Turtle Mountain STEM Infusion Project

部落学院和大学计划(TCUP)的目标是支持为土著服务的高等教育机构建设其科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教学和研究能力。该项目由海龟山社区学院指导，名为“海龟山STEM输液项目”，通过实施教师专业发展项目来实现这一目标，以增强教师的STEM研究知识和技能。专业发展经历跨越多年，让教师参与跨学科的研究工作。TMCC STEM研究能力的增强转化为STEM教学的改进和学生参与研究体验的更多机会，研究表明这些策略改善了学生的STEM结果。通过提供涵盖一系列与研究相关的综合主题的密集暑期研讨会以及暑期研究机会，这个为期三年的项目支持跨学科教师建立合作设计和开展研究的能力，并在研究工作中指导学生。研讨会的主题包括研究设计、数据收集和分析以及研究伦理。项目资金还允许教职员工购买材料和设备来实施他们的研究，最终目标是让学生成为这项工作的合作者。该项目还支持教职员工和学生合作者在地方和国家会议上展示他们的研究成果。通过项目工作人员对项目专业发展模式的记录和广泛传播，其他学院和大学有机会采用和调整该模式，以用于建设其机构的STEM能力。该奖项反映了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。

The goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to support Native-serving institutions of higher education in building their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities. The project directed by Turtle Mountain Community College titled “Turtle Mountain STEM Infusion Project” addresses this goal through the implementation of a faculty professional development project that bolsters faculty members’ STEM research knowledge and skills. Professional development experiences span multiple years and involve faculty in cross-disciplinary research work. The strengthening of STEM research capacity at TMCC translates to improved STEM instruction and greater opportunities for student-involved research experiences, strategies that studies indicate improve students’ STEM outcomes.Through the delivery of intensive summer workshops spanning a comprehensive set of research-related topics coupled with summer research opportunities, this three-year project supports cross-disciplinary faculty members in building their capacity to collaboratively design and conduct research and to mentor students in research work. Workshop topics include research design, data collection and analysis, and research ethics. Project funding also allows faculty to purchase materials and equipment to implement their research with the eventual goal of engaging students as collaborators in the work. The project also supports faculty members and student collaborators in presenting their research studies at local and national conferences. Through documentation and wide dissemination of the project’s professional development model by project staff, other colleges and universities are afforded the opportunity to adopt and adapt the model for use in building their institution’s STEM capacity.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.