Building Capacity for Master Teacher Specialization in STEM Leadership

STEM 领导力特级教师专业化能力建设

• 批准号: 1950332
• 负责人: Mark Oursland
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Central Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-15 至 2021-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950332&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; Master; Teacher; Specialization

This project aims to serve the national need of building capacity to support and retain effective STEM teachers. It seeks to build curriculum and experiences that prepare emerging STEM leaders by developing a Master Teacher specialization in STEM Leadership. These leaders will promote innovative STEM curriculum in high-need K-12 schools, which in turn can motivate K-12 students from diverse backgrounds to choose STEM careers, and especially STEM teaching careers. Moreover, the STEM leaders will establish community partnerships to promote STEM literacy and relevance to everyday life. This specialization, the first of its kind in Washington state, will build upon existing community partnerships with STEM Networks organized by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Washington STEM to improve STEM education both locally and statewide. This project at Central Washington University includes partnerships with: the Wahluke School District, Educational School District 105, partnered with South Central Washington STEM Network; and Educational School District 171, partnered with the Apple STEM Network. Project goals include to: (1) survey a diverse range of high-need local educational agencies and other STEM education stakeholders to determine needs related to developing a Master Teacher specialization in STEM Leadership; and (2) design a novel, research-informed and National Boards aligned program to provide in-service teachers with a Master Teacher specialization in STEM Leadership responsive to Washington state needs. This work is grounded in literature outlining characteristics of effective teacher leaders who can act as agents for change within their local communities of practice, transforming the conditions for STEM teaching and learning. First, the team will develop, implement, and analyze survey and focus group input from community STEM stakeholders to determine desired attributes of a STEM leader. This input will inform program curriculum and infrastructure for the Master Teacher specialization. The project endeavors to build upon the successes of Central Washington University’s Teach STEM and Noyce Scholarship programs to recruit and prepare STEM teacher leaders. By completing the STEM Leadership program, STEM leaders will improve their own teaching practice, develop knowledge and skills needed to mentor other teachers in best teaching practices, and be prepared to successfully complete National Board Certification if so desired. An external evaluator will provide formative and summative feedback with respect to design processes surrounding the two programmatic goals. This evaluation serves to engender continual improvement and to ensure the success of the development of, and capacity building for, the Master Teacher Specialization in STEM Leadership. Survey results, curriculum-related products, and key findings from the design process will be shared regionally and nationally through regional STEM Networks, presentations at professional meetings, and peer-reviewed journal publications. This Capacity Building 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.

该项目旨在满足国家能力建设的需要，以支持和留住有效的STEM教师。它旨在建立课程和经验，通过发展STEM领导力的硕士教师专业化来培养新兴的STEM领导者。这些领导者将在高需求的K-12学校推广创新的STEM课程，这反过来又可以激励来自不同背景的K-12学生选择STEM职业，特别是STEM教学职业。此外，STEM领袖将建立社区伙伴关系，以促进STEM扫盲和日常生活的相关性。这种专业化，其在华盛顿州的第一种，将建立在现有的社区伙伴关系与STEM网络由公共教育总监办公室和华盛顿STEM组织，以改善STEM教育在当地和全州范围内。中央华盛顿大学的这个项目包括与Wahluke学区，教育学区105，与中南部华盛顿STEM网络合作;和教育学区171，与Apple STEM网络合作。项目目标包括：（1）调查各种高需求的当地教育机构和其他STEM教育利益相关者，以确定与发展STEM领导力硕士教师专业化相关的需求;（2）设计一个新颖的，研究知情的和国家委员会一致的计划，为在职教师提供STEM领导力硕士教师专业化，以满足华盛顿州的需求。这项工作的基础是文献概述了有效的教师领导者的特点，他们可以在当地的实践社区中作为变革的推动者，改变STEM教学和学习的条件。首先，该团队将开发，实施和分析来自社区STEM利益相关者的调查和焦点小组输入，以确定STEM领导者的理想属性。这一输入将告知硕士教师专业化的课程和基础设施。该项目致力于建立在中央华盛顿大学的教STEM和诺伊斯奖学金计划的成功招募和准备STEM教师领导人。通过完成STEM领导力计划，STEM领导者将改善自己的教学实践，发展指导其他教师进行最佳教学实践所需的知识和技能，并准备成功完成国家委员会认证。一名外部评价员将就围绕这两个方案目标的设计过程提供形成性和总结性反馈。这项评估有助于促进持续改进，并确保STEM领导力硕士教师专业化的发展和能力建设的成功。调查结果，与设计过程相关的产品和关键发现将通过区域STEM网络，专业会议上的演讲和同行评审的期刊出版物在区域和国家范围内共享。这个能力建设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。