The Mathematics Master Teacher Leadership Project

该项目将满足国家培养高质量数学教师的需要，这些教师能够有效地帮助所有学生取得成功。为此，该项目将培养一支由经验丰富和模范教师组成的领导干部队伍，成为高需求学校的硕士教学研究员。这支干部队伍将扩大“GOTMath”的努力，“GOTMath”是目前诺伊斯的一个项目，该项目正在准备一批不同的社区大学生参加该大学的数学教师教育项目。特别是，新的MTF将作为优秀的导师，以“GOTmath”学生学者，因为后者获得他们的STEM学士学位，并成为新的教师在该地区的高需求的学校。硕士教学研究员将参与一项以研究为基础的领导力倡议，该倡议旨在发展研究员的能力，通过提供包容性的数学经验，为多样化的学生提供更多的机会。领导力计划将帮助研究员成为未来的学校领导者，他们可以指导经验不足的教师提高效率。硕士教学研究员将完成数学硕士学位，并参加该项目的许多合作伙伴提供的教学和领导力研讨会。他们将成为下一代的数学教师领导人至关重要的需要，以创造学校的网站的成功，为所有的学生。这个项目汇集了九个合作伙伴：中央谷高等教育财团;弗雷斯诺县学校总监;圣华金谷数学项目;加州州立大学（CSU）数学和科学教师倡议;以及五个高需求学区（弗雷斯诺、桑格、礁日落、中央和门多塔），他们将从参与学区中招募和指导18名硕士教师。该项目依靠四种行之有效的方法来建立一支有效的教师队伍：（1）多功能指导;（2）增加教师领导者的人数，他们是那些在STEM学科中代表性不足的种族和族裔人口的成员;（3）投资于当地教师;（4）增加教师的数量。及（4）推行“课程研究”的概念，让以学校为基础的教师团体合作发展及分享改善课堂教学的方法。本研究的评估将针对三个问题：（1）活动如何影响参与者对数学教师领导力的理解？(2)活动如何有助于一个研究员作为数学教师，教育研究人员和领导者的成长？(3)教师领导以什么方式影响他们的同事在他们的学校，以改善数学教学？PI团队将在会议和期刊上传播项目调查结果，他们将与CSU教育工作者准备主任分享调查结果，以传播到所有23个CSU校园。这个轨道3：硕士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。它还支持对高需求学区的K-12 STEM教师的有效性和保留的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且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 will address the national need to prepare high-quality mathematics teachers who are effective in helping all students succeed. To this end the project will develop a leadership cadre of experienced and exemplary teachers to be Master Teaching Fellows (MTF) in high-need schools. This cadre will amplify the efforts of "GOTMath," a current Noyce project that is preparing a pool of diverse community college students to enroll in the university’s mathematics teacher education program. In particular, the new MTFs will serve as excellent mentors to the "GOTMath" Student-Scholars as the latter earn their STEM bachelor’s degree and become new teachers in the district’s high-need schools. The Master Teaching Fellows will be engaged in a research-based Leadership Initiative which seeks to develop the Fellows’ capacity to improve opportunities for a diverse body of students by offering inclusive mathematics experiences. The Leadership Initiative will help the Fellows to become future school leaders who can mentor less experienced teachers to be more effective. The Master Teaching Fellows will complete a Master of Science in Mathematics degree and participate in teaching and leadership workshops offered by the project’s many partners. They will become the next generation of math teacher-leaders vitally needed to create schools that are sites of success for all students.This project brings together nine partners: the Central Valley Higher Education Consortium; Fresno County Superintendent of Schools; San Joaquin Valley Mathematics Project; the California State University (CSU) Mathematics and Science Teacher Initiative; and five high-need school districts (Fresno, Sanger, Reef-Sunset, Central, and Mendota), who collectively will recruit and mentor 18 master’s-level teachers from the participating school districts. The project rests on four proven methods for building an effective teaching workforce: (1) multipurpose mentoring; (2) increasing the number of teacher-leaders who are individuals who identify as members of racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines relative to their numbers in the general population; (3) investing in local teachers; and (4) implementation of the concept of "Lesson Study," in which a school-based community of teachers collaborates to develop and share approaches to improving classroom instruction. The project's assessment will target three questions: (1) In what ways do activities influence the participants’ understanding of mathematics teacher leadership? (2) How do activities contribute to the growth of a Fellow as a teacher of mathematics, an educational researcher, and a leader? (3) In what ways do Teacher Leaders influence their colleagues in their schools to improve mathematics teaching? The PI Team will disseminate project findings at conferences and in journals, and they will share the findings with the CSU Director of Educator Preparation to disseminate to all 23 CSU campuses. This Track 3: Master 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.