Preparing Undergraduate Science Majors to Teach in High-Need Rural and Urban Schools

准备本科科学专业在高需求的农村和城市学校任教

• 批准号: 1949919
• 负责人: Paul Bischoff
• 金额: $ 119.97万
• 依托单位: SUNY College at Oneonta
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1949919&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Undergraduate; Science; Majors; Teach

This project aims to serve the national need of preparing high-quality science and mathematics teachers for high-need school districts. Improving the science achievement of students at high-need rural and urban schools requires teachers who can design daily instruction that aligns with student interests, while creating supportive and challenging learning environments. To become such highly skilled teachers, undergraduates must learn and practice these skills with guidance from talented mentor teachers. To this end, this project aims to prepare certified middle and high school STEM teachers via multiple academic and practical experiences, including teaching experiences in both urban and rural schools. At least one teaching experience will be in a New York City public school. Teaching experiences in school settings will be supplemented by related hands-on experiences, including participation in Science Saturday programs and rural summer science camps. The project will also pair supported preprofessional teachers with mentor teachers during the new teachers' first years in teaching.This project at The State University of New York, College at Oneonta includes partnerships with the Oneonta City School District, Charlotte Valley Central School District, and other rural high-need schools, New York City public schools, and the New York State Master Teacher Program. Over the project’s five year span, it will provide twenty-four undergraduate science majors with the pedagogical-content knowledge and skills needed to succeed as teachers in high-need rural and urban school districts. The undergraduate science majors will earn Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, or Earth Science. Project activities will include internships in the SUNY Oneonta Science Discovery Center complemented by extra-curricular workshops focused on pedagogical knowledge and skills requisite to succeed as a science teacher in a high-need school district. Additionally, New York State Master Teachers and in-service Noyce Scholar teachers will serve as clinical placement mentors. Research efforts will focus on the effectiveness of these undergraduate experiences on Noyce Scholars’ pedagogical knowledge growth specific to teaching in high-need school districts. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). 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.

该项目旨在服务于为高需求学区培养高素质科学和数学教师的国家需求。要提高农村和城市高需求学校学生的科学成绩，需要教师能够设计出符合学生兴趣的日常教学，同时创造支持性和挑战性的学习环境。要成为如此高技能的教师，本科生必须在有才华的导师的指导下学习和练习这些技能。为此，该项目旨在通过多种学术和实践经验，包括在城市和农村学校的教学经验，培养合格的初中和高中STEM教师。至少有一次在纽约市公立学校的教学经验。学校的教学经验将与相关的实践经验相辅相成，包括参加科学周六节目和农村暑期科学夏令营。该项目还将在新教师执教的第一年将支持的职业前教师与指导教师配对。纽约州立大学奥尼奥塔学院的这一项目包括与奥尼奥尼塔市学区、夏洛特谷中心学区和其他农村高需求学校、纽约市公立学校和纽约州硕士教师计划的合作伙伴关系。在该项目的五年时间里，它将为24名本科理科专业的学生提供必要的教学知识和技能，使他们能够在高需求的农村和城市学区成功地担任教师。本科理科专业的学生将获得化学、生物、物理或地球科学的理学学士学位。项目活动将包括在纽约州立大学奥尼奥尼塔科学探索中心实习，并辅之以课外讲习班，这些讲习班侧重于在急需帮助的学区成为一名成功的科学教师所必需的教学知识和技能。此外，纽约州硕士教师和在职诺伊斯学者教师将担任临床安置导师。研究工作将集中于这些本科生经验对诺伊斯学者特定于高需求学区教学的教学知识增长的有效性。这个Track 1：奖学金和津贴项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(Noyce)提供支持。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人员成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富、模范的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、保留率和有效性的研究。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。