Creating and Sustaining Noyce Mentors en la Frontera: a HSI Collaborative Capacity Building Grant

该项目旨在满足全国的需要，使人们更好地理解成为一名有效的STEM教师领袖意味着什么，并特别关注德克萨斯州-墨西哥边境和STEM领域历史上代表性不足的群体的学生。随着越来越多的国家努力继续加强STEM学生在与世隔绝、代表性不足的社区的学习体验，迫切需要不仅增加STEM教师领导人的数量，而且为他们的准备工作制定最佳做法。该项目力求试行一种机制，以确定并为一批STEM教师提供专业发展，并让他们参与STEM外联活动的开展。南罗斯州立大学的这个项目旨在与米德兰学院和伊格尔帕斯、德尔里奥、米德兰和德克萨斯州西南部农村社区周围的高需求学校以及非营利性科学磨坊博物馆建立合作伙伴关系。该项目还寻求加深与现有合作伙伴的关系，西南得克萨斯专科学校和位于普雷西迪奥、马尔法、阿尔卑斯山和得克萨斯州乌瓦尔德的High Need学校。该项目计划包括与顾问委员会合作确定STEM教师领导者的特征，审查现有的研究生课程以符合这些特征和罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划第3轨的提案要求，以及与科学磨坊博物馆合作为15名STEM教师提供教师专业发展研究所。每名参加的STEM教师还将有机会练习通过该研究所培养的技能，同时协助提供计划中的三个为期一周的STEM外展营地之一。该项目旨在就如何利用德克萨斯州农村的协作网络来创建一个自我维持的区域生态系统进行有效的STEM教学提出见解。该能力项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(诺伊斯)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。

The project aims to serve the national need to build greater understanding of what it means to be an effective STEM teacher leader serving rural high-need schools, with a specific focus on the Texas-Mexico border and on students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM fields. As increasing national efforts continue to enhance STEM student-learning experiences in isolated underrepresented communities, there is a critical need to not only increase the number of STEM teacher leaders but also develop best practices for their preparation. The project seeks to pilot a mechanism for identifying and providing professional development for an initial group of STEM teachers and involving them in the delivery of STEM outreach activities. This project at Sul Ross State University aims to establish partnerships with Midland College and surrounding high need schools in Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Midland, and rural southwest Texas communities, and with the non-profit Science Mill Museum. The project also seeks to deepen relationships with existing partners Southwest Texas Junior College and high need schools located in Presidio, Marfa, Alpine, and Uvalde, Texas. The project plan includes working with an advisory board to define characteristics of a STEM teacher leader, examining existing graduate programs for alignment with these characteristics and Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 3 proposal requirements, and delivering a teacher professional development institute for 15 STEM teachers in collaboration with the Science Mill Museum. Each participating STEM teacher will also have an opportunity to practice skills developed via the institute while assisting with the delivery of one of three planned week-long STEM outreach camps. This project aims to produce insights regarding how collaborative networks in rural Texas can be leveraged to create a self-sustaining regional ecosystem for effective STEM teaching. This capacity 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.