Educating Science and Mathematics Majors to Teach with Social Justice Models in High-Needs Schools

该项目旨在满足国家招聘和留住6-12年级高素质STEM教师的需求，并承诺在高需求学区服务。该项目将在当地高需求学区招聘、培养和安置19名高素质、经过认证的6-12年级STEM教师。认识到社会正义是STEM教育者身份的一个经常被忽视的组成部分，学者们将参加一个为期两个夏天的社会正义公民科学项目，并将作为高素质的科学和数学教师毕业。这些新教师将以文化响应和可持续的方式提高教育机会，对该地区两个合作的高需求地区产生积极影响。西佛罗里达大学（UWF）的这个项目包括与彭萨科拉州立学院和两个高需求学区，埃斯坎比亚县学区和圣罗莎县学区学校的持续合作。该项目的目标包括：1)在佛罗里达州西北部高需求的地方教育机构（LEAs）增加高素质和经过认证的STEM 6-12年级教师的数量；2)在工作场所支持UWF-Teach的毕业生和奖学金获得者，以提高佛罗里达州西北部高需求的LEAs的成功率和保留率；3)让Noyce学者参与真正的基于社会正义的科学研究，并将研究项目发展为公民科学课堂课程。项目团队将研究以下问题。1)项目组成部分，包括两个暑期基于社会正义的公民科学研究项目和课程组成部分，是否有助于STEM专业学生成为高需求LEAs的6-12年级课堂教师？2)两年暑期社会公正公民科学研究项目如何影响学者的专业教师发展（如教师文化胜任力、教学自我效能、教师效能和领导者效能）？与他们所在的地区合作，毕业生将获得额外的支持，以确保他们作为一名新手教师的成功，增加学者在教学职业中保持五年以上的可能性，并有可能通过公平和公正的教学模式影响成千上万的学生。外部评价人员将审查项目研究活动，评价更广泛的影响，收集和综合与成功实现总体目标有关的数据，并进行频繁的访谈和焦点小组。此外，研究顾问将专注于研究问题和基准。项目成果的传播将使项目受益范围扩大到项目参与者之外，并进一步促进学习和合作。本项目由Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划（Noyce）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教师的有效性和留任率的研究。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。

This project aims to serve the national need to recruit and retain highly qualified STEM teachers for grades 6-12 with a commitment to serve in high-need school districts. The project will recruit, produce, and place 19 highly qualified, certified, grades 6-12 STEM teachers in local high-need school districts. Recognizing that social justice is an often-overlooked component of STEM educator identity, Scholars will participate in a two-summer social justice citizen science project and will graduate as highly qualified science and math teachers. These new teachers will positively impact the two partnering high-need districts in the area by elevating educational opportunities in a culturally responsive and sustaining manner.This project at the University of West Florida (UWF) includes continued partnerships with Pensacola State College and two high-need school districts, Escambia County School District and Santa Rosa County District Schools. The project goals include: 1) increasing the number of highly qualified and certified STEM grades 6-12 teachers in Northwest Florida high-need Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), 2) supporting graduates of UWF-Teach, and scholarship recipients, in the workplace to increase success and retention in Northwest Florida high-need LEAs, and 3) engaging Noyce Scholars in authentic social justice-based science research and development of research projects into citizen science classroom lessons. The project team will research the following questions. 1) Do program components, including the two-summer social justice-based citizen science research program, and course components contribute to STEM majors becoming grades 6-12 classroom teachers in high need LEAs? 2) How does the two-summer social justice-based citizen science research program impact Scholars' professional teacher development (e.g., teacher cultural competency, teaching self-efficacy, effectiveness as teachers and leaders)? Working with their district, graduates will receive additional support to ensure their success as a novice teacher, increasing the likelihood that Scholars will remain in the teaching profession beyond five years with the potential to impact thousands of students using equitable and just teaching models. An external evaluator will review project research activities, evaluate broader impacts, collect and synthesize data related to success in meeting overall goals, and conduct frequent interviews and focus groups. Additionally, a research consultant will focus on research questions and benchmarks. Dissemination of project results will allow program benefits to be extended beyond program participants and further facilitate learning and collaboration. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project is supported by 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 effectiveness and retention 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.