Ravens Strengthening STEM Education Pathways

该项目旨在满足全国的需要，培养生命科学教师，为新汉普郡和马萨诸塞州北部的高需求学校的学生提供服务。富兰克林·皮尔斯大学(FPU)是仅有的七所提供生命科学认证(7-12年级)的学校之一，这是新汉普郡严重短缺的领域，为具有科学素养的人口提供了重要的基础。FP U将通过为STEM学生创建获得教师认证的简化路径并向FP U本科生推广该计划来解决这一问题。FPU教育学院也将推广其M.Ed。该计划面向正在重新考虑是否选择从事医疗保健职业的理工科学生。富兰克林·皮尔斯大学的这一项目包括与杰弗里·林奇合作学区(NH)、威尔顿·林德博罗合作学区(NH)、科南特高中(NH)、马西根地区高中(NH)和费奇堡高中(MA)的实地安置合作伙伴关系。项目目标包括：(1)为生物学和环境科学专业的学生开发课程途径，使他们能够在五年或更短的时间内毕业并获得STEM教学学位；(2)在大学STEM和健康科学教职员工和学生中增加对FPU教师培训计划的了解；(3)为STEM教育计划制定招聘计划和招聘材料，以开展外联活动；(4)确定有迫切需求的LEA并与当地学生合作，制定计划，以便就潜在的STEM教师职业向高中生进行外联；以及(5)为Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划准备一份1或2号轨道的建议书。随着这一教学准备计划的简化课程和信息的广泛传播，更多的学生将选择在新汉普郡和马萨诸塞州的学校从事中等教育STEM教学，减少已确定的教师短缺，并提供优质教师，这些教师将影响未来的STEM从业者，他们将为提高国家的生活水平、经济增长和全球竞争力做出重要贡献。该计划的有效性将由一名经验丰富的评估员进行评估，他将在资助期结束时提供一份关于该项目目标的总结性报告。该能力建设项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划(NOYCE)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 of preparing life science teachers to serve students in high-need schools in New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Franklin Pierce University (FPU) is one of only seven schools that offer a program that leads to certification in life sciences (grades 7-12), an area of critical shortage for New Hampshire, which provides an essential foundation for a scientifically literate population. FPU will address this problem by creating streamlined pathways for STEM students to achieve teacher certification and promoting the program to FPU undergraduates. The FPU School of Education will also market its M.Ed. program to students from sciences who are reconsidering their choice of pursuing a career in healthcare. Finally, FPU will develop further relationships with high-need public schools in the region to provide outlets for newly certified teachers to practice their profession.This project at Franklin Pierce University includes field placement partnerships with Jaffrey Rindge Cooperative School District (NH), Wilton Lyndeborough Cooperative School District (NH), Conant High School (NH), Mascenic Regional High School (NH), and Fitchburg High School (MA). Project goals include: (1) develop a curricular pathway for biology students and environmental science students to graduate with a STEM teaching degree in five years or less, (2) increase knowledge of FPU teacher preparation programs among University STEM and health sciences faculty and students, (3) develop a recruitment plan and recruitment materials the STEM education programs to conduct outreach, (4) identify high-need LEAs and collaborate with local them to develop a plan for conducting outreach to high school students regarding potential STEM teaching careers, and (5) prepare a Track 1 or Track 2 proposal for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. With a streamlined curriculum and broad dissemination of information on this teaching preparation program, more students will choose to pursue a career in teaching secondary education STEM in the schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, reducing identified teaching shortages and providing quality teachers who will influence future STEM practitioners who will make important contributions to improving the nation’s living standards, economic growth, and global competitiveness. The program’s effectiveness will be assessed by an experienced evaluator who will provide a summative report on the project’s goals at the end of the grant period. 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.