Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining STEM Educators to Serve in High-Need Schools in Pennsylvania

招募、准备和留住 STEM 教育工作者为宾夕法尼亚州的高需求学校服务

• 批准号: 2223970
• 负责人: Gerard Dumancas
• 金额: $ 120万
• 依托单位: University of Scranton
• 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: 2022-04-01 至 2026-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2223970&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Recruiting; Preparing; Retaining; STEM; Educators

This project aims to serve the national need for highly effective STEM teachers. To do so, it will recruit undergraduate STEM majors to complete STEM degrees and support them in becoming certified as secondary teachers of mathematics or science. These individuals will receive scholarships and other supports designed to enrich their STEM knowledge, as well as their teaching knowledge and skills. To expand their STEM content knowledge, the Noyce Scholars will have the opportunity to participate in collaborative mentor-scholar projects, summer computational workshops, and a chemometrics course ((i.e., statistics and computer applications in analytical chemistry). They will also benefit from faculty mentorships that include opportunities to reflect on their academic and career pursuits. Monthly workshops will include sessions related to interpersonal skill development, such as grit, and cultural and linguistic competence. Such skills are important for effective teaching in high-need school districts. The project expects these undergraduate Noyce Scholars will gain the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed to support student learners of science and mathematics in Pennsylvania in high-need secondary schools.This project at Scranton University includes partnerships with Mid Valley School District and Luzerne County Community College. There are three specific projects goals. The first is to recruit, prepare, and graduate 21 qualified undergraduate STEM majors to become certified as secondary teachers of science or mathematics. The second goal is to provide professional support for the long-term success of these STEM educators. The final goal is to place and retain a high percentage (90%) of these Scholars in teaching positions in high-need school districts upon graduation as they complete their teaching service requirement of two years of teaching for each one year of scholarship support. Early residency teaching experience will be part of the scholars' coursework when they practice and hone their skills and knowledge alongside an effective teacher-mentor in a high-need classroom. Further, to ensure that the scholars have the necessary support for their Praxis tests, enrichment preparation and support will be provided to the Noyce Scholars through freely available online resources via a learning management software. A robust project assessment process, led by an independent evaluator, is intended to identify aspects of the program that are most effective in STEM teacher recruitment, retention, and preparation. The project intends to use results from this evaluation to improve the teacher education program and will disseminate the results locally and nationally via publications and presentations. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends Noyce project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. 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 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对高效STEM教师的需求。为此，它将招募本科茎专业，以完成茎学位，并支持他们成为数学或科学的二级教师认证。这些人将获得奖学金和其他旨在丰富其STEM知识以及教学知识和技能的支持。为了扩展其STEM内容知识，Noyce学者将有机会参加协作指导指导项目，夏季计算研讨会和化学计量学课程（即（即分析化学中的统计学和计算机应用）。他们还将受益于从学术和职业中培养的机会，包括他们的学术和职业。语言能力和在高需求的学区的有效教学都很重要要招募，准备和毕业21名合格的本科生专业，以获得科学或数学的二级教师的认证。第二个目标是为这些STEM教育者的长期成功提供专业支持。最终的目标是毕业后，在毕业后，将这些学者中的高比例（90％）放在高需求学区的教学职位上，因为他们完成了每年一年的奖学金支持的两年教学要求。早期的居住教学经验将成为学者的一部分。课程练习并在高需求的教室中练习并磨练自己的技能和知识并磨练自己的技能和知识。此外，为了确保学者为其实践测试提供必要的支持，通过学习管理软件将通过免费提供的在线资源向Noyce学者提供丰富的准备和支持。由独立评估者领导的强大项目评估过程旨在确定在STEM教师招募，保留和准备方面最有效的计划的各个方面。该项目打算使用本评估的结果来改善教师教育计划，并将通过出版物和演示在本地和全国范围内传播结果。该曲目1：Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划支持奖学金和津贴Noyce项目。 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老师，成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持有关K-12教师在高需求学区的有效性和保留的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为值得通过评估来支持。