Community College Mathematics Partnership for University Teacher Educators

该项目旨在通过培养合格和多样化的小学数学教师来服务于国家利益。通过社区学院和大学数学教师教育者（mte）之间的合作，该项目希望在多个层面影响数学教育。首先，大学教师将从事专业发展，这将对未来小学教师的数学内容课程的教学产生重大影响。其次，大学生将有更多的机会学习小学课堂上教授的数学的基本组成部分，培养对自己作为数学家的积极看法。第三，本工作旨在促进MTE教师的区域社区。来自多个机构的教师将参加两个暑期学院和一个为期一年的专业学习社区，在数学教师教育的工作中相互讨论、参与和支持。这种对数学内容课程的共同承诺将导致社区学院和加州波莫纳理工学院之间的衔接。最广泛的影响将是增加多样化和高素质教师的数量，特别是在数学方面。在加州这个地区培养的未来教师经常会在南加州历史上服务不足的地区任教。随着入门点的增加和教学的更加一致，这项工作有助于通过培训和培养更多合格的小学教师来扩大教师途径。这个项目有两个主要目标。第一个目标是在三所社区学院和一所大学开发和实施旨在加强未来小学教师第一门数学内容课程教学的专业发展。这些机构是圣安东尼奥山学院、查菲学院、河滨城市学院和加州波莫纳理工学院。第二个目标是建立一个由参与者所在机构内外的同事组成的支持网络。参与者将参与一个持续的项目，其中包括：1) 2023年夏季为期一周的暑期学院，为小学教师提供第一个数学内容课程的数学主题和教学实践的强化培训；2)一个结构化的专业学习社区，在学年期间定期会面；3)一个为期一周的后续学院，为社区提供进一步发展课程内容和教学实践知识的机会。评估数据将包括前后调查以及参与者课堂教学的记录。评估将调查小学教师在数学知识、教学实践和社区支持课程教学方面的感知变化。此外，课程记录将用于了解参与者在项目期间的教学实践和变化。这项研究的结果将在以数学教学为重点的会议、两年制大学会议或两者兼而有之的会议上分享，比如美国两年制大学数学协会会议。传播将帮助数学教育者更好地理解mte的专业发展，也将展示跨机构建立一个社区如何影响获得小学教学学位的学生的入学率。NSF IUSE:EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与学生学习轨道，该计划支持有前途的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。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 interest by leading to the preparation of well-qualified and diverse elementary mathematics teachers. Through partnerships between community college and university mathematics teacher educators (MTEs), the project hopes to impact mathematics education at multiple levels. First, college faculty will be engaged in professional development that should greatly impact the instruction of math content courses for future elementary teachers. Second, college students will have increased opportunities to learn essential components of mathematics taught in elementary school classrooms, developing positive outlooks towards themselves as mathematicians. Third, the work intends to foster a regional community of MTE faculty. Faculty from multiple institutions will participate in two summer institutes and a year-long Professional Learning Community to discuss, engage, and support one another in the work of mathematics teacher education. This shared commitment towards math content courses will result in articulation between community colleges and Cal Poly Pomona. The broadest impact will be to increase the number of diverse and highly qualified teachers, specifically in math. The future teachers prepared in this region of California frequently go on to teach in historically underserved districts in Southern California. With increased entry points and more alignment in instruction, this work contributes to expanding the teacher pathway through training and preparing more qualified elementary teachers.There are two main goals for this project. The first goal is to develop and implement professional development designed to strengthen the teaching of a first mathematics content course for future elementary teachers at three community colleges and one university. These institutions are Mt. San Antonio College, Chaffey College, Riverside City College, and Cal Poly Pomona. The second goal is to foster a network of support consisting of colleagues within and outside participants’ institutions. Participants will engage in a sustained program that includes: 1) a one-week summer institute during Summer 2023 that provides intensive training of mathematical topics and pedagogical practices in the first math content course for elementary teachers, 2) a structured professional learning community to meet regularly during the academic year, and 3) a one-week follow-up institute that provides an opportunity for the community to further develop knowledge of course content and pedagogical practices. Evaluative data will include pre- and post-surveys as well as recordings of participants’ classroom teaching. Assessment will investigate perceived changes in mathematical knowledge, pedagogical practices, and sense of community support for teaching math content courses for elementary teachers. Additionally, lesson recordings will be used to understand participants’ pedagogical practices and changes over the duration of the project. Results from this study will be shared at conferences focused on the teaching of mathematics, two-year colleges, or both, such as the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges conference. Dissemination will support mathematics educators in better understanding professional development of MTEs and will also show how building a community across institutions may impact enrollment of students in degrees that lead to elementary school teaching. The NSF IUSE:EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.