Meeting the Need for STEM Teachers in Western Pennsylvania

满足宾夕法尼亚州西部对 STEM 教师的需求

• 批准号: 2243340
• 负责人: Holly Travis
• 金额: $ 119.97万
• 依托单位: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-01 至 2028-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243340&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Meeting; Need; STEM; Teachers; Western

This project aims to serve the national need for enrolling academically accomplished STEM students in teacher education programs to help reduce STEM teaching shortages, especially in rural areas. This aim will be met by providing scholarships to train students majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Mathematics, and Physics to teach in high-need secondary schools. Teacher training will include skills on how to teach many different types of students in both rural and urban schools. The project will also support and mentor new practicing STEM teachers. The teachers produced by the project will provide K-12 students with strong STEM foundations and increased science understanding. Through this approach the project offers the promise of laying a foundation for better job opportunities and economic growth in rural communities. This project at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) includes partnerships with 12 Local Education Agencies (LEAs): (Altoona Area School District, Armstrong School District, Leechburg Area School District, Penns Manor Area School District, Punxsutawney Area School District, Apollo-Ridge School District, Northern Cambria School District, Greater Johnstown School District, Homer-Center School District, United School District, Indiana School District, and Pittsburgh Public Schools) and two community colleges (Penn Highlands Community College and Butler County Community College). Project goals include: (1) recruiting 20 undergraduate STEM majors who pursue secondary teaching certification in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, or earth & space science; (2) retaining 90% and graduating 100% of retained scholars; and (3) supporting 20 new, in-service teachers by providing both STEM teacher and IUP faculty mentorship and ongoing professional development. Project impact will be assessed through an independent formative and summative evaluation. Findings will inform how scholar participation in a particular activity increases motivation to teach in a high-need LEA and contributes to a student’s growing knowledge and skill base related to teaching in a high-need LEA. The project will also generate new insights into effective new teacher induction programs in both urban and rural school districts. This model will be broadly disseminated to other public teacher education colleges seeking to develop and expand STEM teacher preparation programs. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends 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在教师教育计划中招收学术成就良好的STEM学生的需求，以帮助减少STEM教学短缺，特别是在农村地区。这一目标将通过提供奖学金来实现，以培训生物学、化学、地球空间科学、数学和物理学专业的学生在高需求的中学任教。教师培训将包括如何在农村和城市学校教授许多不同类型学生的技能。该项目还将支持和指导新的实践STEM教师。该项目产生的教师将为K-12学生提供强大的STEM基础和增加的科学理解。通过这种方法，该项目有望为农村社区提供更好的就业机会和经济增长奠定基础。该项目在宾夕法尼亚大学（IUP）的印第安纳州包括与12个地方教育机构（LEAs）的合作伙伴关系：（阿尔图纳地区学区、阿姆斯特朗学区、利奇堡地区学区、彭斯庄园地区学区、普苏塔尼地区学区、阿波罗岭学区、北方坎布里亚学区、大约翰斯敦学区、荷马中心学区、联合学区、印第安纳州学区和匹兹堡公立学校）和两所社区学院（宾夕法尼亚高地社区学院和巴特勒县社区学院）。项目目标包括：（1）招聘20本科STEM专业谁追求生物学二级教学认证，化学，数学，物理，或地球&空间科学;（2）保留90%和毕业100%保留学者;和（3）支持20新的，在职教师通过提供两个STEM教师和IUP教师辅导和持续的专业发展.项目影响将通过独立的形成性和总结性评价进行评估。研究结果将告知如何学者参与特定的活动增加动机，教在一个高需求的莱亚，并有助于学生的知识和技能的增长基础相关的教学在一个高需求的莱亚。该项目还将对城市和农村学区有效的新教师入职培训计划产生新的见解。这一模式将广泛传播到其他公立教师教育学院寻求发展和扩大STEM教师准备计划。这个轨道1：奖学金和津贴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。