A Collaborative Approach to Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining STEM Teachers from Community College to University and Beyond

招聘、培养和留住从社区学院到大学及其他领域的 STEM 教师的协作方法

• 批准号: 2050472
• 负责人: Carrie-Anne Sherwood
• 金额: $ 144.87万
• 依托单位: Southern Connecticut State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-04-01 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050472&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Approach; Recruiting; Preparing; Retaining

This project aims to serve the national need of preparing diverse, highly effective, culturally responsive secondary science and math teachers for high-need school districts. To do so, the project will recruit diverse teacher candidates by leveraging an existing partnership with Gateway Community College and by using resources of several Southern Connecticut State University offices, centers, and departmental initiatives. As a result of this project, at least 30 undergraduates will become certified teachers in high-demand STEM areas, including chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Teacher candidates will receive scholarship support in their junior and senior years and will earn a baccalaureate degree in a STEM discipline, as well as certification to teach at the secondary level. The project activities and supports will help these Noyce Scholars learn to use an integrated system of academic and social interventions to increase their students’ STEM learning. The project will assist in retaining these new teachers via existing relationships with K-12 school districts and through peer and faculty support. Results of the project will inform national models for improving STEM teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention. As a result, the project will help to meet the vital need of serving the nation’s increasingly diverse student population as a whole and traditionally underserved students in particular.This project at Southern Connecticut State University includes partnerships with Gateway Community College, three local high-need public school districts (New Haven, Hamden, and Meriden Public Schools), and one regional education service center (Cooperative Educational Services). Project goals include: developing transfer and dual-admission pathways that will increase recruitment of a more diverse pool of undergraduate STEM education majors into teaching; addressing the STEM teacher workforce needs of the state through a synergistic web of support to rigorously prepare highly effective STEM teachers, and by utilizing a unique university-district induction partnership to support and retain new teachers in high teacher turnover schools; and establishing the scalability of each of these innovative recruitment, preparation, and retention initiatives for other two- and four-year institutions and high-need districts both statewide and nationally. Strategic program activities include collaborative STEM and education faculty mentorship and advising, peer and alumni mentoring, and extensive practical experiences in both STEM and education fields. Induction activities include leveraging the pre-existing statewide training program and increasing the number of mentor teachers prepared through this program. Project outcomes will include the generation of models for the effective recruitment, preparation, and retention of more diverse STEM teachers in high-need districts, and the contribution of knowledge to the field of STEM teacher education. 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 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为高需求学区准备潜水员，高效，文化敏感的中学和数学教师的需求。为此，该项目将通过利用与Gateway社区学院的现有合作伙伴关系以及使用康涅狄格州南部几个办公室办公室，中心和部门倡议的资源来招募各种教师候选人。该项目的结果是，至少有30名本科生将成为高需求STEM领域的认证教师，包括化学，物理和数学。教师候选人将在大三和大四时获得奖学金支持，并将在STEM纪律中获得学士学位，并获得二级教学的认证。项目活动和支持将有助于这些Noyce学者学会使用综合的学术和社会干预系统来增加学生的STEM学习。该项目将通过与K-12学区的现有关系以及同伴和教师的支持来帮助保留这些新教师。该项目的结果将为国家模型提供改善的STEM教师招聘，准备和保留率的信息。结果，该项目将有助于满足为全国越来越多的学生群体服务，尤其是服务不足的学生。该项目在南部康涅狄格州立大学的该项目中包括与盖特威社区学院，三个当地高需求的公立学区（纽黑文，哈姆登，哈姆登，梅里登公立学校和一个地区教育中心）的合作伙伴关系。项目目标包括：开发转移和双级入学途径，将增加更多种多样的本科STEM教育专业的招聘；通过协同的支持网络来应对国家的STEM教师劳动力需求，以严格准备高效的STEM教师，并利用独特的大学 - 派别入职伙伴关系来支持和保留新教师在高级教师离职学校中；并建立针对其他两年和四年制机构以及全州和全国范围内的高需求地区的这些创新招聘，准备和保留计划的可伸缩性。战略计划的活动包括协作和教育教师的心态和咨询，同伴和校友心态，以及在STEM和教育领域的广泛实践经验。归纳活动包括利用现有的全州培训计划，并增加通过该计划准备的精神教师数量。项目成果将包括生成有效招聘，准备和保留更多样化的STEM教师的模型，以及知识对STEM教师教育领域的贡献。这首歌1：奖学金和津贴项目得到了罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（NOYCE）的支持。 NOYCE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老师，并经验丰富的K-12教师，成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持有关高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的持久性，保留和有效性的研究。 该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估被认为是宝贵的支持。