New York HSI Hub: Building Community College Capacity in Culturally Responsive Professional Development and Grantsmanship

在“改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）计划”的支持下，纽约HSI中心项目旨在通过一个为期五年的专业发展计划，在文化响应教学、教师学习社区和STEM教师的资助指导方面，为14所多元化和高入学率的纽约州立大学和城市大学社区学院带来系统的改进。该中心的活动将有助于解决社区大学在试图建立制度变革能力时面临的挑战。此外，该项目将为参与院校的学生提供在不同环境中进行有效教学的工具，并寻求未来的拨款资助，以支持学生在STEM方面取得成功的努力，从而扩大STEM渠道。该项目旨在通过提供一个为期五年的计划，加强14所参与学院的STEM教育：a)教师在文化响应教学方法方面的专业发展，以促进代表HSI各种人才的学生在STEM方面的成功；b)资助指导，以提高STEM教师竞争国家科学基金HSI资助的能力，进一步加速文化响应教学和相关项目的改进。通过研讨会和网络建设，该项目使用参与式行动研究来帮助教师反思和发展他们的教学方法。该项目的成果包括为社区大学STEM学生创造了一种吸引人的、有影响力的课堂体验，并在14所参与学院中成功地发展了赠款。关于参与性行动研究和赠款培训影响的调查结果将通过国家会议和网络研讨会广泛传播。结果也将通过纽约州立大学和纽约市立大学全系统会议和活动传播。本项目由科学与技术研究所资助，旨在加强科学与技术研究所的本科教育，扩大科学与技术研究所的参与，并加强科学与技术研究所的能力建设。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。

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, this New York HSI Hub project aims to bring about systemic improvements for 14 diverse and highly enrolled New York City area SUNY and CUNY community colleges through a five-year program of professional development in culturally responsive instruction, faculty learning communities, and grantsmanship mentoring of STEM faculty. The Hub’s activities will help address challenges community colleges face when attempting to build capacity for institutional change. Moreover, this project will expand the STEM pipeline for students in participating colleges by providing faculty with tools for effective teaching in diverse environments and for pursuing future grant funding to support efforts responsive to student success in STEM.This project aims to strengthen STEM education at the 14 participating colleges by offering a five-year program of a) faculty professional development in culturally responsive instructional methods to advance STEM success for students that represent the full spectrum of diverse talent at HSIs, and b) grantsmanship mentoring to increase the capacity of STEM faculty to competitively pursue NSF HSI funding to further accelerate culturally responsive instruction and related program improvements. Through workshops and network-building, the project uses Participatory Action Research to help faculty reflect and develop their teaching methods. Results of the project include creating an engaging and impactful classroom experience for community college STEM students, and successful grant development among the 14 participating colleges. Findings on the impacts of Participatory Action Research and grantsmanship training will be disseminated widely through national conferences and webinars. Results will also be disseminated through SUNY and CUNY systemwide meetings and events. This project is funded by the HSI Program, which aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs.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.