Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining High-Quality, Equity-Focused Secondary STEM Teachers

招聘、培养和留住高素质、注重公平的中学 STEM 教师

• 批准号: 2345113
• 负责人: Caren Chang
• 金额: $ 108.77万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 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: 2024-04-15 至 2029-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2345113&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Recruiting; Preparing; Retaining; Quality; Equity

The project aim is to serve the national need of recruiting, preparing, and retaining high-quality secondary STEM teachers. The teacher shortage in combination with conditionally certified teachers has left many local secondary students without highly qualified STEM teachers. As one of the nation's largest school districts, Prince George's County Public Schools, serving a diverse student body, this is an issue of educational equity. Therefore, this project at the University of Maryland, College Park, (UMD) will recruit diverse STEM candidates from large prospective teacher pools on campus and within the local community. The project team will continue to improve the UMD equity-focused teacher preparation pathway and provide an enhanced internship experience for recipients. The project aims to retain graduates in the field by providing induction support during their first three years of teaching. This project is expected to increase, retain, and diversify the number of highly qualified certified STEM teachers locally for the good of the public. This project at the University of Maryland, College Park, includes partnerships with Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS), specifically DuVal High School. Project goals include (1) enhancing and expanding the number of candidates utilizing teacher preparation pathways by providing scholarships and stipends to teacher candidates and (2) improving long-term retention in teaching by providing three years of induction support. The project aims to produce three cohorts of 10 highly qualified STEM teachers each year (approximately 30 total over the project). This includes secondary mathematics, science, and computer science teachers. The project team will enhance the equity-focused teacher preparation experience by offering one-year, renewable scholarships ($11,500 each) for undergraduates and one-year stipends ($23,000 each) for post-baccalaureates to support the completion of the teacher certification programs. Three years of induction support will be offered including online modules, virtual coaching, summer book clubs, in-person observations with feedback, and conference support. This project will evaluate the extent to which financial support increases the number of students graduating with STEM certification, with specific attention to students from groups underrepresented in STEM. Moreover, the project will evaluate to what extent the induction efforts support teacher retention. Not only will highly qualified, diverse STEM teachers benefit the local communities, but they will increase and strengthen the pool of potential STEM majors and thus benefit society more broadly. The findings of this project will be disseminated nationally with the UTeach network and other teacher preparation programs via conference presentations and publications in peer-reviewed journals. 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.

该项目的目的是满足国家招募，准备和保留高质量次要STEM教师的需求。与有条件认证的老师结合使用的老师短缺使许多当地的中学学生没有高素质的STEM老师。作为美国最大的学区之一，乔治王子县公立学校为潜水员的学生提供服务，这是一个教育公平的问题。因此，该项目在马里兰大学，大学公园（UMD）将从校园和当地社区内的大型潜在教师池招募各种律师候选人。项目团队将继续改善以股权为中心的教师准备途径，并为接收者提供增强的实习经验。该项目旨在通过在他们的前三年提供归纳支持来保留该领域的毕业生。预计该项目将增加，保留和多样化，以便在当地为公众利益而多样化。该项目在马里兰州大学公园，包括与乔治王子县公立学校（PGCPS）的合作伙伴关系，特别是杜瓦尔高中。项目目标包括（1）通过向教师候选人提供教育和压力来加强和扩大利用教师准备途径的候选人的数量，以及（2）通过提供三年的入职支持来改善教学的长期保留。该项目旨在每年生产三个高素质的STEM教师（大约30个项目）。这包括二级数学，科学和计算机科学老师。该项目团队将通过为本科生提供一年的可再生科学（每位11,500美元）和为期一年的压力（每人23,000美元）来增强以股权为中心的教师准备经验，以支持完成教师认证计划的完成。将提供三年的入职支持，包括在线模块，虚拟教练，夏季读书俱乐部，带有反馈的面对面观察以及会议支持。该项目将评估财务支持增加通过STEM认证毕业的学生人数的程度，并特别关注STEM中代表性不足的学生的学生。此外，该项目将评估归纳工作在多大程度上支持教师保留。高度合格的潜水STEM教师不仅会使当地社区受益，而且还将增加和加强潜在的STEM专业的库，从而更广泛地使社会受益。该项目的发现将通过uteach网络和其他教师准备计划在全国范围内通过同行评审期刊的会议演讲和出版物进行传播。这首歌1：奖学金和津贴项目得到了罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（NOYCE）的支持。 NOYCE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老师，并经验丰富的K-12教师，成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持有关K-12 STEM教师在高需求学区的有效性和保留的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估，被认为是珍贵的支持。