Improving STEM Education through a Teacher Residency Program

通过教师驻场计划改善 STEM 教育

• 批准号: 2151115
• 负责人: Daniel Ilaria
• 金额: $ 149.67万
• 依托单位: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2151115&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; STEM; Education; through; Teacher

The project aims to serve the national need of developing highly effective secondary science and mathematics teachers. Two cohorts of six Teacher Fellows each will progress through a novel residency program. They will then enter the workforce with a Masters in Secondary Education and will become well-prepared STEM teachers leaders in both rural and urban schools. As teachers, these Fellows will have access to research experiences as well as learning opportunities with partnering industries and organizations. Through these experiences and their graduate program, it is intended that Fellows will gain understanding of the Pennsylvania "STEM ecosystem" and will broaden their networks. This project at West Chester University in Pennsylvania includes partnerships with the Oxford Area School District and the Chichester School District, as well as Longwood Gardens, Fluxspace, and Texas Instruments. Twelve teachers, in two cohorts, will be supported in attaining their Master's degree and persisting through four years of teaching in this six-year project. Project goals include: recruiting diverse cohorts and preparing those cohorts for teaching diverse populations with culturally-relevant pedagogy, supporting Fellows through a rigorous and innovative Master's program that centers on a residency model, and providing induction opportunities that enhance and extend Fellows' STEM knowledge and networks. Through their residency, Fellows progress through a stable year-long teaching experience with a single classroom and mentor. The partnership with Longwood Gardens is expected to benefit both Fellows and the organization as they work together to align garden outreach activities with K-12 Next Generation Science Standards. Other informal and formal learning can occur through summer activities with Fluxspace and technology training through Texas Instruments, as well as potential research experiences in collaboration with Penn State University. Through an assessment of the residency model and the multi-faceted induction opportunities, this project will add to the knowledge of how to prepare novice teachers to become teacher leaders. The partnerships involved may also lead to a more robust regional STEM ecosystem and serve as models for other states as to how industry and informal STEM institutions can support teacher education and increased public scientific literacy. This Track 2: Teaching Fellowships 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 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.

该项目旨在满足国家培养高效中学科学和数学教师的需要。两组六名教师研究员将通过一个新的居住计划取得进展。然后，他们将进入劳动力与中学教育硕士，并将成为农村和城市学校准备充分的STEM教师领导者。作为教师，这些研究员将有机会获得研究经验以及与合作行业和组织的学习机会。通过这些经验和他们的研究生课程，它的目的是研究员将获得宾夕法尼亚州的“干生态系统”的理解，并将扩大他们的网络。宾夕法尼亚州西切斯特大学的这个项目包括与牛津地区学区和奇切斯特学区以及朗伍德花园、Fluxspace和德州仪器的合作。在这个为期六年的项目中，将支持两批12名教师获得硕士学位，并坚持四年的教学。项目目标包括：招募不同的群体，并准备这些群体与文化相关的教学法教学不同的人群，通过严格和创新的硕士课程，以居住模式为中心的支持研究员，并提供增强和扩展研究员的STEM知识和网络的入门机会。通过他们的居住，研究员通过一个稳定的一年的教学经验与一个单一的教室和导师的进展。与长木花园的合作伙伴关系预计将有利于研究员和组织，因为他们共同努力，使花园外展活动与K-12下一代科学标准保持一致。其他非正式和正式的学习可以通过Fluxspace的夏季活动和德州仪器的技术培训，以及与宾夕法尼亚州立大学合作的潜在研究经验来进行。通过对驻校模式和多方面入职机会的评估，该项目将增加如何培养新教师成为教师领导者的知识。所涉及的伙伴关系也可能导致一个更强大的区域STEM生态系统，并作为其他国家的典范，说明行业和非正式STEM机构如何支持教师教育和提高公众科学素养。这个轨道2：教学奖学金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。