Building STEM Educators for Excellence in Nevada (B-SEEN at UNLV)

该项目旨在服务于培养和留住具有文化能力的高素质科学和数学教师的国家需要。由于有色人种在全国STEM领域的代表性仍然不足，迫切需要培养能够支持有色人种学生在STEM取得成功并在STEM中发展身份的教师。项目活动，包括招收STEM学生，培养文化能力，以及在职前和在职STEM教师之间建立一个共同的实践社区，旨在支持STEM教师在高需求学区的课堂上坚持不懈。除了将文化能力融入STEM专业的教师培训计划之外，一个聘请职前和在职STEM教师的暑期学院旨在培养所需的知识、技能和视角，以利用与文化相关的教育学，包括卓越的学术成就和社会政治意识，以及与文化相适应的教学。总的来说，项目活动的目的是支持培养一名具有文化能力的STEM教师的身份。此外，该项目的成果包括指导STEM教师教育工作者如何最好地发展和支持配备了战略和方法的STEM教师，以便向学习者提供在数学和科学方面取得成功的经验，以及谁将继续在高需求学区担任教师。内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校的这个项目包括与克拉克县学区和当地企业的合作。在这个为期五年的项目中，24名STEM领域的本科生将获得奖学金，以完成STEM学科的学士学位，并通过教育双主修或辅修成为新的科学和数学教师，从而获得教学认证。当地企业将为研讨会等计划活动提供支持，并在学者开始他们的教学生涯时提供财政支持。该项目将有助于研究STEM教师如何培养具有文化能力的身份，其实际成果广泛适用于全国STEM教师教育工作者。这个Track 1：奖学金和津贴项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(Noyce)提供支持。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人员成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富、模范的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K-12 STEM教师的有效性和留住的研究。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 need of preparing and retaining culturally competent, high-quality science and mathematics teachers. As underrepresentation of people of color persists in STEM fields nationally, there is an urgent need to prepare teachers who are able to support students of color to be successful in, and develop identities in, STEM. Project activities, including recruiting STEM students, developing cultural competence, and developing a shared community of practice among pre-service and in-service STEM teachers are designed to support the persistence of STEM teachers in classrooms in high-need school districts. In addition to the integration of cultural competence in the teacher preparation program of STEM majors, a summer institute engaging both pre-service and in-service STEM teachers aims to grow the knowledge, skills, and perspective needed to utilize culturally relevant pedagogy, which includes academic excellence and sociopolitical consciousness, in addition to culturally responsive teaching. Collectively project activities are designed to support the development of an identity as a culturally competent STEM teacher. In addition, outcomes of this project include guidance for STEM teacher educators on how best to develop and support STEM teachers equipped with strategies and approaches to provide learners with experiences in success in mathematics and science, and who will persist as teachers in high-need school districts. This project at the University of Nevada Las Vegas includes partnerships with the Clark County School District and local businesses. Over the five-year project, 24 undergraduate students in STEM fields will receive scholarships to complete bachelor’s degrees in a STEM discipline and be prepared as new science and mathematics teachers through a dual major or minor in education, leading to teaching certification. Local businesses will provide support for program activities such as workshops as well as financial support as Scholars begin their teaching careers. This project will contribute to research on how STEM teachers develop culturally competent identities, with practical results broadly applicable to STEM teacher educators nationally. 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.