Maker Education and Community Building as Tools to Recruit, Develop, and Retain STEM Teachers

该项目旨在满足国家培养高质量STEM教师的需求。该项目的主要目标是招募和准备本科STEM学生在生物学，化学和数学的教学生涯。 该项目包括与社区组织的带薪实习，以激发学生对教学的兴趣。该项目将提供奖学金和额外的支持，以帮助学者获得学士学位的STEM学位，并学习如何成为高效的STEM教师。例如，学者将能够获得制造商教育的微型证书。 这一经验将帮助学者制定战略，在高需求的学校成功的教师。该项目将提供来自社区合作伙伴和导师教师的持续支持，以帮助新教师坚持教学职业。该项目由西班牙裔服务机构圣爱德华大学领导，包括与德尔瓦莱独立学区、UTeach Maker、Co.Lab Community Makers和德克萨斯州中部突破的合作伙伴关系。该项目旨在支持和准备18名本科生辅修师范教育，主修生物，化学或数学，以获得认证，成为高素质的初中和高中STEM教师。长期目标是发展一个自我维持的STEM教师候选人库，他们获得了制造者教育的技能，以提高他们作为教师的效率。一个教师圈的方法，以诱导支持旨在创建一个学习社区的制造商，教育工作者和校友的罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划。研究活动旨在了解创客教育经验对教师专业成长的作用，并记录社区合作伙伴对STEM教师招聘和身份发展的影响。这个轨道1：奖学金和津贴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 national need of preparing high-quality STEM teachers. The major goal of the project is to recruit and prepare undergraduate STEM students for teaching careers in biology, chemistry, and mathematics. The project includes a paid internship with a community organization to spark student interest in teaching. The project will provide scholarships and additional supports to help the Scholars earn bachelors’ STEM degrees and learn how to be highly effective STEM teachers. For example, the Scholars will be able to earn a micro-credential in maker education. This experience will help the Scholars develop strategies to succeed as teachers in high-need schools. The project will provide ongoing support from community partners and mentor teachers to help the new teachers persist in the teaching profession. This project is led by Saint Edward's University, a Hispanic-serving institution, and includes partnerships with Del Valle Independent School District, UTeach Maker, Co.Lab Community Makers, and Breakthrough Central Texas. The project seeks to support and prepare 18 undergraduates minoring in teacher education and majoring in biology, chemistry, or mathematics, to achieve certification and become highly qualified middle and high school STEM teachers. The long-term goal is to develop a self-sustaining pool of STEM teacher candidates who gain skills in maker education to increase their effectiveness as teachers. A teacher circle approach to induction support seeks to create a learning community of makers, educators, and alumni of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. Research activities aim to understand the role of experience with maker education on teacher professional growth and to document the impact of community partners on STEM teacher recruitment and identity development. 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.