Bridging University and School Communities to Recruit, Prepare, and Support Science and Mathematics Teachers in High-Need School Districts

为大学和学校社区搭建桥梁，招聘、培养和支持高需求学区的科学和数学教师

• 批准号: 2342084
• 负责人: Meredith Kier
• 金额: $ 119.99万
• 依托单位: College of William and Mary
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-07-01 至 2029-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2342084&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Bridging; University; Communities; Recruit; Prepare

The project aims to serve the national need to prepare effective science and mathematics teachers for high-need school districts. To address this national need, the project aims to recruit science and mathematics majors to careers in secondary STEM teaching. Recruitment efforts will target STEM majors who participate in campus organizations focused on STEM diversity and local outreach, as well as local community college students pursuing STEM majors. The project aims to provide opportunities for undergraduate STEM majors to engage in teaching in afterschool programs and summer school sessions. Further, the project aspires to foster community among aspiring and practicing STEM teachers in professional development activities. The project will provide professional support to STEM majors recruited to pursue secondary STEM teaching careers during both their undergraduate years and their early years of teaching. This project at the College of William & Mary will be conducted in partnership with Virginia Peninsula Community College and with local high-need school districts such as Newport News Public Schools and Hampton City Schools. The project aims to recruit, prepare, and support 25 science and mathematics majors to teach in high-need school districts. Partnerships with the William & Mary Office of Community Engagement and student-led STEM diversity organizations are designed to support the development of prospective STEM teachers by providing valuable teaching experiences with historically marginalized students, including English learners and students with disabilities. The project aims to establish mentoring networks among aspiring secondary STEM teachers and William & Mary alumni who are currently teaching STEM in high-need school districts. Professional development opportunities that bridge theoretical aspects of STEM teacher preparation with classroom practice will be facilitated by partners in local high-need school districts and members of the project team. Additionally, the project aspires to facilitate induction activities through a virtual community of practice that includes prospective STEM teachers and mentor STEM teachers. The project has plans to assess how these recruitment, preparation, and induction strategies may influence the preparation and retention of STEM teachers. Project evaluation findings will be disseminated widely to high-need school district partners and STEM teacher education stakeholders. 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需要，为高需求学区培养有效的科学和数学教师。为了满足这一国家需求，该项目旨在招募科学和数学专业的学生从事中学 STEM 教学工作。招聘工作将针对参加专注于 STEM 多样性和当地推广的校园组织的 STEM 专业学生，以及攻读 STEM 专业的当地社区学院学生。该项目旨在为STEM专业的本科生提供参与课外项目和暑期学校教学的机会。此外，该项目致力于在专业发展活动中培养有抱负和实践 STEM 教师的社区。该项目将为在本科阶段和教学初期从事中学 STEM 教学职业的 STEM 专业学生提供专业支持。威廉玛丽学院的这个项目将与弗吉尼亚半岛社区学院以及纽波特纽斯公立学校和汉普顿市学校等当地高需求学区合作进行。该项目旨在招募、准备和支持 25 名科学和数学专业的学生在高需求学区任教。与威廉玛丽社区参与办公室和学生主导的 STEM 多元化组织合作，旨在通过为历史上边缘化的学生（包括英语学习者和残疾学生）提供宝贵的教学经验，支持未来 STEM 教师的发展。该项目旨在在有抱负的中学 STEM 教师和目前在高需求学区教授 STEM 的 William & Mary 校友之间建立指导网络。当地高需求学区的合作伙伴和项目团队成员将提供将 STEM 教师准备的理论方面与课堂实践联系起来的专业发展机会。此外，该项目致力于通过虚拟实践社区促进入职活动，其中包括未来的 STEM 教师和导师 STEM 教师。该项目计划评估这些招聘、准备和入职策略如何影响 STEM 教师的准备和保留。项目评估结果将广泛传播给高需求学区合作伙伴和 STEM 教师教育利益相关者。此轨道 1：奖学金和津贴项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划 (Noyce) 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高效的 K-12 STEM 教师，并支持经验丰富、堪称典范的 K-12 教师成为高需求学区的 STEM 大师级教师。它还支持对高需求学区 K-12 STEM 教师的有效性和保留率的研究。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。