Developing and Strengthening Partnerships to Support Teacher Recruitment and Retention

该项目旨在满足国家能力建设需求，以解决教师严重短缺以及学生与STEM教师之间的多样性差距。该项目的最终目标是支持招聘、发展和留住致力于并有能力在高需求学校任教的STEM教师。该项目旨在通过扩大各大学之间的伙伴关系以及与当地高需求学区和社区项目的伙伴关系，建设中学数学和科学教师教育的机构能力。这些伙伴关系将促进对未来教师的指导和暑期体验，并将支持招聘和留住多样化的中学数学和科学教师。加州州立大学长滩分校的这个项目建立在自然科学和数学学院的数学和科学教育以及教育学院的中学教师资格认证项目之间现有的合作关系的基础上，与长滩联合学区和ABC联合学区、当地非营利机构和工程学院合作。本项目的学术价值在于将前瞻性教师群体参与、初任教师辅导、留任和文化相关教学法的研究理论应用于相应的项目活动。这些措施包括根据地区入职计划的需求评估和导师教师的需求，发展和试点专业发展活动。这项工作的广泛影响在于团队建设和协作，这对于启动跨部门的重大项目至关重要。这可能对高需求学校、加州STEM教师短缺和多样性差距、未来数学和科学教师的准备和支持，以及上学的学生产生相当大的影响。本能力建设项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目（诺伊斯）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教师，并支持经验丰富的模范K-12教师成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的保留和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The project aims to serve the national need of building capacity to address the critical teacher shortage and diversity gap between students and STEM teachers. Ultimately, the goal of the project is to support the recruitment, development, and retention of STEM teachers who are committed to and have the dispositions for teaching in high-need schools. This project intends to build institutional capacity in secondary mathematics and science teacher education through development of expanded partnerships across its colleges and with local high-need school districts and community programs. These partnerships, which will foster mentoring and summer experiences for prospective teachers, will support the recruitment and retention of a diverse pool of secondary mathematics and science teachers.This project at California State University, Long Beach builds upon the existing collaborative relationship between mathematics and science education in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the secondary teacher credential program in the College of Education, in partnership with the Long Beach Unified and ABC Unified school districts, local non-profit agencies, and the College of Engineering. The intellectual merit of the proposed project lies in applying research theories of prospective teacher cohort engagement, mentoring of beginning teachers, retention, and culturally relevant pedagogy to corresponding program activities. These include developing and piloting professional development activities based on needs assessments for districts' induction programs and the needs of mentor teachers. The broader impact of this work lies in the team building and collaboration that is essential to launching a major project across sectors. The impact this could have on high-need schools, the STEM teacher shortage and diversity gap across California, the preparation and support of future mathematics and science teachers, and the students attending their schools is considerable. 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 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the 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.