Preparing and Supporting Bilingual STEM Teachers in Puerto Rico

该项目旨在满足当地和国家对更多STEM教师的需求，这些教师精通西班牙语和英语，并且有资格在高需求的学校任教。招聘高素质STEM专业学生成为教师的成功策略是解决高需求学区全国STEM教师短缺问题的关键。为了帮助这一招聘，该项目将提供本科STEM专业长达两年的奖学金支持，因为他们完成了学士学位STEM学位并获得教师认证。奖学金获得者将在教师准备计划中完成30个学分以获得认证。在他们被安置在高需求的学校之前，学者们将参加STEM教学经验，以及课堂行动研究，以研究为K-12 STEM推广工作开发的课程材料的有效性。这个项目在波多黎各大学马亚圭斯分校进行，包括与马亚圭斯学区的合作。项目目标包括在五年的奖励期内培养大约39名STEM教师，并将这些新教师安置在高需求的学校或学区。该大学的4000多名高水平本科STEM专业是潜在的申请者。知识生成将侧重于确定财政支持，早期临床前教学经验和课堂研究对成功准备高素质STEM专业成为教师的影响。该项目不是增加课程，而是通过校园K-12外展工作提供临床前教学经验，包括全球学习和观察，以造福环境（GLOBAL）和车轮上的科学。 学者们还将连接到校园研究项目，重点是研究由不同的校园外展工作开发的课程材料的有效性。 这些研究经验将被纳入STEM方法和教学实践课程，而不是作为一个单独的要求。参与本科研究被认为可以提高少数民族服务机构完成STEM学位的机会。 该项目将通过提供有关本科生在教育研究中的经历如何影响打算从事STEM教学职业的本科生的持久性和成功的信息来扩展知识。最后，该项目将形成一个STEM和教师准备人员网络，鼓励和支持新的和持续的STEM教师。这个轨道1项目是通过罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师和经验丰富的模范K-12 STEM教师，成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。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。

This project aims to serve the local and national needs for more STEM teachers who are fluent in Spanish and English, and who are well-qualified to teach in high need schools. Successful strategies for recruiting highly qualified STEM majors to become teachers is key to addressing the national STEM teacher shortage in high-need school districts. To help in this recruitment, this project will provide undergraduate STEM majors up to two years of scholarship support as they complete their baccalaureate STEM degrees and obtain teacher certification. Scholarship recipients will complete 30 credits in the Teacher Preparation Program to obtain certification. Prior to their placement in high need schools, the Scholars will participate in STEM teaching experiences, as well as classroom action research to study the effectiveness of curricular materials developed for K-12 STEM outreach efforts.This project at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez includes a partnership with the Mayagüez School Region. Project goals include preparing approximately 39 STEM teachers over the five-year period of the award and placing these new teachers in high need schools or school districts. The University's more than 4000 upper-level undergraduate STEM majors are potential applicants. Knowledge generation will focus on determining the impacts of financial support, early pre-clinical teaching experiences, and classroom research on successful preparation of highly qualified STEM majors to become teachers. Rather than adding coursework, the project will provide pre-clinical teaching experiences through campus-based K-12 outreach efforts, including Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBAL) and Science on Wheels. The Scholars will also connect to campus research projects focused on studying the effectiveness of curricular materials that were developed by different campus outreach efforts. These research experiences will be integrated into the STEM Methodology and Teaching Practice courses, rather than as a separate requirement. Participation in undergraduate research is known to improve the chances of STEM degree completion at Minority Serving Institutions. This project will expand knowledge by providing information about how undergraduate experiences in education research affect the persistence and success of undergraduates who intend to pursue STEM teaching careers. Finally, the project will form a network of STEM and teacher preparation personnel that will encourage and support new and continuing STEM teachers. This Track 1 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.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.