquiry experiences, and provide coaching and mentoring. Groups that will be positively affected by the project include peer teachers in the Houston Independent School District, pre-service teachers enrolled at Houston Community College, and teachers across Texas involved in Science Teachers Association of Texas. Plans to disseminate project materials and results include implementing lessons in classrooms, sharing lessons with peer teachers, mentoring pre-service teachers, and presenting at local and statewide events of the Science Teachers Association of Texas. This project will bring together an exemplary team of teachers who will develop interdisciplinary curricula with societal relevance and contribute to a better understanding of teacher leadership development. The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers. 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.