Capital Area Science Educator Development

该项目旨在通过在乔治敦大学设立中学科学认证课程，满足国家培养更多中学科学教育工作者的能力需要。中学科学教育工作者的短缺是显着的：全国有约250，000个未填补的STEM教师职位在初中和高中，与~ pseudofschools报告至少一个科学学科的教学职位空缺。在'23-' 24学年中期，大华盛顿，DC大都会区有超过150个未填补的科学教学职位。在这个新的硕士课程的课程将准备未来的科学教师开发和提供文化和语言响应高中科学课程，可以反过来，在中学为传统上被剥夺公民权的学生群体在科学创造欢迎的教室。此外，通过将当地高中科学教师与大学科学教授一起创建教育者准备课程，该项目可以打开高中和大学科学教育者之间经常缺失的有意义的沟通渠道。乔治敦大学的这个项目包括与哥伦比亚特区公立和公立特许学校的合作伙伴关系。这一能力建设提案的项目目标包括：（1）在乔治敦大学教育改革硕士课程中建立一个新的中学科学教师认证轨道;（2）与区域学校合作伙伴进行需求评估，以确保课程设计明确反映其科学教育者的需求;（3）为寻求转行的STEM专业人士制定有针对性的招聘计划，因为大华盛顿，华盛顿特区有许多STEM专业人士，（4）设计一个课程，整合乔治敦大学在科学教育方面的专业知识，为英语学习者培养教育工作者，以及文化和语言上敏感的教学法。这个能力建设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。

The project aims to serve the national need of building capacity to educate more secondary science educators through creation of a secondary science certification track at Georgetown University. The shortage of secondary science educators is significant: nationally there are ~250,000 unfilled STEM teacher positions in middle and high schools, with ~⅓ of schools reporting an unfilled teaching position in at least one science subject. In the middle of the ‘23-’24 academic year, the greater Washington, DC Metropolitan area has over 150 unfilled science teaching positions. The curriculum in this new master’s program will prepare prospective science teachers to develop and deliver culturally and linguistically responsive high school science curricula that can, in turn, create welcoming classrooms in secondary schools for traditionally disenfranchised student populations in the sciences. Additionally, by bringing local high school science teachers together with university science professors in the creation of the educator preparation curriculum, the project can open a meaningful channel of communication that is often missing between high school and college science educators.This project at Georgetown University includes partnerships with the District of Columbia Public and Public Charter Schools. Project goals of this capacity-building proposal include: (1) Establish a new secondary science teacher certification track in the Masters in Educational Transformation program at Georgetown University; (2) Conduct a needs assessment with regional school partners to ensure that the program design maps explicitly onto their science educator needs; (3) Develop a targeted recruitment plan for STEM professionals seeking to change careers as there are many STEM professionals in the greater Washington, D.C., area already committed to public service for whom this opportunity will be particularly attractive; and (4) Design a curriculum that integrates Georgetown University's educational expertise in science, the preparation of educators for English learners, and culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogies. This Capacity Building 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.