Ravens Strengthening STEM Education Pathways

该项目旨在满足国家对生命科学教师的需求，为新罕布什尔州和马萨诸塞州北部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课程的学校之一（7-12年级），这是新罕布什尔州严重短缺的领域，为科学素养的人口提供了必要的基础。FPU将通过创建简化的STEM学生获得教师认证的途径，并向FPU本科生推广该项目，来解决这一问题。FPU教育学院也将推广其医学硕士课程。为正在重新考虑是否选择从事医疗保健事业的理科生提供的项目。最后，FPU将进一步发展与该地区高需求公立学校的关系，为新认证的教师提供实践专业的渠道。富兰克林皮尔斯大学的这个项目包括与Jaffrey Rindge合作学区（NH）、Wilton Lyndeborough合作学区（NH）、Conant高中（NH）、Mascenic地区高中（NH）和Fitchburg高中（MA）的实地实习合作。项目目标包括：(1)为生物学学生和环境科学学生在5年或更短的时间内获得STEM教学学位提供课程途径；(2)增加大学STEM和健康科学教师和学生对FPU教师准备计划的了解；(3)制定STEM教育计划的招聘计划和招聘材料进行外展。(4)确定高需求的LEAs，并与当地的LEAs合作，制定一项计划，就潜在的STEM教学职业向高中学生进行外展；(5)为Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划准备一份Track 1或Track 2提案。通过精简的课程和广泛传播该教学准备计划的信息，更多的学生将选择在新罕布什尔州和马萨诸塞州的学校从事中等教育STEM教学，减少已确定的教学短缺，并提供高质量的教师，这些教师将影响未来的STEM从业者，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位经验丰富的评估人员进行评估，他将在资助期结束时提供一份关于项目目标的总结报告。该能力建设项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目（诺伊斯）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教师，并支持经验丰富的模范K-12教师成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的有效性和留任率的研究。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 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.