Strengthening STEM Teacher Education Pathways in Kentucky with Collaborative Partnerships

通过合作伙伴关系加强肯塔基州的 STEM 教师教育途径

• 批准号: 1852898
• 负责人: Akhtar Mahmood
• 金额: $ 12.5万
• 依托单位: Bellarmine University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-15 至 2021-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852898&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Strengthening; STEM; Teacher; Education; Pathways

With support from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, this Capacity Building project aims to help address a national shortage of K-12 STEM teachers by strengthening STEM teacher education pathways in Kentucky. This project will enable Bellarmine University to streamline the institution's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program so that STEM undergraduate students can complete it with only one additional year of study. The University also intends to develop partnerships with nearby community colleges to facilitate transfer of community college students to the University and their successful completion of both a STEM bachelor's degree and a MAT degree. By streamlining the teacher certification program and developing partnerships to increase access to the institution's MAT program, this project has the potential to increase the number of highly-qualified STEM teachers in high-need K-12 STEM classrooms in Kentucky. This project involves collaborations between Bellarmine University, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Jefferson County Public Schools, which is one of the nation's largest urban school districts, and the Kentucky Science Center. The project aims to accomplish the following goals: (1) develop an early-start MAT certification for STEM undergraduates; (2) develop a recruitment pipeline and support system throughout Bellarmine University's STEM teacher education program via partnership agreements with the collaborating community colleges and school district; (3) develop a partnership agreement with the school district to hire future STEM teachers produced by a subsequent project; (4) develop a STEM summer camp and internship agreement with the Kentucky Science Center for STEM undergraduates and MAT students; and (5) develop a plan to recruit, prepare, and support new STEM teachers in high-need school districts, thus expanding and diversifying the pool of new STEM teacher candidates. This project comes at a critical time in Kentucky because of changing student demographics, critical industry needs in STEM, and the state's adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards, which have a strong K-12 STEM curriculum. In addition to benefitting a high-need school district in Kentucky, this project is expected to contribute to national efforts in STEM teacher education and serve as a model for other states with similar needs in STEM education. 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 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.

在罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）教师奖学金计划的支持下，该能力建设项目旨在通过加强肯塔基州的STEM教师教育途径来帮助解决国家短缺的K-12 STEM教师。该项目将使Bellarmine大学能够简化该机构的教学艺术硕士（MAT）计划，以便STEM本科生只需一年的学习即可完成它。 该大学还打算与附近的社区学院建立合作伙伴关系，以促进社区大学生将其转移到大学，并成功完成STEM学士学位和垫子学位。通过简化教师认证计划并建立合作伙伴关系以增加对机构MAT计划的访问，该项目有可能增加肯塔基州高需求的K-12 STEM教室中高度合格的STEM教师的数量。该项目涉及Bellarmine大学，Bluegrass社区与技术学院，Jefferson社区和技术学院，Jefferson County公立学校之间的合作，该公立学校是美国最大的城市学区之一，以及肯塔基州科学中心。 该项目旨在实现以下目标：（1）为STEM大学生开发早期启动垫子认证； （2）通过与协作社区学院和学区的合作协议，在整个Bellarmine大学的STEM教师教育计划中开发了招聘管道和支持系统； （3）与学区建立了一项合作伙伴协议，以聘用由后续项目生产的未来STEM教师； （4）与肯塔基州STEM本科生和MAT学生的STEM夏令营和实习协议； （5）制定一项计划，以招募，准备和支持高需求学区的新STEM教师，从而扩大和多元化新的STEM教师候选人的库。该项目在肯塔基州的关键时刻，由于学生人口的变化，STEM的关键行业需求以及该州采用下一代科学标准，该标准具有强大的K-12 STEM课程。除了使肯塔基州的高需求学区受益外，该项目还有望为STEM教师教育的国家努力做出贡献，并成为其他在STEM教育方面具有类似需求的州的典范。 NOYCE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老师，并经验丰富的K-12 STEM老师成为STEM大师教师。 它还支持有关K-12教师在高需求学区的持久性，保留和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。